[Pyro7480]

Edith Jones over Edith Clement, please!

[stockstrader]

Edith Clement.

It looks like Teddy Kennedy and Chuckie Schumer got EXACTLY what they wanted--a pro-choice, conservative IN THE MOLD OF Sandra O'Conner. It looks like their strategy worked like a charm! Many conservatives will howl big-time, but the President will mollify them when the Chief Justice retires.

The President then WILL nominate a REAL CONSERVATIVE (like Luttig) to replace Rehnquist to quiet the conservative base.

Bottom line? Kennedy and Schumer get what they wanted--no change in the 'balance' that they deem so important (of course, only under a republican administration). In the end, we get a court that is actually a bit LESS conservative than the last one,,,,,,,not much to show for having a republican president make two appointments.

[backtothestreets]

Shattering my hopes. I was hoping President Bush would nominate his mother, Barbara Bush. With her experience of keeping politicians in check, she would have turned the tables on the Ted Kennedy bunch. And serving just a year on the court she might have put the court back on the right path too.

OK, I'll admit it. It was a fun thought. I wanted Barbara to rip Ted Kennedy and ease the way for any future court nominees. That would've made the best Congressional daytime soap since the Clinton impeachment proceedings.

[slowhand520]

From the "People for the American Way" website:

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=13514

"Confirmed Judges Confirm Our Worst Fears"

Edith Clement

[montag813]

She has stated that the Supreme Court "has clearly held that the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution includes the right to have an abortion" and that "the law is settled in that regard."

If Bush names Edith Clement, it is as bad as if he named Gonzales, perhaps worse, given the stronger tendency of women to moderate over time on the bench. Clement would be such a stupid waste of his legacy. Luttig. If not Luttig because it's a "chick seat" then Rogers-Brown, if not rogers-Brown then Owen, if not Owen then Jones. But Please Mr President do not name Edith Clement.

[dangus]

What she said was that as a 5th-circuit court judge, she would not pull a Judge Moore, and would respect the higher court's stance. She has not said she agrees with Roe v. Wade, or even that she would abide with Stare Decisis.

[1Old Pro]

Bush doesn't need two fights. He should make sure he only riles the libs.

[TChris]

In a sign that Bush was getting close to naming his pick, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the Judiciary Committee, was called to the White House on Monday. Specter, who would lead the confirmation process in the Senate, has said he hopes Bush selects a moderate jurist.

I'm not optimistic if GWB is consulting with Captain RINO, Chief-Back-Stabber-in-Waiting Specter.

[colorado tanker]

The writer misinterpreted the Judge's comment, which is 100% accurate under current law. As a Circuit Court of Appeals judge she is bound to apply Roe v. Wade which is indeed settled law as of today.

But as a Supreme Court Justice she would be free to overrule Roe if she felt that's what the Constitution requires. This article says nothing about the real question, which is how she would vote as a Justice, not a Judge of a court inferior to SCOTUS.