Posted on 08/09/2005 10:16:10 PM PDT by Crackingham
This is information that I would want to know.
You seem to be under the impression that they wish to derail Roberts' nomination; that's not the case. Virtually nothing could stop Roberts from being confirmed now. The goal is to be positioned to say 'I told you so' when Roberts goes Souter on us.
Are you and churchillbluff clones? LOL
Too bad some "freepers" will misinterpret this as advocating genocide against disabled people.
It's Constitutional for the Congress to pass a law on anything they want. The Constitutionality of that law might is quite another matter.
Informed/insightful, Kryptonite.
I see this as one the many wedges that the dems are seeking to drive between the right and the public at large, or are using to create divisions in the right. I have seen too many such articles...Hannity even covered his 'concern' on Roberts the other day. This needs to be viewed as their (new?) tactic and treated appropriately. (And, of course, it gives the MSM something to write that day>)).
I am not an insider, but FWIW IME Roberts is still a briliant choice and seems to have a very clear set of principles. Once he is (appropriately) viewed in this light, any inconsistencies with some specific actions by specific congressmen either completely disappears or narrows to the point of insignificance...
(Short version: Don't believe the Hype!)
IWIHST
First gay rights, now Terry Schiavo. Is the next article going to be about Roberts's views on the borders? Schwarzenegger vs. McClintock? Neocons vs. Paleocons? Protectionists vs. Free Traders?
"His answer was, 'I am concerned with judicial independence. Congress can prescribe standards, but when Congress starts to act like a court and prescribe particular remedies in particular cases, Congress has overstepped its bounds.' "
The answer, which Mr. Wyden said his aides wrote down word-for-word, would seem to put Judge Roberts at odds with leading Republicans in Congress, including the Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, and the House majority leader, Representative Tom DeLay ...
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Wyden slanders the Congressional Republicans (of course) ... the bill simply ordered a de novo review at Federal level and didnt insist on any more than giving her a hearing to defend her right to life.
Roberts is correct to be concerned at Congress carving out laws for single cases.
Even if he is, this is like knife-sharpening for us ... tells us what the liberals want us to think ...
which helps us defeat their
MEME WARFARE.
"This is hilarious!! The NY Slimes has totally given up on trying to convince the powerless Left of anything; instead, they are trying to appeal to the far RIGHT!! It's almost as if the MSM has a new strategery: Look over Free Republic for threads that are contentious within the Right, and try to fan the flames!!"
LOL!!!!
They've given up on fighting Roberts ... good news.
He posted 10 articles yesterday, and seems to have tamped down...whether he was cautioned or is trying to blend more into the woodwork, I don't know.
But either way, because of his/her choice of articles, I smell a RAT.
I've got to agree. Congress, in such a case, sounds suspiciously close to passing a "bill of attainder", or at the very least violating equal protection requirements; both of which are un-Constitutional.
IWIHST...
I am drawing a total blank. Hey, I know Im a nub, please explain....
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