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Lets Support Michael J. Luttig! (Supreme Court)

Posted on 07/02/2005 5:36:59 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55






The 51-year-old Luttig is considered a solid conservative choice. The Texas native worked in the Justice Department during the first Bush administration and has served on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va.

Luttig helped take down Anita Hill.

Luttig a potential pick for Supreme Court.

Profile of Michael J. Luttig.

Appeals Court Judge Rising Star Among Conservatives.

Another Profile of Michael J. Luttig.



The self-described legal nerd wrote the 1999 4th Circuit decision that struck down a key provision of 1994 Violence Against Women Act. The Supreme Court agreed on a 5-4 vote that Congress overstepped its bounds in giving rape victims the right to sue their attackers for monetary damages.

He is the son of John Luttig, the Texas man who was shot to death by Napoleon Beazley during a carjacking in 1994. When the case reached the Supreme Court, Luttig's ties to the nation's highest bench caused three of the sitting justices to recuse themselves.

J. Michael Luttig 

Age: 51

Education:
Washington & Lee University, B.A., 1976
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1981

Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Nominated by George H.W. Bush on April 23, 1991. Confirmed by the Senate on July 26, 1991, and received commission on August 2, 1991.

Professional Career:
Counselor to the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1990-1991
Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1990-1991
Principal Dpty Asst Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1989-1990
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1985-1989
Special Assistant to the Chief Justice, Supreme Court of United States, 1984-1985
Clerk, Chief Justice Warren Burger, Supreme Court of the United States, 1983-1984
Clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, 1982-1983
Assistant Counsel, Office of the President of the United States, 1981-1982






TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Virginia; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 4thcircuit; jmichaelluttig; judicialnominees; luttig; michael; scotus
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To: rovenstinez

He's already threatened to threaten any potential nominee.


61 posted on 07/02/2005 7:07:37 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: MinorityRepublican

"Ted Kennedy called for Rumsfeld's resignation. This is interesting. This marks the first time Kennedy has ever come out against anything with rum in it." --Conan O'Brien


62 posted on 07/02/2005 7:08:09 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: ConservativeMan55

O'Connor was the Goldwater choice for the court. Jerry Falwell and Howard Phillips warned that she was no conservative. Goldwater said that Reverend Falwell needed a "good swift kick in the ___." Falwell and Phillips were right, and Goldwater was wrong!


63 posted on 07/02/2005 7:08:58 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Cowardice is forever!)
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To: Bush gal in LA
If the RATS go ballistic when they hear his name, I want him on the court.

Ted Kennedy will drink this.


64 posted on 07/02/2005 7:09:02 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: All

Well one thing for sure we know how he will stand on POS juvenile car jackers. Now if Kennedy, Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer would hurry up and choke on their food we can clean out the prisons of some juvenile scum.


65 posted on 07/02/2005 7:09:29 PM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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To: ConservativeMan55
He's already threatened to threaten any potential nominee.

Didn't you hear? Ted is holding out for some moonshine.

66 posted on 07/02/2005 7:09:48 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

"Apparently, some punk kids went nuts and tipped over Ted Kennedy" --David Letterman, on the New England Patriots' Super Bowl parade


67 posted on 07/02/2005 7:10:22 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: MinorityRepublican

LOL!!


68 posted on 07/02/2005 7:11:04 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: Theodore R.
O'Connor was the Goldwater choice for the court. Jerry Falwell and Howard Phillips warned that she was no conservative. Goldwater said that Reverend Falwell needed a "good swift kick in the ___." Falwell and Phillips were right, and Goldwater was wrong!

I don't know the whole story. I was not even born yet. But I read somewhere that Goldwater became less and less conservative as he aged?

69 posted on 07/02/2005 7:12:28 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: ConservativeMan55
when I'm bttting, LOL!

You should bttt a couple times when people get back to work on Tuesday, after the 4th of July holiday weekend.

70 posted on 07/02/2005 7:13:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
Or longer, with new advances in Medicine, we would be able to live all the way to 120 years (barring freak accidents)

Yes I can see that. I can also see all the liberals on the court hooked up to life support refusing to step down, while having their aids write all their opinions. Hmmmm.........wonder if they are doing that now. LOL

71 posted on 07/02/2005 7:15:21 PM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
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To: pepperhead
Yes I can see that. I can also see all the liberals on the court hooked up to life support refusing to step down, while having their aids write all their opinions. Hmmmm.........wonder if they are doing that now. LOL

Yep, it's becoming an increasing problem. That's why I think we should change the rules (or amend the constitution) where judges will have a strict 20 years term. That's it.

It wasn't supposed to be this way in the past, and Supreme Court judges had other responsiblities and usually they retired by the time they were 66.

That was a couple of generations ago.

72 posted on 07/02/2005 7:17:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: ConservativeMan55

"liberals worst nightmare"


GOOD! OVER HERE MR. PRESIDENT .. THIS IS THE GUY WE WANT.

Otherwise we want Janice Rogers Brown.


73 posted on 07/02/2005 7:17:58 PM PDT by CyberAnt (President Bush: "America is the greatest nation on the face of the earth")
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To: CyberAnt
GOOD! OVER HERE MR. PRESIDENT .. THIS IS THE GUY WE WANT.

Otherwise we want Janice Rogers Brown.

How about both? Chief Justice Rehnquist will step down next.

74 posted on 07/02/2005 7:19:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yea, some think that Goldwater's creeping liberalism was a result of a lack of religious faith. His funeral in 1998 was mostly devoid of religious symbols. Others think it was a product of his two liberal wives, the first of whom, Peggy of Muncie, IN, was on the Planned Parenthood board. Others thought it was a possibly homosexual relative. Others think it was mere western iconoclasm. He turned out also to be a big booster of Nelson Rockefeller for vice president and Ford for President in 1976.


75 posted on 07/02/2005 7:24:34 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Cowardice is forever!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Did you see who's campaigning with John Kerry now? Ted Kennedy! Can you imagine those two giant heads coming down the street together? It's gonna look like a Macy's Day parade." —Jay Leno


76 posted on 07/02/2005 7:25:34 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Good idea!


77 posted on 07/02/2005 7:27:03 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: ConservativeMan55

It's Bring Your Daughter to Work Day. This tradition began about 25 years ago down in Washington, D.C. by a quick-thinking Ted Kennedy who was spotted leaving his office with an 18-year-old." —David Letterman


78 posted on 07/02/2005 7:28:42 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: Theodore R.

I didn't realize Goldwater had a creeping liberalism.

You learn new stuff every day I guess.


79 posted on 07/02/2005 7:30:15 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: MinorityRepublican

"both"


Works for me!


80 posted on 07/02/2005 7:32:15 PM PDT by CyberAnt (President Bush: "America is the greatest nation on the face of the earth")
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