at least no jello ever signed up for the murders of 35,000,000 + (of that we know)
Posted on 07/09/2005 12:08:48 PM PDT by Crackingham
Contending that President Bush's far-right allies are pushing him to appoint an extreme conservative to the Supreme Court, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid pointed to liberal icon Earl Warren as a model. In his party's weekly radio address, Reid, D-Nev., noted that Saturday marked the anniversary of the 1974 death of Warren, a Republican whose court established a liberal tradition with its 1954 school desegregation ruling and other decisions. Reid said Warren had been able to forge a consensus on the court that would become the national consensus.
"Mr. President, that's the kind of justice we hope you'll nominate," Reid said in Saturday's broadcast. "Someone who will bring us together. A mainstream justice who won't use their judicial robe as a cloak to impose their political ideology on the country."
Bush is considering a nominee to succeed Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The Senate, under the Constitution's directive that it offer "advice and consent" on such appointments, must vote on his choice.
O'Connor, a Republican and long a swing vote on the court who often took a moderate stance on decisions, to the chagrin of conservative activists, announced her retirement last week. Reid hailed her tenure on the court and said she decided cases "the old-fashioned way — based on law, not politics."
Reid said he hopes Bush and the Senate will work together to nominate and confirm a justice who can build on national consensus on important issues, hold a deep respect for the Constitution, and make rulings not along narrow partisan ideology, but with "an open mind and a big heart."
"But radical-right activists are hungry for something else," he added. "President Bush's far-right allies are spending millions of dollars to pressure him to pick not just a conservative, but an extreme conservative, someone out of the mainstream, someone who will impose their narrow partisan agenda from the perch of the highest court in the land instead of faithfully interpreting the law."
"America deserves better," he said.
Earl Warren Mold? A good dousing with Lysol could take care of that.
"Seeking a possible consensus nominee, Reid recommended Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Mel Martinez of Florida, Mike DeWine of Ohio and Mike Crapo of Idaho. Reid described them all as bright and able lawyers who would be strong additions to the nation's highest court."
Now Reid wants a Warren-like nomination. Do you think Reid just wants attention...comic relief, perhaps?
Yeah, right Harry. We'll get right onto this. Great suggestion, now why in hell didn't we think of this?
Your such a dope Reid!
Naturally Dirty Harry and his fellow conspirators would like to see another "Republican" appointment like Warren -- or Souter, O'Connor, Stevens, Brennan, Kennedy -- anyone who'll abandon conservative principles and support the Left Wing program. Upchuck Schumer laid that out as the Rat strategy in the coming appointment process -- the mau-mauing of the Senate until weak-kneed Pubbies cave in and appoint another pig-in-a-poke like Souter.
I'm reminded of an episode of King of the Hill. I think the premise was that they had a new female minister at Hank's church, and Hank thought it would ruin the church, and Peggy says something like, "Well they put a woman on the Supreme Court, and it didn't destroy the court" and Hank responds, "Yes it did, and that woman's name was Earl Warren"
It seems so, but I think if he realized how he comes across, thatis as very dumb, he would keep a lower profile. I guess he and Pelosi constantly calling each other "Leader Reid" and "Leader Pelosi" has gone to their heads. LOL..Leader Pelosi. She is nearly as dumb as Boxer. These people just are not very bright. Is this really the best a major political party can do?
that's beautiful.
Warren violated every civil right you can think of by locking up over 70,000 Japanese-American citizens in internment camps, but that's beside the point.
at least no jello ever signed up for the murders of 35,000,000 + (of that we know)
TS
President Eisenhower said that choosing Warren was "the biggest damned mistake I made." Warren had been Gov. of California and more politicized than anyone realized. In view of the fact that so many Republican nominees have turned out to be liberal activists it's more important than ever for Bush to choose a nominee whose strict constructionist record is likely to obviate one of these unpleasant surprises. One thing is clear: Gonzales should not be a surprise -- he's a stealth lightweight who has a very small judicial paper trail. And what trail there is points in the wrong direction. It would be tragic if Bush selects him because he's a personal friend instead of one of the many solid and proven conservative justices available. Gonzales would not be a surprise disappointment but an expected one.
Earl Warren mold? Earl Warren was the supposedly conservative California Supreme Court Justice who led the most liberal activist US Supreme Court in the Nation's history.
So Reid apparently wants a nominee who looks like a conservative, but in reality, is a raving liberal.
ABG: Pick RAT leader in Zell Miller Mold
Let's reappoint the real Earl Warren. He has been mouldering for years and ought to be moldy enough even for Reid by now.
"Sit down and shut up, Harry! We don't care what you think."
Jeeze,Harry....wouldn't it be easier if Mr Bush would just
nominate somebody in the Ramsey Clark mold?
Earl Warren was never a judge until his appointment as Chief Justice. He had been a district attorney, California Attorney General, California Governor and Vice-Presidential candidate.
He was no uniter...remember the "Impeach Earl Warren" signs? His court reversed years of precedent to create new "rights", to expand the grasp of the government by expanding the definition of "interstate commerce", and to gather more power in the court.
Earl Warren was a disaster.
King of the Hill is the best fiction show on TV by far!
LOL.
"Advise and consent." = Debate and vote.
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