Posted on 02/27/2005 2:04:04 PM PST by wagglebee
If President Bush taps Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to replace William Rehnquist as chief justice, he won't be able to count on support from Delaware Democratic Senator Joe Biden - even though Biden voted to confirm Scalia when he was first nominated to the high court in 1986.
"I would spend a lot of time making the case he shouldn't be chief justice," Biden told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. Biden insisted that his about-face on Scalia had nothing to do with the justice's conservative views. "I would oppose him because of his methodology, the way he interprets the Constitution," he explained.
Scalia "thinks there are no such thing as unenumerated rights in the Constitution which fundamentally alters the way in which you read the liberty clause of the 14th Amendment and a whole range of other things," the Delaware Democrat complained, before reiterating, "I would vote no."
With Republicans holding 55 Senate seats as a result of last November's election, Scalia is within striking distance of the magic 60 votes needed to overcome a possible Democratic filibuster of his nomination.
Biden's withdrawal of support, however, could signal that Democrats are prepared to vote the party line on even a previously confirmed justice.
Just go "nuclear" and Biden could shove himself.
Is there a Dem with a bigger ego than Biden?
"A good copy is better than a poor original." -- Joe Biden
Is anyone really surprised by this.....? We take them on sooner or later....I vote for sooner.
Do you think they were counting on this liar?
Biden isn`t even qualified or intelligent enough to plagiarize Scalias writings.
I'm with ya on it, hooiermama.
I read an op-ed a few days ago in which former Senator Helms warns that the "nuclear option" is a bad idea. Helms said that we would have federal funding of all abortions for "the poor" without the Senate filibuster. There are other situations where the filibuster defeats liberals too. He said that giving up the filibuster to gain typical judges John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Sandra Day O'Connor, or Anthony Kennedy is madness. He made me think twice about the "nuclear option." Helms said that we can't stop filibusters on judicial nominees and retain it on other matters, but I don't know whey we could not.
No, there isn't; and this sounds like he's staking "this" issue out as his own way to keep his face in front of the camera.
The Bent One, Hitlery, sKerry, the Swimmer, Boxer, Rangel, Byrd, Dean, McAwful, McCain (might as well be a 'Rat) and a bunch more.
Can someone please explain what Biden is talking about here?
Well the late Senator Thurmond called his "ranking member" Biden the "best candidate" that the Democrats had when Biden made his silly presidential run in 1988. I think Biden learned long ago to charm his way into Chairman Thurmond's inner circle. But you're right: why would anyone take Biden seriously. He demonstrates the shortcomings of the intelligence of DE voters too.
The Democrats truly suck. They want the right to appoint Justices when the Democrats are in office, and the right to appoint Justices when the Democrats are not in office. As I said, the Democrats truly suck. If they want to choose the Chief Justice, they need to win the White House. Otherwise, they should stop messing with the Constitution, which says the President picks the Justices.
McCain?
technically, not a Dem, I know, but is there a Sunday when either or both doesn't feel the need to show his face and express his opinions on the Sunday morning talking head parade?
Can someone explain to be what this babbling is about? Last I heard, Scalia believes there's no such thing as "unenumerated" powers of the fedgov. And what does that have to do with the 14th Amendment? And where is a "liberty clause" in the that Amendment? It's not in my copy of the Constitution. What is this guy rambling about?
LOL. Calling Petronski to post your pic of Biden's new and improved rug weave that he wore this morning. The pic that you posted on the iPod thread. LOL.
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