Posted on 10/12/2005 5:26:46 PM PDT by StatenIsland
WE ARE REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES who supported the election of George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. Today, we respectfully urge that the nomination of Harriet Miers to the United States Supreme Court be withdrawn.
The next justice of the Supreme Court should be a person of clear, consistent, and unashamed conservative judicial philosophy.
The next justice should be a person of unquestioned personal and political independence.
The next justice should be someone who has demonstrated a deep engagement in the constitutional issues that regularly come before the Supreme Court — and an appreciation of the originalist perspective on those issues.
The next justice should be a person of the highest standard of intellectual and legal excellence.
For all Harriet Miers. many fine qualities and genuine achievements, we the undersigned believe that she is not that person. An attempt to push her nomination through the Senate will only split the Republican party, damage the Bush presidency, and cast doubts upon the Court itself.
Sometimes Americans elect Republican presidents, sometimes we elect Democratic presidents. Whatever the differences between the parties, surely we can at least agree on this: Each party owes America its best. There is a wide range of truly outstanding legal talents who share the president’s judicial philosophy. We believe that on second thought President Bush can do better — for conservatism, for the Supreme Court, for America.
"Bush/Rove are out of touch with their base as they NEVER expected this back lash ( the unhappiness over the out of sight spending and immigration should have been a clue that the natives were very restless but wasn't )"
Karl may be Plameing out and that could leave him in a flat spin.
All of this reminds me of the HYPE over The Passion, msm was out in full force to say it was a movie against the Jews, it was such a terrible movie, when in fact, people of all faiths were happy to go see it. The HYPE blew over and millions of copies of the video have since be sold.
IMHO, this will blow over too, people in my own party seem to be our own worst enemies. What a waste of time and effort. We could be doing great and mighty things.
"Bush/Rove are out of touch with their base as they NEVER expected this back lash "
I was thinking the same thing - this pick was too cute by a wide margin, though I think there also might have been a confirmability concern.
Does anyone doubt the possibility of McCain and his minions embarrassing the President to ingratiate himself with "moderates" and the MSM?
Who should pick these Court Nominees was quite a discussion at the Constitutional Convention. Read "55 MEN The Story of the Constitution" (Based on the day by day notes of James Madison). By Fred Rodell, it can be found in paperback in a 1986 edition. It was first published in 1936. Rodell was a professor at Yale at that time.
Just because it is FREE SPEECH, don't make it right.
This is interesting from the petition:
Professional Information (Optional, but Appreciated)
Please select one:
Legal Practitioner
Law Professor
Law Student
Retired Legal Practitioner
Non-Legal Practitioner
There are no other options.
Go and screw yourselves, y' disloyal wingnuts!
"Just because it is FREE SPEECH, don't make it right."
Not to you, but perhaps to others.
Anyone who recognizes that the President serves the people and is accountable to them for his decisions, raise your hand.
---And your point? That if only people hadn't written so many damn petitions back then it would have been a lot more peaceful? Rather novel take on history there.---
My point is that some people were so taken with themselves and their cause that they escalated things right up the scale, because they and their cause were oh so important.
I sure hope so.
"There are no other options."
entries found for practitioner.
prac·ti·tion·er ( P ) Pronunciation Key (prk-tsh-nr)
n.
One who practices something, especially an occupation, profession, or technique.
I suppose if you don't have an occupation, profession, or technique, then you're out in the cold. And you're probably bored stiff as well. I believe they accept posting on FR as an occupation. It may even be a profession for some.
Non-Legal Practioner? What the hell does that mean? Can migrant farm workers put that on their business card?
"You can identify the anointed ones by their conservative speech and socialist actions."
*ouch*! That's gonna leave a mark.
So... believing too fervently in a cause might lead to offenses against public order. Got it, I'll be sure to keep that in mind, and not let myself be carried that far. I think I can confidently say the same about my fellow freepers, at least on this issue.
Evidently it means they're only interested in people in the legal profession's opinions.
I have a job and it's in the legal profession.
That's why I know they are are FOS.
And they just couldn't say that?
I see; they're so much more superior than the rest of us.
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