Scalia and Thomas are revolutionary’s?
In other words, interpret the constitution without ever bothering to read what it actually says. Or the ability to find things that aren't even in there, like a right to an abortion.
Kind of gutsy for John Yoo to be expressing an opinion—this may make Rahm Emanuel and Eric Holder decide to prosecute him (for his advice about “torture”) after all.
The answer to that question (what kind of judge will he appoint?) depends on whether he’s willing to risk his popularity. He can get almost anyone he wants confirmed, but if he chooses a radical jurist, there would be a public backlash. But if he makes a safe, uncontroversial choice, he wins PR points and expends little political capital. I don’t know what he’ll do, but how much he’s willing to put on the line now will answer that.
Empathy has a proper place in other areas of life, such as medicine or charitable work. And the law does take account of a party's identity when necessary - in deciding whether someone has suffered racial or gender discrimination, for example. But judges should not apply these rules differently in individual cases because of the skin color, or sex, or religion of the plaintiff or the defendant.
According to a Michael Medved piece in townhall.com last week, the Bible tells us that justice and charity are different virtues and to seek to do charity in rendering justice, or to seek to do justice in rendering charity may result in neither.
Of course, leftists in general and leftist judges in particular will never grasp this concept.
Professor Yoo needs to check the mushrooms on his pizza.
Jesse Jackson, he is neutral in their eyes.
oh, I know, what was the lawyer who was relaying orders from a terrorist in custody. They should put her on the Supreme Court.
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