Posted on 11/06/2009 3:00:05 PM PST by opentalk
Senate Republicans are gearing up to block the appeals-court nomination of U.S. District Judge David Hamilton, whose resume includes a stint as a fundraiser for ACORN, the community-organizing group recently tripped up by a series of embarrassing undercover videos.
Conservative legal groups have described Hamilton as "ultra-liberal." His appointment to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago would provide an aerie perch from which to rule on appeals from Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told fellow senators that before Veterans Day "We are going to [vote on] Judge David Hamilton, Seventh Circuit, who has been waiting since April. We have agreed to time agreements. Do you want an hour, two hours, five hours, 10 hours of debate? No, we don't want anything. Up-or-down vote."
News that Reid planned to push the Hamilton nomination without much debate has triggered alarms among Senate Republicans, who view Hamilton's record as too extreme.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., recent wrote a letter to colleagues warning that Hamilton "has used his position as a district court judge to drive a political agenda."
Sessions accused Hamilton of being a judicial activist who had "abused his lifetime appointment" as a judge to "deprive the people of Indiana of their domestic and constitutional rights…."
Ironically, when President Obama selected Hamilton to become the first judicial nomination of his presidency, aides said it signaled the president's desire to work harmoniously with Senate Republicans.
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An ACORN activist is POTUS!
Three words—NO NO NO!!!
He will try to stack the court to control all government.
What a disappointment Lugar has become. He was a good Senator in the Reagan administration, but he’s been in DC way to long.
"Republican opposition to Hamilton's nomination has emerged over rulings in a host of cases -- from barring Christian prayer in the Indiana Legislature to blocking enforcement of certain state abortion statutes."
"Hamilton stated in a 2003 speech that the role of a judge includes "writing footnotes to the Constitution" and believes "empathy" should influence a judge's decision making, Sessions wrote."
"n 2008, Hamilton ruled to strike down a law requiring sex offenders to release detailed, personal information, including e-mail addresses and Internet screen names, and to submit to routine search warrants."
"Hamilton also ruled in 2003 to strike down part of an Indiana law compelling abortion clinics to provide women with information about alternatives to abortion -- a decision that was later overturned."
Either thier oblivious or thier stupid beyond belief, the anger is mounting out here and still they give us a big F U, spit in our faces turn thier backs and do whatever they damed well please. I am at a loss for words!
Permit me to restate:
The numero uno ACORN activist is POTUS!
He is acting stupidily and not thinking twice about it. I will have no pity nor mercy for this man when his time for judgement arrives.
Small potatoes. He wants to load up the SCOTUS. Then Katie bar the door....!
We just have to make sure the judges are not in the tank for him.
Things are about to get crazy. Quickly.
Thanks to people like Beck, BHO has been outed for the socialist commie he really is.
Now he knows there’s only 3 years left to complete his mission.
To block all future investigations of Acorn.
You gotta give the boy credit, he doesnt mind pushing crappy endorsements to the Congress.
The Congress appears to pass everything he wants, so why not?
This is without doubt the worst Congress that has ever been elected to serve.
Good Point. I think Acorn has a better chance to bring his downfall than the citizenship challenge.
The list, ping
And folks claimed that allowing Barry to ascend to the potur couldn’t do all that much harm ... disgusting leftist dead-soul infection in America, a raging epidemic even.
the bomb MUST GO!!!
They aren’t oblivious.. They aren’t stupid .. They are power-hungry Statists and they know we won’t stop them.. except at the ballot box.
“We just have to make sure the judges are not in the tank for him.”
I have no pity nor mercy for them either. Their judgement time will arrive at the same time. These traitors will have to face the music sooner or later ... we will get our country back.
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