Posted on 11/15/2004 1:40:54 PM PST by RWR8189
Good article about the real issues. Unfortunately, we may lose this war before we fight the first battle.
I like Judge Posner of the 7th Circuit.
As a practitioner, I like the idea of non-judges. I also like the idea of VERY young, conservative, judges that will be there a while.
This whole long treatise could have been 'written' with just the one sentence.
All the rest is just an exercise in the writer's "look at me, how wise I am" exercise.
"W" is where he is because we know him and we trust him. No need to go picking about in every decision of would be, might be choices...
Time to step back and let him make his decisions - and give room for them to be implemented.
I don't believe he needs our micromanagement.
I trust him...
He's the best man for the job, and he could never get confirmed.
Isn't it funny how the issue has been twisted so that the activist judges (those that vow to uphold Roe v Wade) are considered "mainstream" while any other judge is considered a "radical"?
Laura I.
Let's hope that it's Ginsberg that drops first.
Too bad Souter and Kennedy don't seem to be going anywhere soon.
I don't see Ginsberg lasting four more years so your hope may come true.
You hit every nail on the head.
The fact is that the majority of the justices on the Supreme Court have become agenda driven activists, and that bodes ill for the American people as a whole. This "third branch of government" now sees itself as the "overseer" of the Executive and the Legislature through its use of judicial review.
While I agree that conservative justices must be appointed to the High Court it's also obvious that an appointee, who is answerable to no one for the remainder of his/her life, would find it difficult not to succumb to the power of the office.
Although some will argue that the Congress has the power to rein in the Judiciary it has shown little inclination to do so over the past years, and it is this abdication of congressional responsibility that has given the Court its ability to unconstitutionally and incrementally change our Constitution.
In this regard the position of the Supreme Court in American politics must be reexamined. Conservatives must be appointed not only to the Court, but also to the Congress. Without a truly Conservative Congress acting as an "active" watchdog over the Judiciary it doesn't matter how many conseravtive Justices are appointed to the Court.
I am taking a law and economics class next semester where the professor almost exclusively uses Posner cases. They are truly a treat to read.
Frank Easterbrook sits on the 7th circuit w/ Posner and subscribes to the law and economics philosophy. I think he would be an excellent choice, but I haven't read any national security opinions of his. If anyone else has opinions/more info on Easterbrook as a potential SCOTUS nominee I would love to hear it.
I don't think there is any chance Posner would get selected. A Democrat surely wouldn't appoint him and I have heard he is not very religous, so I doubt President Bush would nominate him either.
Wow!
I can't believe that Larry Klayman's name is not on mentioned ONCE in this article!
Now you've done it.
The did by inference.....
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
You know, Larry's gone into private practice in Florida.
I have a barking dog issue that I may contact him on.
I imagine that after a few years of press releases and fund raisers, my neighbors will either move, or their dog will die, at which point Larry will issue a flurry of press releases, declare victory, and initiate a fund raiser.
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