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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Well, they are getting restless and, let;s face it ... frustrated. If they can post jpegs ... so can we. :)
The Rudybots need to wake up. Rudy, makes a better Democrat candidate that Hillary.
What will you do if Rudy wins without your vote?
AWESOME!
Hey - I'm the last person to defend Rudy's past social liberalism.
However, I looked at Rudy's record, and his fiscal & national security conservatism, his taking on the welfare state and out-of-wedlock births, his executive experience running America's largest city, and that right there told me that this was more important than abortion/gay marriages/gun control, which he has very little control over and existed before him anyway.
Wish we had put up a pool on how long it would take them to start posting spam again!
Welcome aboard! :-)
Do you foresee someone overtaking Rudy at this point?
Even if all Rudy supporters on this site went over to someone else (who?) it's not going to help. People don't just change their natural pick because you want them to.
So your argument is invalid.
So bunnybabes, see See http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1778466/posts?page=130 and tell me why I should treat your boy any differently than I did Billary?
Vote for who you want. Hunter? He's not going to win.
What are you going to do?
Have fun supporting career Congressmen who did virtually nothing to advance social conservatism & feel that it is in their destiny to be President.
See http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1778466/posts?page=130
You keep hiding from that thread, why?
Because you've posted it 5,000 times!
Do you really expect people to read your spam?
Sorry, Rudy has the money, the record, and the name recognition.
The social-conservative, career Congresscritters dreaming of the Presidency has el zippo.
Nope. Once. Now that is one time more than you have ever commented on it. Why are you and your buddies afraid of that speech by your hero?
If you are going to overlook all the personal baggage that Rudy brings, marriage infidelity, his stances on abortion, guns, gays. Then I would prefer Newt. At least his views are totally conservative.
The problem is that he's got miles and miles of room on his right. This is his statement to the press when he filed a frivolous lawsuit against gun manufacturers. This reads like a VPC tract...
New York City Sues Gun Industry On June 20th, I was pleased to announce that the City of New York filed a lawsuit against two dozen major gun manufacturers and distributors. This is an industry which profits from the suffering of innocent people. The lawsuit is intended to end the free pass that the gun industry has enjoyed for a very long time, which has resulted in too many avoidable deaths. The suit alleges a number of illegal practices on the part of the gun manufacturers, including:
More than 30,000 Americans each year - including 4,200 children - die because of gun violence. In addition, the city has found evidence of advertisements by gun manufacturers that claim their guns don't show fingerprints. This feature serves no purpose unless the user is intending to use the weapon for illegal purposes. It is our hope that this suit will result in substantial financial awards to the City for the many ways in which illegal practices and illegal guns harm New Yorkers; including the $17 million dollars each year that are spent by the City's Health and Hospitals Corporation treating gun-shot wounds. Over the past six years, New York City has reduced crime and murder more than any City in the nation. Our success has been built, in large part, on the tireless efforts of the Police Department to remove guns from our streets. But 95% of the guns that our police seize come from outside the City of New York. Their job of keeping New York safe is made considerably more difficult because of less restrictive guns laws in other parts of the nation and because of the illegal and immoral practices of the gun industry. This lawsuit is an aggressive step towards restoring accountability to an industry that profits from the suffering of others. |
These aren't the words of a conservative.
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