Posted on 08/12/2005 8:48:43 PM PDT by zendari
The first U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing in more than a decade is only weeks away.
Former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork knows firsthand how bruising the process can be. His nomination was blocked 18 years ago by a well organized liberal campaign. More recently, he edited a book on the Supreme Court, A Country I Do Not Recognize: A Legal Assault on American Values.
Bork joins 'Hardball' guest host David Gregory to discuss whether new Supreme Court nominee John Roberts will share a similar fate.
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I wonder what would happen if he was renominated.
It would settle a long standing debt, and be a testament to fairness.
BORK: Yes.
GREGORY: Have you advised him on this process?
BORK: No. That’s like asking George Armstrong Custer to advise how to deal with the Indians.
I agree. Even if for only 2-3 years (so Bush could choose his replacement rather than chancing it to the Hildabeast). He deserves the chance. Otherwise though he is too old to be considered.
I have to say, David Gregory is a far better interviewer than Matthews.
I think Bork is right. The issue for conservatives is whether Roberts has the guts to overturn bad precedents, and the judicial philosophy that would allow him to justify it.
Don't you think the liberals would love to have a 78-year old judge, who will probably retire soon? And maybe even let the 'Hilderbeast' fill the vacancy. Nominate Luttig or Clement, at least they are good and fair judges.
A thought comes to mind here: I suspect that there are probably more people posting about the chrissie matthews show here on FR, then actually watch it.
GREGORY: When you read, in the run-up to the nomination of Judge Roberts, the shadow of Robert Bork over the process, do you view that now as a helpful thing or an unhelpful thing to the process now?The Court is the last place the Dims can hope to impose any of their radical agenda. If they lose that, they lose power completely, perhaps for decades to come.BORK: The process has become thoroughly corrupt, because it’s become politicized.
Of course, the Supreme Court invited that. The Supreme Court has gone off outside the actual Constitution; the majority of them have, outside the actual Constitution to make essentially political and cultural decisions. Now, once you do that, once you make yourself a political institution, you’re going to have a political fight over it, to get control of it.
I already mentioned that. I would only support a Bork nomination if he resigned at latest by 2007. Not much time but he gets a taste of what he has deserved for 18 years.
Hi GW,
Long time, no see.
I think the left sees that they probably can't stop Roberts. But they are warming up for the next two openings. Even if Bush manages to get a strong conservative in for CJustice, as well as Roberts, we are still one vote away from anything you could call a conservative court. So we may need to win in '08 to see anything REALLY good happen.
If you want to see how nutty the left is, and how many nutty ones there are, read this article http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/13/opinion/13tierney.html and then read the comments http://forums.nytimes.com/top/opinion/readersopinions/forums/editorialsoped/opedcolumnists/johntierney/index.html?page=recent
It may be that we will win, but they will make it awfully ugly along the way.
Guitarist
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