Posted on 09/08/2005 1:52:07 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Elevating an Associate Justice to be Chief Justice is rare, having happened only three times. The usual practice is to appoint as Chief Justice a person not already on the Court. So, in no sense was Scalia "passed over".
"... a court that currently reflects a moderate mainstream view could become one that would be significantly further to the right and hostile to basic civil rights and civil liberties." So, in the LIE beral mind, supporting the continued slaughter of partially born, alive human children is 'moderate' and mainstream. Not a pretty sight to see how close to correct that perception is! Sadly, America has degenerated very far under democrat and liberal sludge 'leadership'. When murdering the alive unborn is elevated to the level of 'civil' rights and 'civil' liberties, 'civil' is a degenerate level now tagged as mainstream and thus 'normal'.
I already know what they think! In fact, I could have written this tripe for them as they are ENTIRELY predictable.
The ONLY way to get to them is to IGNORE them!
Roe vs Wade was 5-4 I believe, not 7-2.
But I see what you mean: Ginsberg ultra-liberal (er, mainstream) replaced White, almost a conservative.
Roe was 7-2 back in 1973.
The court had 4 judges willing to overturn it at the time before Byron White's death, Casey v. Planned Barrenhood. Renquist and White were the two original Roe dissenters and they were joined in Casey by Scalia and Thomas
But I see what you mean: Ginsberg ultra-liberal (er, mainstream) replaced White, almost a conservative.
Yup. She tipped it 5-4 to 6-3.
Poppycock! The senate has no role in shaping the court - only in approving the nominee according to his qualifications.
Translation:
We lost the election, but we insist that a rabid Marxist be appointed to the court so our communist agenda can be carried out.
In other words, the President should forget about principles and use a "ideology quota" to maintain these professors legal theories in the future.
Yeah, but 2 years before that, didn't Thomas replace the raving lunatic Thurgood Marshall? Even today's Stevens doesn't compare to the ridiculous activists from the 60s courts.
True. But after Thomas we got Souter (I believe in replacement of Powell) which went from a moderate-left to hard left seat.
Then what do you use to line your bird cage?
By all means, let's not buck any trends here. So what if it only happened three times? Who cares? What does that have to do with steering a runaway court back on track, or risking it all on an unknown entity?
Scalia was passed over in the sense that most believed Bush would tap Scalia for the CJ position. Hint: Conservatives had no complaints about a Scalia or a Thomas court, but suspected it would be Scalia in the end.
Let me ask you this, how many times has a virtual unknown been nominated as for an AJ position only to have the nomination changed to a CJ nomination midway through the confirmation process? Could it be less than three times? Hmmmm? Heck, how many times has a president nominated a virtual unknown to the CJ position?
I freely admit that I am very critical of Bush for conservative reasons. What rationale do you use to justify your enthusiastic cheer leading for President Bush?
The Senate should quit their whining, do their damn job, and vote on Roberts.
Ideology is NOT a yardstick for judicial fitness!!!
If the Republicans would quit caving in to these childish, baseless outbursts from the left, the left would evaporate.
The only effect of naming the 2nd nominee, would be to afford the baby killing left an opportunity to defeat both.
"most believed Bush would tap Scalia for the CJ position" -- What evidence do you have for this assertion?
Nevermind, go back to sleep.
Is that the best you can do, troll? Back to DU with you!
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