Posted on 07/02/2005 4:06:54 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Was there really no conservative female judge that Reagan could have appointed?
Like JUDGE ROY MOORE!!!
What's maddening is that we should already own the court. O'conner, Kennedy, and Souter are all Republican appointees and have been dissapointing at best, and a disgrace at worst.
There was one: Byron White.
Yes, but of course he recently marked his 75th birthday. Little-known fact: Sowell wanted the job when O'Connor got it. Proof? A letter-to-the-editor of the Wall Street journal saying that Reagan should name an econmist to be on the Supreme Court. It was so persuasive I thought: wow! great idea! And the perfect one would be Thomas Sowell! Then I looked at the byline - Thomas Sowell!We'd all pay to see the fireworks if Sowell were nominated and thought his health would stand up to the job at his age. But the truth is that O'Connell will remain on the bench until her successor is confirmed - so there will be no recess appointment. And therefore, unless the McVainiacs come to their senses and vote Republican, the Democrats will block any nominee they like less than O'Connor - and Bush and the Republican wing of the Republican Party will avoid any nominee who they like less than O'Connor. Net effect will be that O'Connor stays on the bench until she cries uncle, and flatly quits.
Look to our esteemed RINO Orrin Hatch for this one, they were his recommendation to Klinton.
Bush is the boss, he doesn't have to appoint anyone. I hold out hope that he won't wimp out, but not a lot.
OK Sowell is too old...how about Mark Steyn?
O’Sullivan’s First Law states that "All organizations that are not actually right-wing will over time become left-wing." And that goes for individual justices of SCotUS.
And although O'Sullivan himself gives some examples as a lame "proof," his law is demonstrably true. My proof follows:
- Journalism is negative (if it bleeds, it leads)
- Journalism is superficial (because of deadline pressure)
- Journalism is arrogant (in claiming the virtue of objectivity, and also in its believe that "you never get into an argument with someone who buys ink by the truckload."
- Journalism is cowardly (in that each journalist fears all the others - applying you never get into an argument with someone who buys ink by the truckload" to themselves as relates to journalism in general
- It follows that journalism is cynical and bullying.
- It follows that any organization which is courageous and principled will be labeled "right wing" - and all others will be pulled to the left by the flattery and derision of journalism.
Not that one. She wrote the dissent on that one. IOW, she voted against the theft by eminent domain decision of the Court. It was a very good dissent too, although not as fiery as that written by Justice Thomas, who basically ripped new anal orifices for the five who voted to gut the "takings" clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Straight, accurate and to the point. Vintage Sowell. When he speaks, I listen. The same with Krauthammer. Brilliant men!
Okay .. but I'm not letting her off the hook for ABORTION.
He just celebrated his 75th birthday on June 30. I've heard him speak on Rush Limbaugh's show. He sounds like someone in his 50s.
Happy 75th Birthday today, Thomas Sowell! (vanity)
Townhall ^ | 6/30/2005 | Christian4Bush
Posted on 06/30/2005 10:08:04 AM CDT by Christian4Bush
In that case it will prove important how she cries. Will she cry "Pres. Bush please change your nominee to someone who can be confirmed by Rats and RINOs" or will she cry "Give the appointee an up or down vote, the constitution only requires a majority for this." The two cries would be reported very differently and I'm afraid her tears will fall the first way so she can enjoy reading about herself in the W. Compost.
I don't know about Sowell's health, but historically the Supremes can last a long time in the saddle. Certainly many here had hoped Stevens wouldn't still be on the court at 86. I hope Sowell stays active and influential, in whatever remains his chosen field, as long as his former professor Milton Friedman.
Appointing Sowell is probably nothing more than a dream, but what a dream! "Mr. Sowell Goes To Washington." A big shootout between the MSM types and all us little freepers, bloggers, radio hosts, etc. in the alternative media. The blacks finally realizing we're claiming the smartest man in the country (he's had my vote for a long time) is one of them and deciding they want him on the court too. The black caucus falling silent on the issue. The RINOs with their moist fingers in the wind coming around to our side. The liberals going down in flames trying to win even a single point against him.
I would seriously doubt that she would say anything at all publicly about it. i just think that the first nominee will be conservative, and that the Democrats will filibuster because McCain assured that they're not afraid of the nuclear option. And that will drag on into the next term of the court, with no vote. Bush will not pick Estrada, exactly because Estrada pulled out (understandably) once before rather than having his law practice in limbo during the filibuster.And it will just drag on and on like that. Since O'Connor will still be on the court until her successor's confirmation, it will be business as usual on the court, just a bunch of hate and discontent in the Senate. But the Senate won't have to spend all its time on the nomination, because O'Connor will still be on the bench. So it won't, and things will just drag on. Knowing this is coming, Bush will name someone who will hang tough, and he will hang tough. And so will "objective journalism" and the rest of the Democrats.
All the O'Connor "resignation" will do is cause turmoil. A fitting end to the career of a justice who got the positon Reagan should have given Thomas Sowell. If she says anything about it, Bush can just say, "I nominated a good Justice, the Senate just won't vote." This drags on well into the '06 election season, and becomes an issue in the Senate races. In South Carolina I suspect it will be the death knell of Lindsey Graham's political career; he may be replaced by a worse Democrat, but he probably will be replaced.
WOOHOO! OUTSTANDING article! Thanks for posting.
Then when Rehnquist retires shortly after he can hit them with Janice Rogers Brown. That would take the wind out of their sails and leave them grasping to defeat a nominee they have already confirmed, shes a woman and she is black. Tough to derail that one.
It also seems a guy like Kennedy will go with the flow once the majority of the court is conservative.
That was a generic compliant, not meant to you. Sorry.
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