Posted on 11/03/2004 3:10:39 PM PST by CrosscutSaw
The Republican expected to chair the Senate Judiciary Committee next year bluntly warned newly re-elected President Bush on Wednesday against putting forth Supreme Court nominees who would seek to overturn abortion rights or are otherwise too conservative to win confirmation.
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There are already four SCJs who have judged that the constitution says the Boy Scouts shouldn't have the right to rule out homosexuals as Scout leaders.
Yes, that's entirely correct.
W and Santorum should have supported Toomey in the primary. This is just like Specter has always been, a disloyal back-stabbing RINO.
Maybe the Senate should reject Spector as too extreme for consideration as Senate Judiciary Chairman. He is pretty much warning the President that he shall be every bit the irresponsible and unreasonable little tyrant, that another recently unseated runt from South Dakota had been in that position, when it came to approving Judicial appointees.
We will never have qualified and outstanding Judges on the Supreme Court, as long as mental midgets such as Daschele and Specter are in a position to block all appointees except those whose only interest in life is continuing the slaughter that Roe vs Wade has caused. Such mind sets are no more rational than a rabid dog.
This is the one reason I support term limits. If the people of Penn. want to send Spector to the senate; if the people of Mass. want to keep sending Kennedy back to the Senate, that is their right. But that doesn't make either Senator any better that the other 98. Who is to say that a first term Senator isn't their equal, isn't better suited for a chairmanship? The Constitution gives the Senate the right to set their own rules but that also allows them to change those rules. So why don't they? The only option left to the people is to use the blunt instrument of term limits to counter the power of incumbency. Those of us with a new Senator should press home that point. I intend to do so with Mel and he is a good example of what I am talking about.
His name was Pat Toomey and I was furious that Santorum (one of my favorite senators) got Bush to help him endorse Specter. I really like Toomey.
I live in Texas and one of my senators, John Cornyn is on the judiciary committee so I am going to carpet bomb him with e-mails. He has always answered my mail to him usually in snail mail form, but he always responds. I also call his Wash. office and leave messages. If I use my cellphone, I don't get charged.
As far as Delay, I think Kay Bailey Hutchison is thinking of running for Governor next time, which could give Delay an opening for Senator.
For future reference, does anybody have a list of the Senators up for re-election in 2006? We can fix this real quick. Pressure the ones who still have to come up for a vote during W's second term.
I don't know why he would be chairman. I thought Hatch was chairman.
It's okay to nominate the most radical left-wingers who have ever lived, but it's somehow untenable to nominate a conservative. I'm so sick of these fricking hypocrites I could scream.
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Amend rules. So a committe may make it's reccomendation, but may NOT prevent the full Senate from considering anything. (Isn't this the way it used to be done?)
First, Bush isn't going to nominate some fire-breathing conservative with a proven track record of wanting to overturn Roe v. Wade. It's just too much of a political headache. It's far better to nominate judges without a trail of writings and speeches on the subject. Why give Spector and the abortionists any ammo going in?
It's not even clear that the Court would be interested in revisiting the fundamental ruling of Roe, in any event. Rehnquist himself said as much a few years ago when he acknowledged the deference the Court gives to prior rulings which haven't been challenged in decades. I personally don't give Roe much chance of being overturned unless it gets at least a 7-2 conservative majority.
In any event, reversal of Roe would return the matter to state legislatures to decide individually, and you can pretty much guarantee that abortion would be legal in a blue state conveniently connected to your airport.
So, Arlen Spector is making a bigger deal out of this than it should mean to him, he's showing that he's a complete jerk, and Frist ought to blast him out of the committee on the basis that he's a fool.
If Spector wants to fight Bush, I know whom I'm putting my bet on.
Yes, they assured us that if this a**hole was elected he could deliver PA for the Pres. Didn't happen, did it? Instead, the RINO won with Dem votes because he is one of them. The Rep. senators need to strip this bum of every committee and take his washroom key. And next time, you PA Republicans need to nominate a Republican. Thanks for nothing.
They can only serve for so many sessions or years as chairman of one committee, then relinquish the chair to another senator.
W is a great human being, but I think everybody up in the beltway knows that you dont say stuff like Specter said and get away with it under Bush's watch. It's kind of like playing a game of chicken with an Amtrak.
One thing that comes into play is Daschle losing his position. From this point forward representatives from the red states might want to keep in mind that, if they stand in the way of conservative judges they might be the next one forced to pack up and go home.
It's pretty pathetic when your best choice is to vote for a Clymer.
Living in Ohio, I can tell you this.
The judge selection was never about abortion - that is a smoke-screen.
It was all about sending political partisans to rule from the bench in favor of the Democrats.
It was so obvious these past two weeks, it was like a curtain revealing the truth for the first time.
They need the judges to overturn state legislatures and governors they can't win - especially where Presidential and Congressional races are concerned.
....we gave them more power, now they best do their part!!!!!!
Good idea mabelkitty -- I wish I knew the answer, also. I may try tomorrow -- too tired tonight.
Here we have Kerry warning Bush in his so-called concession speech, he better start being a uniter instead of divider. Then Bush, in his speech graciously asks for the Dems to work with him. So much for unity-------
If Joe Biden, is his best friend, then I wouldn't put it past ole smartass Biden to put him up to it. Biden was supposed to be the next Sec. of State, so I am sure he will use Specter, Lugar, Hagl, McCain and any other rinos to cause Bush as much problems as he can.
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