Posted on 09/17/2005 9:43:37 AM PDT by HapaxLegamenon
Roe's Influence on the Choice of the Nominee Candidates > Jones | 06:14 PM | Tom Goldstein | Comments
Second, and directly relevant to the President's ongoing process of selecting a nominee to replace Justice O'Connor, the article attributes to "[s]ources close to the White House" the fact that Edith Jones "is no longer under serious consideration." The reason "in part" is "concerns that her strongly voiced views against abortion would alienate Collins, Snowe, and other Republican moderates."
(Excerpt) Read more at sctnomination.com ...
Amazing how the Majority of 55 lets the Minority of 44 run all over them.
Who cares what Schumer and Teddy think about any nominee??
Of course it's true. The Bush administration is in the process of losing its conservative base. The Republican party had better look out.
He should go outside judicial circles this time and pick a surprise like a Ted Olsen or Orrin Hatch.
Is Kay Bailey Hutchison pro-life? She'd be a great choice...
The point made elsewhere on this thread is correct. It is not a minority of 44. On abortion issues it is the 44 rats plus 5-7 RINO's. So the bad guys still have a majority in the Senate on most cultural issues.
One thing is certain: You won't get any nominees that are ADVERTISED as strong anti-Roe nominees.
And you shouldn't get any nominees who are advertised as strong pro-Roe nominees, either. Any justice who has already "made up his mind" is not qualified to serve.
Not "purely" pro-life but fairly strong, it looks like.
Peach, there are two issues right now that are important to me as a conservative:
1) President Bush fulfilling his PROMISE to appoint a strict constructionist
2) The administration closing the borders for national security
If we don't know for certain the nominee is a strict conservative, then we can't know whether President Bush has kept his promise. A stealth nominee = a broken promise until proven otherwise. It doesn't swing the other way.
You "moderates" either don't understand, or don't care, about these two vital issues.
I am far from alone is deciding that if these two issues are not being serviced, then it gives me less than sufficient reason to vote Republican next time. I and many others are willing to accept the consequences of voting conscience rather than party, regardless of how many names you call me, or how much you malign my character or political intelligence.
No, No, No, No! She is Pro-Abort!
This "no litmus test" thing is a joke. Truth be told, when judges get to decide this sorts of issues then there WILL BE a litmus test. There's no way around it. That's one reason it's so wrong to allow them to rule over us in this way.
We're going to now be asked to have to stealth maybes to replace a seat held by an originalist? The result is the court moving to the left and a broken campaign promise by the Bush.
The Republican party must be held accountable at the ballot box if it refuses to appoint orignalist judges to the court.
I agree. Rove should know better. The short list should by Brown, Jones, Luttig, & Garza.
Why post this article now?
Its dated July 14th when I went to the link.
Its been a political eternity since then.
President Bush has made his choices clear that he will not abandon his base, with appointing Roberts. Since Roberts was originally selected to replace O'Connor, as when this article was written. This is way off, and has no current relevance.
Everyone is ignoring the date. The "moderate" pick has already been awarded to Roberts. So the next one should be even more conservative.
This article is old. Its been a political eternity since then.
OMG. You sound hysterical.
#1. I'm not a moderate.
#2. Please show me where I maligned your character.
#3. Please show me where I called you names.
I'll wait.
The date was July and I believe that the source was some law firm's newly created SCOTUS nominee website. Sheer speculation signifying nothing but the law firm's probable view that it is bored with all that haggling over a mere 45 million little corpses and wished that attention be paid to nuances of anti-trust law, commerce clause stuff and the other REALLY important issues.
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