IMHO, the last two sentences of Mr. Leo's column say it all:Changing the court will be an uphill struggle. The naming of pleasant centrists won't do the job.
Posted on 05/30/2005 5:44:20 AM PDT by pookie18
As soon as the filibuster deal was announced, we began to hear the argument that President Bush should sustain the spirit of compromise by naming a moderate as his first selection to the Supreme Court. This suggestion, floated mostly by Democrats and faithfully carried in headlines and news reports as a neutral idea, boils down to this: It would be needlessly provocative for Bush to name a Supreme Court justice who reflects his party's basic conviction that something is very wrong with the courts.
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I'm always reminded of Daddy Bush when a reporter asked him what was the worst mistake he ever made as president. Quick came the reply, "He's sitting on the supreme court." Hopefully, Bush the younger has learned from this mistake. Non-contoversial nominees get us dangerous judges like Souther and Ginsberg.
Souter was indeed Daddy B's biggest mistake. Good on him for knowing that! I don't doubt W has learned from that fiasco, but I pray that in his 2nd term he'll have the balls to fight for his picks.
If the Dems want to impose minority rule, let's at least make them carry out an ACTUAL filibuster instead of quivering in our boots at the very threat of one.
George H.W. Bush: "You have to hand it to Souter. We didn't ask, and he didn't tell."
IMHO, the last two sentences of Mr. Leo's column say it all:Changing the court will be an uphill struggle. The naming of pleasant centrists won't do the job.
I think nominating a moderate is exactly the correct course of action to replace Ginsburg when she retires!
She won't retire in the next 3.5 years.
It's time to fix the SENATE!
I think she is more likely to expire than retire.
Not only is it time to fix the court, President Bush can do it properly, assuming Rehnquist steps down this summer. Instead of promoting Scalia or Thomas to CJ, the president can nominate the newly confirmed Janice Rogers Brown to the CJ position. She's certainly qualified and officially no longer dangerous or extreme because of the MOU by the Gang of 14. The screams from the left should be something to savor and may well trigger the constitutional option to eliminate this nonsense once and for all. Comments?
when is the chief justice's term over , when will he be able to retire already i mean come on.
The assumption is that Rehnquist will decide to retire when the Supreme Court's term finishes at the end of June, due to his age and his problems with thyroid cancer. That'll create a vacancy for the president to fill.
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