Posted on 04/21/2007 9:26:25 PM PDT by zendari
I agree, however, I wouldn't nearly be as concerned if we had the court locked down. Idiodic Republican appointments like David Souter and Anthony Kennedy have prevented this. See their Segal-Cover scores. We also cannot afford to have the surrender party gain the white house and handle the war on terror in typical french fashion. They are trying to manufacture a loss right now for political reasons.
Yes, however Souter has been a complete disaster and I’m stil waiting for John Sununu to explain his recommendation. Anthony Kennedy is another in this mold.
Kennedy was excusable. He was a 3rd string choice with the clock quickly ticking on the Reagan presidency.
People said back then that Kennedy isn’t a Scalia conservative.
I still believe Reagan could have done better than Kennedy. Regardless, there is no excuse for Souter. John Sununu needs to be taken to task for that one. Have you ever heard him confronted on it?
A simple majority is easy enough to construct.
But the fact is that any Bush appointment is going to need not 51, but 60 votes. McCain and his Gang of 14 ensured that SCOTUS nominees could be filibustered successfully.
I haven’t read enough, for sure. As I said above, so far, so good, but I don’t think the rubber has really met the road yet. When some prior decisions are up to be overturned is when we’ll really see how strongly the Constitution is going to be looked at by those two. (Thinking Kelo, rather than Roe, here ..., and reaffirmation of the 10th amendment)
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