Ashcroft & Evans resign

MSNBC

[USNA74]

Reporting that AG Ashcroft and Commerce Sec Don Evans have resigned.

[lentulusgracchus]

I honestly don't know enough about Gonzales to have an opinion, sorry.

But so for, for AG it would seem Ted Olson would be the most obvious choice, though there are some other good ones, like Ken Starr, and I still like former prosecutor, Florida congressman and impeachment manager Bill McCollum for just about anything to do with the justice system.

Might wanna keep Ken Starr on ice until an Associate Justice slot opens up -- LOL!

[txradioguy]

IMHO....ANYTHING the Statesman is involved in of this nature should be held to the same suspcion level as a Jayson Blair story in the NYT.

I've dealt with them from a Public Affairs level and not only do they STRONGLY dislike the military, they tried to smear the state Adjutant General with a false story he used military aircraft for personal golf outings in other states, the story was debunked and MG James went on to become the Director of the Air National Guard.

Any "scoop" or "inside information" the Statesman ever claims to have is just so much BS! So if the said they had something on the Gov. 99% chance it WAS a smear.

[WoodstockCat]

I'll bet Elaine Chao stays. I hope that Abraham is replaced by John Breaux but he may have had his fill of Washington. Norm Mineta has to be shown the door.

[lentulusgracchus]

Senator Lincoln Chaffee was going to switch from a Republican to a Demoncat, because he felt that Bush has taken the party to far to the right, ....

Tommy Dasschole's revenge. Crib another Pubbie.

OK, Linc, go ahead. Cross the aisle. Make my day. You'll be parking in Suitland and walking in, for openers. Oh, and what state did you say you were from.....?

[txradioguy]

Personally I hope the President completely IGNORES any calls to "reach across the aisle" and nominate a RAT for any position other than head pooper scooper for Barney.

This "reach across the aisle" crap always comes up after the RATS are handed their heads in an election. The president got burned by this already...remember The Swimmer and No Child Left Behind?

[Reagan Man]

Here's some names that have been tossed around over the last four years as possible USSC nominees under PresBush.

Judge J. Michael Luttig (4th Circuit)
Judge Emilio M. Garza (5th Circuit)
Miguel Estrada (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP)
White House Counsel Alberto Gonzalez
Judge James Harvie Wilkinson III (4th Circuit)
Judge Edith Jones (5th Circuit)
Judge Frank Easterbrook (7th Circuit)
Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. (3rd Circuit)
Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)
Justice Janice Brown (Calif. Supreme Ct.)
Judge Alex Kozinski (9th Circuit)
Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)
Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson
Former US-AG John Ashcroft
Judge Diarmiud O'Scannlain (9th Circuit)
Judge Paul Niemeyer (4th Circuit)
Judge Richard Posner (7th Circuit)
Judge Jerry E. Smith (5th Circuit)
Judge A. Raymond Randolph (D.C. Circuit)
Professor Lillian Riemer BeVier (Univ. of Va.)
John G. Roberts, Jr. (Hogan & Hartson, LLP)
Judge Karen Williams (4th Circuit)
Former Senator John C. Danforth (R-Missouri)
Judge Pasco Bowman (8th Cir.)
Judge Amalya Lyle Kearse (2d Cir.)

[diss-a-lib]

I believe I sent a post to you by a mistake, it should have gone elsewhere, I apoligize for the error.

[MEG33]

http://www.drizzten.com/blargchives/000729.html
It could never get legs because no one could confirm it..
It was a rumor.

[txradioguy]

Lincoln Chaffe finally coming out of the closet wouldn't hurt us vote wise in the Senate...no real reason to panic on this one.


But I do agree that the state he's from SHOULD go to the bottom of the list for ANYTHING short of aid for a disaster! LOL!

[Tuxedo]

I would expect Breaux gets a job in the Administration. Hopefully he will be the only Dem.

[JohnnyZ]

Former Gov. Jim Gilmore of Virginia would be a great choice

I'll second that one. Gilmore is someone who should definitely get back into elective politics at some point, too, maybe replacing John Warner.

[JohnnyZ]

I expect Bush will roll over on 2A eventually.

You're a nutcase. I'm sure you were one of the foolios GUARANTEEING that Bush would renew the AWB.

You're so bitter and negative that you just can't accept victory!!!

[newzjunkey]

Despite lefties' rantings about Ashcroft and censorship of the statues, the breasts are bare.

[diss-a-lib]

No, just another RINO.

[WoodstockCat]

Larry Thompson from GA perhaps he's looking at Chambliss seat in another term?

[MEG33]

Notice how the press managed to get the picture just right?

[newzjunkey]

Perhaps you should actually gather some facts and look at Today's Photo breasts and all.

[Thud]

I'd rather start with Rasul v. Bush - it made a believer of me about the federal judiciary. They are thoroughly rotten - it doesn't matter what the law or Constitution say because they ignore inconvenient language to reach the result they want. That is rule by men, not by law.

So amending the Constitution or denying the Court jurisdiction won't stop them from doing whatever they want. Only a change of personnel will, and at this point I'd like to dump life appointments too.

FYI, the part of Rasul to look at is that the federal courts assumed jurisdiction at all, compared to the ruling in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld. Both sought a statutory writ of habeas corpus (not the constitutional writ as no constitutional violation was alleged), and the habeas statute requires that relief be sought from the U.S. District Court having jurisdiction over where the prisoner was held.

Neither Hamdi nor Rasul complied with that part of the habeas statute. The Supreme Court ruled that Hamdi (a U.S. citizen because he was born here) must first seek relief from the District Court where his prison was located. But Rasul was held at Guantamano, which is outside the area where any District Court has jurisdiction. That's why he was being held at Gitmo.

And the Supreme Court ruled for Rasul, i.e., they gave him - an alien enemy combatant - broader habeas rights than a U.S. citizen. They didn't even try to explain that - they just ignored the contradiction.

IMO Rasul v. Bush is the worst decision since Dred Scott for lots of reasons, but the critical point is that it shows the present Supreme Court will ignore the wording and meaning of the law whenever it suits them.

And they are ignoring the constitution's separation of powers - they're grabbing at the President's use of war powers overseas against enemy combatants. See:

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/tribunals/hamdanrums110804opn.pdf

which just came down today. The lefties on the federal bench are trying to turn war into a criminal justice matter.

We have got to get those people out of there. And redo the whole judiciary. At this point I don't think any new judicial appointees should have prior federal judicial experience.

You guys want your social stuff. I want to win the war. Neither of us has a chance given the present Supreme Court, and the federal bench is now a threat to both of us. They'll ignore any law or Constitutional amendment about marriage they don't like just as they ignored the plain wording of the habeas statute's jurisdiction provision.

So I'd like to have federal judicial appointments be for fixed, limited terms rather than life. And have retention elections for the Supreme Court. They act as though they are sovereign because their appointments are for life. Whatever they say goes, goes, because they claim to be the final arbiters of the law and Constitution, and can rely on Democratic Senators to avoid impeachment.

Only the people are sovereign, not the Supreme Court, and we should be able to dump them when they get out of line like this.

It is time for state legislatures to petition Congress to convene a convention to propose Constitutional amendments. Starting with eight year terms for federal judicial appointments and some sort of retention election for the Supreme Court.

[newzjunkey]

Yup. Even in the end, the cameramen make sure to sneak the breasts in like a couple of Junior High juveniles.

[pookie18]

No problem.