Posted on 07/10/2005 7:19:51 AM PDT by colonel mosby
William Kristol, who correctly predicted that O'Connor would retire before Rehnquist, now has a dire prediction. Kristol claims that Rehnquist will retire this week, and that Bush operatives are already clearing the way to nominate Alberto Gonzales for new Chief Justice. Kristol made the comments on Fox News Sunday, as part of the four member discussion panel.
According to this train of thought, according to Kristol, the White House believes that it can avoid Congressional conflict by appointing a moderate like Gonzales, and then balance it by naming a true conservative to replace O'Connor. This would effectively leave the current "balance of the court" intact.
Panelists Juan Williams and CeCe Connolly applauded this notion, and felt it was a worthy compromise. However, panelist Charles Krauthammer warned that appointing Gonzales to the court would be a huge mistake because, by doing so, Bush would "betray his base" and "betray his promises".
William Kristol said that a Gonzales appointment, or any moderate appointment, would be "incredibly demoralizing" and "disastrous" for George W. Bush, because it would completely alienate his conservative base, and cause a terrible fracture in the Republican Party.
There is more than one hurricane on the horizon.
What are smokin'? Ginsberg was an ACLU lawyer. She was a radical leftists and everyone that followed her confirmation knew it.
Unlike the Democrats, the Republicans rolled over and let two leftist be appointed without a fight>
Well, the Republicans are in charge now and it's time they did what they promised to do and were elected to -- appoint originalist, Scalia-like judges. Do it or suffer the consquences any politician would have nightmares about.
So you think Bush is pro life, ey? Bush is pro his own power and whatever keeps him in the game. I no longer believe he has any honestly held deep founded principles. Such things don't seem to be inculcated in the Bush clan.
So GHWB didn't know Souter from Adam. GWB does know Gonzalez intimately, so therein lies the difference.
If Rehnquist is to retire (which is likely), the person who replaces him will not automatically be chief justice, correct?
Putting aside the chief justice part, I think Bush would *like* Gonzales on the Supreme Court, but he'd be crazy to pursue that, period.
It was sarcasm. That is exactly what we want, but some people seem too blinded by their political agendas to realize that.
No, and I'm no longer taking it as happenstance. Not at the national level, where folks are presumed to play hardball. The implication (IMHO) is that a significant portion of the Republican national leadership is not what it portrays itself to be.
"Without a Repubican majority there is no Evangelical Christians."
HUH??!?!? That's absurd, why that would require the presumed Democrat majority to outlaw Christian evangelism ...
and we know there is no danger of -- hey, wait a second.
Good of you to notice my point. I can only speculate on why nwrep would not reply. ;)
Gonzalez is without a question better than Souter. But Gonzalez is not a strict constructionist like a Thomas or a Scalia. Gonzalez is probably lies somewhere to the left of Rheinquest and the the right of O'Conner. IMO, we need to do better.
Stop trying to lay this off on "Republicans".
It's the idiot in the White House that threatens this mind boggling domestic debacle. He personally promised Scalia/Thomas like appointees.
The truth is not in the man.
What are Republicans to do, filibuster their own President?
I would like to know wha Orrin Hatch was smoking. It was the Senate Republicans who bought the line that she was a moderate. Read the articles of the time. Hatch thought he was supporting a moderate.
Yeah, that's why every Dim I've seen comment on his prospective nomination is practically slobbering with approval.
Bush/Gonzales has everyone in both parties fooled except you! Yeah, sure!
Sheesh!
.....I nominate Mark Levin for the Supreme Court...no one knows more about the Constitution than that man.
There's only ONE party ... with a first string and a second string!
And, that party has pretty effectively shut off the emergence of a real opposition party!
.....I nominate Mark Levin for the Supreme Court...no one knows more about the Constitution than that man.
Doesn't mean much. Cheney wasn't a candidate for VP until W picked him, either.
In my opinion, Gonzales and the majority of the Texas court did not strictly interpret legislative intent, despite their insistence that they did.
The entire judicial opinion is available on the web. Instead of accepting what the pundits conclude, and quotes that may not have accurate context, the time and effort to read the source material will pay dividends in the form of better understanding.
How's Arlen Specter workin' out for ya?
I agree with Dawgreg. I don't agree with everything that W says or does, but he's still my President.
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