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Owen is Out (Priscilla Owen has withdrawn her name from the process)
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Posted on 09/30/2005 12:31:02 PM PDT by slowhand520

Owen is out Sep 30 2005 12:42 PM

By TimChapman

According to a very reliable source close to the White House vetting process for the next nominee, Priscilla Owen has withdrawn her name from the process.

With Owen out, conservatives have lost one of the better women on the short list.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: judicialnominees; priscillaowen; scotus
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To: Lizarde

Hey, speculation is part of the fun of politics. I don't think there's a thing in the world wrong with it.


121 posted on 09/30/2005 2:29:40 PM PDT by GB
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To: Dog Gone
There has been no conservative opposition to ANY of them.

There was no conservative opposition to Ginsberg.

He has a proven track record of nominating conservatives that is unblemished.

At least not by the measure of "no conservative opposition." I haven't seen any analysis on a judge by judge basis. There has to be some reason why the liberals urgently object to the likes of Saad, Myers and Owen, but not to the likes of Griffin and McKeague.

123 posted on 09/30/2005 2:32:56 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: GB
Callahan sounds interesting. I'd like some more indications of her attitude toward Roe, though. Another Souter would probably send me jumping off the scaffolding at the Superdome.
124 posted on 09/30/2005 2:39:12 PM PDT by colorado tanker (The People Have Spoken)
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To: colorado tanker

In all honesty, I'm not 100 percent sold that Roberts would be a definite "overturn Roe" vote. Stare decisis is a lot more important to high level legal minds than it is to us activists.


125 posted on 09/30/2005 2:53:38 PM PDT by GB
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To: Lizarde

No sarcasm taken. I've just been involved in some other threads on this pick that have gotten a little heated with folks thinking it's the worst possible thing that people, especially the media (and I'm in the news business, there are a few of us conservatives around, so I've found myself stirring up some hornets defending my trade which is not exactly the most popular entity around FR), are actually speculating on what President Bush will do. There's nothing wrong with speculation, by the media or anyone else, but the bottom line is that nobody's going to know for sure until probably a couple of hours before the announcement, because that's the way it's done with USSC picks. I've searched my memory and I can't remember any time where there's been a really far in advance scoop on a USSC pick. Those are things that presidents, all presidents, hold very close to the vest.


126 posted on 09/30/2005 3:02:17 PM PDT by GB
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To: GB
I'm pretty well convinced Roberts is anti-Roe, but the truth is nobody really knows until the opinion is written and the votes cast.

Early in my career I thought I had a case won because there was a published opinion on the very same legal issue written by the very same judge who had my case. I knew I was in trouble when the judge said, "you know, counsel, I've been thinking about that case and have decided maybe I was wrong . . . ."

127 posted on 09/30/2005 3:06:49 PM PDT by colorado tanker (The People Have Spoken)
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To: colorado tanker
Yah, you're right about that. I hope Bush can see that. My sense is, perhaps unfortunately, that he does NOT judge by ideology, but by personal traits such as "I think he/she is a good, fair, sensible, guy/gal of upstanding character."

I hope I'm wrong, and that he does go straight ideology, because ultimately the pressure on even people of "good character" to "be reasonable" gets irresistable and they "grow" in their positions. (i.e., become liberal)

128 posted on 09/30/2005 3:25:54 PM PDT by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of news)
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To: Cboldt
You don't see much opposition or discussion of district level appointments. The game changes, as you know, at the appellate level.

There have been no complaints about Bush's nominations at those critical levels, except from liberals.

He hasn't failed us yet.

129 posted on 09/30/2005 3:42:36 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
You don't see much opposition or discussion of district level appointments. The game changes, as you know, at the appellate level.

True. All the names I mentioned were nominees to the circuit courts of appeal. Even there, opposition comes only from the DEM side of the aisle.

And as I noted, I don't have any facts to base an opinion on, and generally give the benefit of the doubt to GWB. But I don't take GOP acquiescence as a sign the nominee is conservative.

130 posted on 09/30/2005 3:49:29 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: slowhand520

Scalia, Thomas, "Scalito", Roberts; it works for me. When Ginsburg or Stevens drop (hopefully before January 2009), one of their replacements will be gonzalez.


131 posted on 09/30/2005 6:44:47 PM PDT by Remember_Salamis (A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one!)
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To: johnb838

BRAVO!!!! You said it like it was and is!!

The apology got me more than anything. And I loved the way Brown stood up for what he KNEW was true. The left sure didn't like hearing it, did they?

Where are all of the missing NO police that were on the payroll/ NOT ???

GW will once again prove that he's miles ahead of them all in his next appointment...just as he did with Roberts.

Keep the faith... it's gonna happen.

Nana


132 posted on 09/30/2005 7:01:56 PM PDT by Texas Termite (Please pray for Texas Cowboy & Simcha7)
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To: Dog Gone

I TOLD YOU SO!!

NOW what do you have to say about Bush??


133 posted on 10/03/2005 7:43:30 AM PDT by ZULU (Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: justshutupandtakeit

O.K.

NOW what do you think about this nominee?


134 posted on 10/03/2005 7:44:24 AM PDT by ZULU (Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: ZULU

If the Federalist Society thinks it is a good choice I will certainly defer to its judgment rather than that of the Chronic Antis who constantly harp and nag about every Bush choice or decision. Anyone who has Bush's complete trust is fine with me.


135 posted on 10/03/2005 7:46:21 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: ZULU
I think Bush picked the one female candidate that he personally knew well and could predict what kind of judge she would be.

I'm really surprised that the social conservatives are upset with the nomination of an evangelical Christian.

136 posted on 10/03/2005 9:27:30 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone

She has no judicial track record.

She's too old.

She's a family crony.

She was until very recently a Democrat who actively supported Democrat candidates.

I haven't the slightest idea where she stands on anything.

She was chosen over other candidates with much better and more reliable credentials.

And - Chuckie Schumer likes her - which should say a lot more than the Federalist Society endorsement about her unsuitability for office.

Maybe life is a dream and there is no reality here.


137 posted on 10/03/2005 9:42:19 AM PDT by ZULU (Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: ZULU
President Bush knows her better than any other candidate out there with the possible exception of Alberto Gonzales. You can call that cronyism, but I look at it as him knowing his nominee.

Did Rehnquist have any judicial experience before he was nominated?

138 posted on 10/03/2005 10:16:01 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone

no he did not. he went right from the nixon admin. to the sup ct.


139 posted on 10/03/2005 10:16:47 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

You weren't supposed to give the answer so fast, lol!


140 posted on 10/03/2005 10:17:55 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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