Posted on 07/04/2005 2:11:20 PM PDT by CHARLITE
"Of course, some judges, like Ms. O'Connor and a few of her chums on the Supreme Court (USSC) have never been able to leave their political biases out of the equation when making legal decisions. "
How right on you are Charlite. Glad to see this flip-floppin' grandma (Sandy baby...not) take a hike. She has been awful on abortion, sodomy and religious symbols issues. Any judge who would seek to remove God I ask that God remove them. She was the female version of Anthony Kennedy... another slug of the species.
IMO John Paul Stevens gets little attention. This RINO-lib old geezer has sided with Ginsburg, Breyer and Souter almost totally. Souter is such a weasel.....Ruthie's little yes m'am lib wuss. I hope and pray his weasel den in NH gets grabbed and demolished by the town of Weare. Make em live by their own ghastly rulings.
PS: it's WAR on and for the Judiciary! Time for the GOP to go GUTS UP already.
The 'Clowns of the Black Cloak'.
It's not a question of whether they agree or disagree with one another, it's a question of how they, as individuals, reach their decisions. A president shouldn't be concerned with a potential nominee's political persuasion, because judges aren't suppose to incorporate them into their rulings. The primary concern, other than if a person is mentally sharp, is if they can make unbiased rulings based on the literal meaning of the written law. I don't care in the least that Ruth Ginsburg is a liberal. The problem I have with her is that she seems incapable of keeping her personal ideology separate from her job as a judge.
ASHCROFT, John David, a Senator from Missouri; born in Chicago, Ill., on May 9, 1942; attended the public schools in Springfield, Missouri; graduated from Yale University 1964; received J.D. degree from University of Chicago School of Law 1967; admitted to the bar in Springfield 1967; taught business law at Southwest Missouri State University; state auditor of Missouri 1973-1975; attorney general of Missouri 1976-1985; Governor of Missouri 1985-1993; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1994 and served from January 3, 1995 to January 3, 2001; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2000; attorney general of the United States, 2001-.
Someone younger who will be around longer. 13 maybe.
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