the problem is that even the Republican judges are liberals. There is virtually no such thing as a conservative trial lawyer, and judges tend to be chosen from the ranks of trial lawyers.
The solution is dumping the two-party system in favor of the open elections envisioned by the founding fathers of this nation. Then elect conservative representives to State legislatures, and return the appointment of Senators to them.
Repeal the twelfth, sixteenth, seventeenth, twenty-third and twenty-sixth Amendments to the Constitution. Repealing a bad Amendment has precedent. Bad law helps no one but the lawyers. And ultimately, by destroying confidence in the law, it hurts them.
The only dissenter was Charles R. Wilson, a Bill Clinton appointee.
All six judges nominated by President Ronald Reagan, President George H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush, including William Pryor – who was recess-appointed just last year to avoid a Democratic filibuster – voted not to save Terri's life.
All six!
Does anyone really think that putting conservative judges, who are "suppose" to interpret the Constitution as Republican "constructionists", will cure the Judiciary of its activism?
...there will be no accountability for judges of either party who ignore the law.
Judges will always act as though they are above the law, and above the will of the people, no matter what party they may come from. There's no guarantee that Republican judges, appointed to federal courts or the Supreme Court, will act any better than those elitists we have there now.
Judges need to be held accountable to the Congress, and if the guys we now have in the Congress can't do the job then we need new blood that CAN handle the job.
Farah, and the emotionally disabled, are not 'we the people'.
It really makes me wonder why all the Rats are bothering to fillibuster judges at all.
The Constitution doesn't protect disabled or pre-born life. It does, however, protect the life of a 17-year old murderer. Can't you read? It's all there. Just ask the judges.
Theodore, I'm the guy who Joseph Farah will interview today about pro-life Republican presidents packing the federal judiciary with pro-abortion Republican judges. Please consider reading my Open Letter to James Dobson at KGOV.com (http://kgov.com/docs/OpenLtrDobsonJudges.html). Thanks, -Bob Enyart
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is wnd still a reliable news source?
He is such a shallow freakin' hypocrite.
Yep. As much as it pains me to admit it, all of these judges did indeed aid and abet the murder of Terri Schiavo, while at the same time the Republican governor of Florida held up his palms and said there was nothing he could do - - he was powerless against a county probate judge.
It's one thing for Jeb Bush to throw away any political future he may have had, but it's another thing altogether when Republican-appointed judges laugh in our faces. That brutal murder, watched by the entire world for two excruciating weeks, was the most disappointing and disgraceful government fiasco I have ever been. And I can't even blame the scumbag Democrats.
Can't prove it from where Terri's buried.
Thanks for an informative article. The only judge on the 11th Circuit who got it from the beginning - the first time around - was the Clinton appointee.
I've also heard that Gibbs, the Schindler's attorney didn't do a good job with his filing. That maybe the case. I'm not sure. However, it seems that the Clinton appointee undersood what congress requested inspite of Gibbs, the first time around.
*In his dissent, Judge Charles Wilson, a Clinton appointee, said "Congress intended for this case to be reviewed with a fresh set of eyes. Today, we are not called upon to second-guess the wisdom of Congress, but to apply the law it passed."*
Judge Charles Wilson is a judge who appears to be fair minded and isn't on a power trip. He understands the legislative powers of congress and the concept of Due Process, imo. Greer reduced Terri to no more than the property of a monster husband, who could dispose of her like an old shoe. No wonder a probate judge ruled on Terri's life or death.