Your Entire Freakin' Post!
Posted on 07/30/2015 11:56:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
What kind of U.S. Supreme Court would a President Christie strive to create? The most conservative one possible, based on an interview Gov. Chris Christie gave to conservative radio talk show host Michael Medved on Tuesday afternoon.
Christie, a Republican candidate for the White House, ducked a caller's question about whether gay marriage was really a states rights issue, but answered immediately when asked who he'd appoint to the bench of the highest court in the land; Christie identified an associate justice widely thought to be the court's most conservative by legal scholars.
"If you want to know the kind of justices to the Supreme Court that a President Christie would pick, you need to look at one seat on the Supreme Court, and that's the seat of judge Sam Alito," Christie said.
Christie noted that both he and Alito shared a similar background, having both previously served as United States Attorney for New Jersey, and that picking someone like Alito would ensure that "the judiciary does their job the way their supposed to, which is to interpret the laws, not to make new ones."
Alito, who is from New Jersey and whose late father once headed the Office of Legislative Services at the Statehouse, also opposed nationwide subsidies for Obamacare in a dissenting U.S. Supreme Court opinion issued last month.
Christie declined to say whether same-sex marriage was really a states rights issue, but pointed to marriage equality bills he'd vetoed as governor and "fought up to New Jersey Supreme Court."
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
I was just thinking of going in to eat. “President Cristie”...
Think I’ll wait a while...
Tele Tubby has zero chance of getting elected. Especially since he will shut down all medical and retail marijuana operations in 50 states.
Better and a follow up question. Who were the judges that Christie appointed in New Jersey?
Oh go rename Brendan Byrne Arena or something, you jerk.
Oh wait, that already happened.
OK, go re-route traffic on the GWB then.
You're not electable. Simply will not happen, even if limited nuclear war were to devastate the East Coast and the only musicians left alive in Washington DC were a traveling Mexican mariachi band to play the US national anthem at your swearing-in ceremony on the shattered steps in front of the blackened ruins of the US Capitol building.
You. Will. NEVER. Be. President.
So knock it off. Go govern your little anti-American state full of beak-nosed Jamie Farr clones.
Interviewer to Hillary: "If you were a tree, what kind?"
Interviewer to GOP'r: "When did you stop hitting your wife?"
Naah, the primary Christie’s choice.
Scalia and Thomas are actually better. They understand original intent. No one else on that court does
Your Entire Freakin' Post!
Very presumptuous for someone who will have trouble in NJ; not that Sam Alito has been a bad justice. However, that is a comparative “not bad”.
Sorry Chrispy, Sprinkles are for winners.
Baseball, what {{{{burp}}}} baseball?
Interestingly, that is the same thing Trump has apparently said - he’s appoint justices like Alito. With Christie, we can look at the appointments he has made in NJ to get an idea of the type of judge he would appoint. With Trump, we have nothing other than his own statement to go on.
I am a fan of Thomas, Alito, and Scalia
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.