Posted on 05/28/2005 7:36:14 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Once the Constitutional option is exercised don't be surprised to see Democrats assassinating some of "W"'s nominees for the courts.
So how is Ginsberg's health anyway?
John Paul Stevens (age 85, a moderate).
LOL, these guys are nuts. Stevens...a moderate.
Only if the Republicans have the backbone to actually use it. Otherwise it will sit and collect dust.
-Regards, T.
I agree, McCain's in trouble.
"Yet, amidst all the three-dimensional chess, the irony is that nobody knows how justices will perform until they don the robes. Republican President Dwight Eisenhower named Earl Warren and William Brennan, who helped tilt the court leftward for a generation".
Yeah well nobody knew how Warren would do on the court as he never served as a judge before (he was a three-time California governor, and republican candidate for vice-president in 1948). As to Brennan, Ike asked for it, as he wanted to nominate "a Catholic, Democrat from North-East" to increase his chances during re-election. Now what could you possibly expect from a democratic judge from New England????
For me much more shocking were people like Harry Blackmun (who was proposed to president Nixon by Chief Justice Burger) and David Souter (who was proposed by Sununu). Now THEY (unlike Brennan for example) were supposed to be conservatists...
REPUBLICAN STEERS
So, is it a rule that any paper with the word "Star" in it is liberal?
LOL!
-Regards, T.
I still think that since the dems have agreed to letting a vote take place on Janice Rogers Brown, and she is likely to get approved, SHE should be put up---
How in the heck could the dems use the "extraordinary circumstances" excuse on her anymore? Besides, everything that I have read that she stands for, sounds really good to me...
I also wish he would think about Miguel Estrada...
These dems that came away from that little "compromise" charade thinking that President Bush is going to "ask the dems" who he should nominate, are really stupid!
The bar has been raised, and I don't expect them to attempt to filibuster Rehnquist's replacement.
Whether the 'Rats fight Bush's nominee aggressively depends on which judge retires. If William Rehnquest retires, the 'Rats won't try too hard to stop the nominee because there will be no ideological change on the court. A Rehnquest retirement is the most likely in the near future. Look for Bush to nominate Antonin Scalia as Chief Justice & Michael Luttig to succeed Scalia as Associate Justice, with both being confirmed with only token opposition.
Now if Sandra Day O'Conner or John Paul Stevens retire, that's when you'll see the fireworks.
What are you talking about?
That's what they have been doing fo 5 years?
The White House , if not already done so (through intermediaries), should keep it simple and do the following >>>
- inform Scalia that he will be nominated for Chief Justice
- have Scalia draw up a list of top choices for the Supreme Court to join him on the bench.
If McVain has set up his own shop, it may not float. McVain is pushing his own agenda and does not give a big rat's patoot about the country or Bush's agenda. McVain is working for McVain!! And, whether the six other idiots, including Graham, follow him is in qquestion.
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JMO of course.
Finally, some SOUND analysis of this situation is being done.
No surprise that the source is NOT the NYSlimes, AP, or ABCNNBCBS.
When Stevens or O'Connor goes, Bush should put up someone who is just barely to the left of Genghis Khan, and then effusively tell America on national TV that he (or she) is a "moderate."
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