Posted on 02/09/2007 4:46:09 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
Given the more liberal tendencies of Rudy Giuliani on abortion and guns, conservatives have expressed serious misgivings about his run for the nomination. However, the main effect that a President can have on these issues involves his or her outlook on the judiciary. The federal court system has been the main battleground for both issues, with Roe specifically precluding any kind of legislative action. Court nominations have become one of the essential considerations for presidential contenders -- and it may be more important for Giuliani than any other Republican candidate.
Giuliani has hinted that he would nominate jurists in the mold of Antonin Scalia and John Roberts. Today, at a visit with the South Carolina GOP Executive Committee, an audience member pressed him for his position. His campaign office has supplied us with the transcript of his answer:
On the Federal judiciary I would want judges who are strict constructionists because I am. I'm a lawyer. I've argued cases in the Supreme Court. I've argued cases in the Court of Appeals in different parts of the country. I have a very, very strong view that for this country to work, for our freedoms to be protected, judges have to interpret not invent the Constitution. Otherwise you end up, when judges invent the constitution, with your liberties being hurt. Because legislatures get to make those decisions and the legislature in South Carolina might make that decision one way and the legislature in California a different one. And that's part of our freedom and when that's taken away from you that's terrible.
It sounds as if Rudy has what could be an unbeatable combination. His personal views trend to the center and perhaps even liberal on these issues -- but he wants to nominate jurists that will return these questions to the...
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Please tell me which part is inaccurate.
Not hardly! It was flame war after flame war in '99 and there were NO Mods back then.
Yes, generic conservative beats Rudy for these of whom you speak.
Yet politics is the art of the possible.
And to govern one must be elected.
Why then is electability a sin.
And how much electability does generic conservative have.
That of flesh and blood can be measured or at least estimated from sampling.
The damage from Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidency cannot be measured, and it cannot be overestimated.
..see what I mean--come on beans, give me a break...
Lots of constitutional questions come up in family and criminal court, huh? Heck, even the felony cases, if I remember correctly, are transferred (after it's determined a defendant will stand trial) to another court.
That sums me up as well. My Dad was a hunter but never believed in having handguns in our house and was a Goldwater Republican. Only bumperstrip he proudly put on his car was for Goldwater.
Disgusts me to no end when the holier than thou crowd doubts my conservative credentials. I agree with you 100%!
You are right about that from the article I read!
The folks I am talking about, for example, claim to be Reagan Republicans and rail against compromise. Either they are idiots or liars. RR was famous for taking what he could get and coming back until he got what he wanted.
While RR remains the greatest President, IMHO, in my lifetime, he has become something of a cult hero to some. His two terms were not without serious missteps. These same people want to hold GWB and the current crop of candidates to a standard even RR could not meet. Bothers me.
Who do YOU want as the GOP presidential candidate of '08 to be ? Name someone; just don't give some piddling, childish, fairy tale of a dream wish, that NO person has EVER been...alive or dead.
no pardons ... you are good at cutting to the chase. :)
..that must have been like the Wild West--especially with Pat Buchanan's crowd.
Because of the changes, not the least of which are the now front loaded primaries, this is not comparable 20 years ago or older primary seasons; yet all of the prerequisits are still in places.... having major financial and political backing, BIG GUN advisers and teams on the ground, in all or at the least, a majority of states. Name recognition and an optimistic demeanor are also a must!
My earliest lesson in realpolitik was going door to door for Barry Goldwater--and by the way how different is the Republican/Bush prescription drug measure from its roots in LBJs Medicare.
The LBJ victory brought the Vietnam defeat--November 1965 he told the Joint Chiefs they could not mine Haiphong and bomb Hanoi. Hillary has already told us January 20 2009 at noon-fifteen she'll end the Iraq war.
Not to mention Lani Gunier and Janet Reno to follow Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
Can Newt or Mitt win the nomination. If so, I will fight for them.
But third party to insure Ahmadinejad has time and cover to amass his nuclear armory--no.
A moral victory--again no.
Yes, but h clinton has been around a lot longer - and she is boring
That is a good point, but the judicial appointments of a Mayor are very different than that of a President. Municipal Judges oversee criminal law, family law, or traffic violations. They never handle Constitutional or Federal law. So there is a different criteria involved. Guiliani's priority in that case was to appoint people who were tough on crime, especially repeat offenders, and operate their courts honestly (of which there was a chronic shortage before he took office, thanks to his predecessors). So it's easy to draw the wrong conclusion from his appointment of many registered Democrats to the New York Courts.
Yes, I am, rather, aren't I? LOL
BINGO....you got it in one! :-)
So now it's fully accurate, right?
I would like to see hunter get the nod.
BTW, I can tell you are in a nasty mood once again, so don't bother replying. I merely asked you a fair question, your reply was just bitchy and childish. Discusssion with you is useless.
LOL. Rigggght.
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