Posted on 07/01/2005 7:14:03 AM PDT by SueRae
Hearing on Fox News
Ahem.
Let's hope that this is taken in the spirit in which it's offered.
Given the quote above, should you re-evaluate your screen-name's last syllable?
It is approximately equivalent to me calling myself an "altar boy."
Truth-in-advertising, you know....
See my post above to GoldwaterChick
It's not a question of "how old."
Roe should be overturned because it is NOT a Federal issue--it's a States' issue.
When Gonzales was going through the hearings (or "bear-baiting" if you like) before, wasn't the anti-Hispanic message beginnign to be picked up the Hispanic media?
yes, it was.
Warner's a friggin' RINO--don't pay any attention to what he SAYS--only what he DOES.
Then dis-elect him, the dirty b(*&%, for what he did to Ollie North.
THAT is not a challenge.
Hot-blooded yout' who are idealists are easy pickin's for that agenda.
It's NOT so easy when they are married with chilluns.
The chief justice gets to shape coalitions through the assignments of the cases.
Constitutional law is a tricky business and the justices often will influence one another over one legal nuance or another. Moreover, though each justice of course hears and decides on all the cases misses an essential point: the human element, the personal chemistry among the justices. It is really no different than who gets to sponsor a bill in the Legislature; that person, and the approach he/she takes, will obviously influence others.
TWO jobs?
Still in the local LEO-shop?
Specter, Tommy Thompson, McCain...just off the top...
Many who call themselves (R) are both pro-death and pro-tax/spend.
I'm sorry for being so dense -- but I still don't have a clear idea of what "assignment of cases" means in the concrete. :-(
Jack Valenti, the popular former LBJ aide who served for years as chief lobbyist for the Motion Picture Assn., told CNN Friday afternoon that President Bush must name a clone (not his words)of Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court to succeed Mrs. Justice O'Connor. Valenti hailed O'Connor for being able to "bridge" left and right on "these social issues." He did not say that O'Connor's bridge was usually to one side, the left one! His sparring partner, venerable Robert D.S. Novak said Bush must name a real conservative to the vacancy.
McConnell does NOT pass the smell test at Human Events.
End of his candidacy.
IIRC, the Fifth Circuit judges, as a group, own as many firearms as can be found in the average Airborne Battalion.
ANOTHER good reason to support him.
After the Supreme Court hears a case, they meet privately and take an initial vote. The Chief Justice, if he is in the majority (or the most senior justice in the majority, if the Chief is in the minority) assigns one justice in the majority to write the opinion for the Court.
Scalia may want to reconsider his respect for stare decisis in the light of the eminent domain case (esp. after CFR).
Of course, a ruling restricting the commerce clause to its original meaning might in effect be a full-employment-for-lawyers bill: wouldn't about 87% of things (for want of a better word) be "ripe" for a new try?
There is an old saying that is applicable across government: people are policy.
FNC reporting - McConnell has said publicly he would support Roe v Wade.
McConnell didn't pass my smell test either. He was against Gore V Bush and he was against Clinton impeachment.
Impeached means formally charged by a majority vote of the House of Representatives. Convicted means convicted by a 2/3 vote of the Senate.
Of Presidents, only Andrew Johnson and Clinton were impeached; neither was convicted. Nixon was about to be impeached-- the House Judiciary Committee had unanimously recommended one article of impeachment, and had recommended two others by big margins-- but he resigned first.
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