[Ramrod]

Arlen Specter sneers at Clarence Thomas and opposed Robert Bork, but he rolled over for the three liberals like Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer. Specter redeemed himself a bit with Clarence Thomas, but his Bork vote must forever be held against him.

[TheNailAuthority]

Since Specter invented the term to "Bork" someone, we should honor him with the priveledge of him being "Borked" himself.

[Robespierre]

You actually saw him 'sneer' at Clarence Thomas? I listened to Specter's reasons for his actions in the past on Hannity yesterday. He spoke well. I give him thumbs up for the job.

[Syco]

Stop Specter Ping

[joe_broadway]

Souter, Breyer and Ginsburg (ACLU connections)are all leftists and therefore hardly moderate or neutral. They do not let the intent of the writers of the constitution speak for itself.

Bork just wants the law to mean what it was supposed to mean, therefore he is the one who "is unworthy" or "outside the mainstream of modern legal thought".

What a bunch of elitist cow dung.

The extremists are the ones Specter had no problem with. That should be enough to mark Specter as unworthy to hold office or to select judges.

[lilylangtree]

Bork Specter!

[Tanniker Smith]

In Specter's defense, Souter was a stealth liberal. Bush picked him because he didn't have a paper trail. Unfortunately, it was a bad choice. Souter thinks a tad too much of himself in the role of the "moderate" voice, which he isn't.

As for Ginsburg and Breyer, well, I can't say that I like them, but they aren't unqualified (which is not to say that they were the best qualified or most qualified) and sad to say they were the choices of the President.

I'm one of those that belives that the president should be allowed a lot of discretion in his picks to SCOTUS, and only really far out there, unqualified types should be tossed. (THink about it, that's how so many justices nominated by the minority party get there. The other side may not rubber stamp them, but they don't jump on them purely on ideological grounds. At least, they aren't supposed to.)

By the way, SCOTUS nominees have been on my mind in EVERY election that I've voted in since my 19th birthday.

TS

[Brilliant]

The current court is not conservative, so the fact that he voted for some of its members does not impress me.

[UWhusky]

excuse my ignorance, but why isn't Orrin Hatch the judiciary chairman? are there term limits on that position?

[EdReform]

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