Posted on 07/27/2007 10:50:38 PM PDT by neverdem
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) declared that his decision not to lead a successful filibuster in January 2006 of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's nomination was one of his "greatest failings" as a senator.
In an address to liberal legal scholars of the American Constitution Society, Schumer said that after watching the work of the newly constructed "Roberts court" the past 18 months, he would block any future Supreme Court nominee of President Bush's should a vacancy arise between now and January 2009.
Schumer's address covered his views on the confirmation processes for Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts. Conservatives have hailed Roberts and Alito for their rulings and generally have said that their confirmations may prove to be the single lasting legacy of President Bush's second term.
But Schumer and liberals were alarmed by many of the 5-4 rulings that went...
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"Every day, I am pained that I didn't do more to try to block Justice Alito. Every two years, I look back and take stock of my greatest failings and regrets in the past Congress. Without question, my greatest regret in the 109th Congress was not doing more to block Alito. Alito shouldn't have been confirmed. I should have done a better job; my colleagues said we didn't have the votes, but I think we should have twisted more arms and done more."
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"We should reverse the presumption of confirmation. The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance. We cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts; or Justice Ginsburg by another Alito. Given the track record of this President and the experience of obfuscation at the hearings, with respect to the Supreme Court, at least: I will recommend to my colleagues that we should not confirm a Supreme Court nominee EXCEPT in extraordinary circumstances."
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Unfortunately, I must LIVE with all your failings every single day of the year.
I regret that Schumer looks like a smiling pez machine.
What he fails to understand is that he doesn’t have the right to filibuster judicial nominees. Or is it the case that his personal feelings or quest for power are more important than the Constitution.
Meadow Muffin
Schumer must walk around with nails in his underwear. He always seems to be pricked by something.
I would say this statement should be used by the Republicans to say Chuck Schumer should be taken off the committee. He has made up his mind on all nominees before they are even nominated.
This is also an intimidation tactic to Roberts, Alito, and other justices to vote my way or you will pay. Look for Schumer and Durbin to lead impeachment procedings against them if they don’t start voting liberal on key cases.
What about the independent judiciary chucky!!
Schumer is an idiot. He must think that any day his mouth stops moving is a bad one.
Two of the greatest successes of Bush’s presidency are Roberts and Alito.
He must think if he closes his mouth the backside won't have flow. In his case, there is a connection.
I regret not being adopted by the Rockefellers. I regret not winning a Powerball. I regret not dating Gillian Anderson. Hell, I regret all the junk food I’ve eaten. Is Mr. Schumer truly that stupid, or does he think the nutroots are?
But that’s the thing. These people have elevated the opposition to doing ANYTHING....and the only barrier is if they can get away with it. No constitution, no tradition, no fairness.
If only they’d put the same zeal in fighting the terrorists.
Well, obviously, because he is not worried about the middle, he is worried about his base. This betrays much about the current state of affairs among American leftists.
Why is he concerned for the base? I think it is because the base of the Democrat party is either out of control or, conversely, utterly under the control of one man, George Soros. Either the mob at moveon.org and Daily Kos have so utterly intimidated elected Democrats that those Democrats are more concerned with mollifying their extremists, or something else is afoot. These two possibilities are only superficially inconsistent because George Soros indirectly controls these bloggers.
Have a look at FrontPagemagazine.com and look at our articles describing how George Soros has seized control of so much of the Democrat party. I think it is entirely possible that Schumer routinely gets his marching orders from George Soros. It is now becoming more and more apparent how extremely left-wing Soros really is. He clearly regards Republicans in general and the Bush administration in particular to be the equivalent of Nazis. He has stated that he would gladly gave his fortune to have seen George Bush defeated. What would he give to see George Bush's legacy of judicial appointments undone?
I think Soros can direct people like Schumer either by stirring up the bloggers or by dropping the word to those who must go to him with begging bowl in hand.
I also think that George Soros is becoming a real and present danger to American democracy.
I met Charles Schumer once. He is a certified MORON of the highest order. What a complete hack this clown is.
I met Charles Schumer once. He is a certified MORON of the highest order. What a complete hack this clown is. He has guys walking ahead of him asking if you’d like to speak with him . Then they write down what you’d like to ask him and they pick only questions that he has pre written answers for . I protested and he came over . He TOTALLY avoided my question and gave a nonsensical answer . I watched as they filtered out any people who might actually throw him a tough question. They actually physically block people from him who are asking legit questions that they DON’T want to deal with ..He always has that insane , idiot smile plastered on his phony ass face.
The Dems know that a HUGE portion of their base is either fanatical or ignorant and that they can get away with almost anything . The sheeple follow the Dems without question. They are so blind in their vengeance against Bush that they accept everything and anything the party does.The Dems leaders know this and take full advantage of their ignorant base. You surely don’t think the Dem leadership actually believes half of what they say do you ? I’m sure that behind closed doors the Dem leadership must laugh their asses off over how stupid their loyal followers actually are.
sorry for the double post.Not quite sure how I did that ..Oh well, back to bed.
You surely did not read my post, did you?
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