Posted on 03/25/2008 7:41:15 AM PDT by B Knotts
Right... just like he thought that the Supreme Court would never uphold McCain-Feingold.
His sworn duty is to the Constitution — not to play Rovian games.
>>Bush sided with the illegal in this case knowing that his decision would not hold up in court.<<
I wont say it is a fact, but I suspect you are right.
He wants a Mexican legacy.
Agreed. The issue before the court was that the murderer claimed that his conviction was invalid because he was not informed of his Vienna Convention rights.
ONE MORE TIME Jorge El Segundo demonstrates his incompetence.
The Supremes did the right thing here.
Some day we will all realize that we were had by George W. Bush and that he really is just another evil no-goodnik for sale to the highest bidder. What a disappointment he is.
I think the most important (and encouraging) aspect of this case is the reinforcement of the idea that states are not merely “departments” of the federal government.
Screw that. I don’t want my President playing kissie face with the thugs who run Mexico and I sure as hell don’t want my President holding hands with the King of Saudi Arabia who finances radical Wahhabist mosques in the USA.
Well it’s tricky in this case. President Bush absolutely sucks on securing our borders, but he appointed two good justices. I know, I know, Harriet Miers but I’m talking about what we ended up with.
I don’t want to see a U.S. President bending over for the Saudi King or the kleptocracy in Mexico.
Thank you. At least that’s two of us in the USA who don’t care for this BS.
You are absolutely right ... as usual ;-)
It’s a sad day when our President is aligned with leftists Ginsburg-Breyer-Souter and even Justice Stevens votes with the majority. Let’s execute the scumbag.
What we ended up with is that the Power of the People (trying to say it in my Laura Ingraham voice) overruled the neo-nepotism of the George W Bush administration. That Harriet had to get out of there and another appointed in her place is no credit to George W. Bush. It is a credit to all of this who raised up our voices and demanded better for America.
The only thing it means is he wanted to write it or other justices in the majority are working on other opinions and he tried to balance to workload. The CJ decises who writes the majority opinion if he is part of the majority. If not, the senior Justice in the majority decides. I noticed that Rhenquist almost always wrote the opinions in defamation cases.
Unfortunately in today’s dishonest political atmosphere, one must play games to stay ahead.
Many seem to hold that Bush made up intelligence to invade Iraq. In the intelligence community, when a piece of intelligence comes across your desk, you have to decide to act upon it or throw it in the garbage. In the case of the President, he’s wrong no matter what he chooses. I see this case of the illegal as being a similar situation. No matter what Bush chooses, he is wrong with somebody.
As my representative, I give him the authority to act on my behalf. In my view sometimes he is right and other times he is wrong. I just hope that the decisions he makes are the ones that will protect my country the most.
Well, if that isn't a pant load. There aren't that many Bush haters here, many of us just aren't impressed with either his liberal leanings or his "smarts". Being unhappy with is not the same thing as hating. Also, as someone else pointed out, his job is uphold the Constitution and not play political games.
Amen. The nominations of Alito and Roberts are two of the very few good things to come out of Bush's second term. Can anyone doubt that Harriet Miers would have sided with the Ginsberg-Souter-Breyer wing?
I disagree. Bush sided with the illegal in this case knowing that his decision would not hold up in court. This allowed him to play the diplomacy card while ensuring the illegal would not go free. I know there are a lot of Bush haters, but he has more smarts (and a better staff) than he is credited with.”
You know what would be interesting? What if we made the President SWEAR TO UPHOLD the Constitution. Maybe that would change things.
Oh, wait a second....
Woo hoo!
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