[Giant Conservative]

Call your United States Senators today!

[Andy from Beaverton]

Here we go again!

[rs79bm]

give me a break. Luttig is as good a choice as any.

[Palladin]

Luttig...pro-aborton?

FORGET HIM!!!!

[PhiKapMom]

Isn't this Alan Keyes organization?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Judge Michael Luttig is supported by infamous RINO pundit Hugh Hewitt, which should send up a red flag right there.

In the wake of his weeks-long pro-Miers tantrum/meltdown: this can never, ever be too emphatically stated.

[ClearCase_guy]

Someone can be pro-abortion and anti-Roe. I have no knowledge of Luttig's stance.

But Roe is just bad law.

[Admin Moderator]

Please use original titles.
Thanks.

[Siena Dreaming]

Newsflash: you will always be able to cherry pick a nominees life to find proof that he/she is a "RINO".

You ain't gonna get Jesus.

[NapkinUser]

I was opposed to Miers, but this is absurd. If you can't be happy with Luttig, you are not going to be happy. The choice is most likely going to be Luttig or Alito.

And there are WAY more issues more important than abortion.

[Sometimes A River]

She withdrew because she would have been shot down in the Senate.

She did not have the votes.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I understand that he is pro-life, and I believe he would have never vote for Roe or Casey. However, a lower court cannot rule against a higher court. So to a judge in his position, he had to rule with the Supremes. That doesn't mean anything if he becomes a Supreme himself. Only Supremes can overturn Supremes. Well, in theory the people can do it through the amendment or impeachment process, and Congress can limit their jurisdiction. But reality seems to be another matter.

[RichInOC]

Every nominee to the USSC should have prior experience on the bench...

Rehnquist had no prior experience as a judge. Thomas had a year or so on the DC Circuit. Scalia had about four years, also on the DC Circuit. Souter, on the other hand, had twelve years as a state judge, plus a few months on the First Circuit. Judicial experience is nice, but not absolutely necessary, and at least sometimes greatly overrated. Or did we change our minds about Souter being garbage?

[reelfoot]

"Judge Michael Luttig is supported by infamous RINO pundit Hugh Hewitt, which should send up a red flag right there."

Well said. If Hewitt's for him, I'd be skeptical.

[Varda]

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=4th/981930r3pv3.html

Luttig's own words are that abortion is a "fundamental right" and that a woman has a "right to choose".

Nothing in this opinion suggests that he would overturn Roe.

[tioga]

Please Lord, give us a SCOTUS judge after your own heart. Amen.

[muawiyah]

Alito would be nothing more than another Kennedy. There's already one too many of his kind on the court.

[cpforlife.org]

Don't know if y'all saw this. From Alan Keyes group. Interesting and sometimes suprising info on some big names. With some Pro-Life assurance on Alito.

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Life begins at conception—NOT birth.
Birth is one day in the life of a person who is already nine months old.

[MHGinTN]

"Of course, that means no longer letting socially liberal oligarchs like Senator Kennedy and Senator Schumer set the rules." Left out was the chairgoon of the Senate Committee, the 'Scottish Law' idiot in plain clothing.

[campaignPete R-CT]

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