You and me both. Doesn't nixing all pro-life judges create a de facto "litmus test"?
You may hope it's not true, but if even moderate Republicans won't vote for her, there's no sense nominating her.
We need a more stealth candidate who we think will vote against it, but whose public utterances can't be used against her. Or him.
Let's hope that doesn't happen.
Roberts replacing Rehnquist + moderate replacing O'Conner = Wash
Has Bush Disappointed us yet as far a Court nominations! NO! Things are going to be just fine!
This is wishful thinking by the pro-death crowd.
Justice Ann Coulter.
I too hope it is not true.
Note that this article is dated June, so things could be different now.
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...
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.
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.
Let's wait and see whose picked before praising or bashing Bush on this.
Instead of creating negative attitudes about the President by guessing what he might do, why not just wait to see who he'll nominate? All of our fulminating about it won't affect his decision, it will only stir up anger and bad feelings where none might be warranted.
An interesting note on Roe v. Wade: on NPR last week, an interview about Justice Blackmun (I think it was Blackmun, but it's early and I haven't had any coffee...at any rate, the Justice who wrote the majority opinion)...His notes on the case indicated he'd never meant for women to have unrestricted access to abortion. The court was attempting to streamline state laws and felt abortion should be available in cases of rape, incest, and extreme fetal abnormalities. Blackmun was astonished when Roe v.Wade was read as a Constitutional right to unrestricted abortion, but said nothing, and his notes were never revealed until recently.
Well read it again. sources CLOSE to the WH. Could be a DUMocrat standing on the sidewalk in front of the WH giving the reporter some propaganda.