Personally, I'd like to see a female replace Sandra Day O'Connor too but I want one who's just a little more conservative. Ya gotta love this gals attitude and she's a law school grad to boot :P :P :P
Posted on 07/18/2005 10:48:15 AM PDT by Oliver Optic
WASHINGTON, July 16 - It is like Congressional clockwork. Senate Democrats argue their case on judges; Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, soon strides onto the floor and in calm and measured tones, seeks to dismantle the Democratic argument.
Now the Supreme Court fight could get much more personal for Mr. Cornyn. He is among those being mentioned as a possible nominee....
The prospect of a Cornyn nomination is disturbing to some Democrats and liberal activists. They view him as a hard-right ideologue who delivers his views in a polished and gentlemanly manner. To his opponents, the combination of sharp political philosophy and smooth personal demeanor makes him a very dangerous man.
"He is very smart and very articulate and very, very conservative," said Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, who regularly jousts with Mr. Cornyn, a fellow member of the Judiciary Committee.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
O'Connor, while she claims AZ, really grew up in El Paso and even graduated from a high school in El Paso.
Can't remember the name -- small private school.
Thanks.
I sometimes feel he would be a good USSupreme Court Justice. He was a great Texas justice.
But he is a little too intellectual and likes counter-intuitive arguments too much. I would not be surprised if he was only slightly better than Oconnor --- about 85% of what we'd want, compared to 50.5% for O'Connor and 95% for Thomas, to use a sliding scale.
In short, he'd be an improvement, but a "B+" not an "A+"
WASHINGTON - At least eight Texans are being mentioned as potential Supreme Court nominees as anticipation builds over prospects that President Bush soon may face his first vacancy on the high court.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and former State Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips are late additions to a familiar list of Texas contenders that includes Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and several judges.
Bush may also use the opportunity to name the first full-fledged Texan on the court in nearly four decades. Tom C. Clark of Dallas served from 1949 until he resigned in 1967 when his son, Ramsey Clark, became U.S. attorney general. O'Connor was born in El Paso but was nominated from Arizona, where she grew up on a cattle ranch and launched her legal career.
At least three other Hispanics from Texas are also on the list of possible nominees: Emilio Garza and Edward Prado, both from San Antonio and both justices on the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and District Judge Ricardo Hinojoso of McAllen.
Other potential nominees are J. Michael Luttig, who grew up in Tyler and serves on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., and Edith Hollan Jones, descendant of a wealthy San Antonio family who serves on the 5th Circuit. Jones was runner-up when President George H.W. Bush selected justice David Souter in 1990.
And AG Gonzales
The full article above mentions a couple of his Texas decisions that caused conservatives to raise their eyebrows a bit.
Cornyn sounds good, but I can't believe Bush wouldn't substitute woman for woman. Jones sounds good too.
The femininists are all yelling that because O'Connor was a woman, then it should be a woman who's named. Wouldn't it be funny if started a movement that it should be a Texan because O'Connor was a Texan?
Yeah, it's a little sad ... but I think the political realities are that a woman replacing a woman will have an easier confirmation.
I am sorry that where you wear pants matters.
Thank you for that tidbit.
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