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Perry’s first selections to the Texas Supreme Court was the appointment of Xavier Rodriguez to succeed Greg Abbott. Rodriguez was a self-proclaimed RINO leftist! Can We Trust Perry With The U.S. Supreme Court?

What rulings signed by Judge Rodriguez do you find particularly offensive? Can you name one?

Incidentally, he now sits on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, appointed by President Bush.

Perry’s pick, Judge Xavier Rodriguez?

NOW likes him, sort of.
http://www.now.org/issues/judicial/supreme/potentialnominees.html#Rodriguez

This is the abortion case that provided them with a reason to like him
http://www.lexisone.com/lx1/caselaw/freecaselaw?action=OCLGetCaseDetail&format=FULL&sourceID=bcdba&searchTerm=efSG.fKIa.aadj.ebfb&searchFlag=y&l1loc=FCLOW

Senators Kay Bailey-Hutchinson and John Cornyn liked him so much they urged Bush to appoint him, which he did. Brilliant. Simply Brilliant.
http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Xavier_Rodriguez

The Trans Texas Corridor people like him, at least a little …
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/naftaprotest_1509.html

He liked David Souter as a model for judicial thought. Um, Souter is seriously not conservative.
http://myweb.cableone.net/dfaltus/Govenor%20James%20Richard%20Perry.htm

He gets mixed reviews from attorneys who litigated before him
http://www.therobingroom.com/Judge.aspx?ID=1031

Steven Wayne Smith, a strong opponent of affirmative action, and a whole lot of Smith endorsers in the Texas conservative universe (see bottom of article), didn’t like him, which is why they were backing Smith, despite Perry’s disapproval.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1058534/posts

There are other issues with Rodriguez, but I am out of time. Suffice it to say, yes, this was a questionable Texas Supreme Court pick for a guy making himself out to be the grand conservative alternative to the current administration. Pffft!