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Bush narrows Supreme Court selection to 2, sources say(great picks IMHO!!!)
Mercury News ^ | Sat, Oct. 29, 2005 | JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG

Posted on 10/29/2005 5:23:51 PM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing

WASHINGTON - Rebounding from the failed nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, President Bush is poised to select between two of the nation's leading conservative federal appeals court judges - both experienced jurists with deep backgrounds in constitutional law - for what promises to be a bruising Senate confirmation battle.

With an announcement expected Sunday or Monday, administration officials have narrowed the focus to Judges Samuel Alito of New Jersey and Michael Luttig of Virginia, sources involved in the process said. Both have sterling legal qualifications and solid conservative credentials, and both would set off an explosive fight with Senate Democrats, who are demanding a more moderate nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: New Jersey; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: alito; conservative; constitution; fourthcircuit; judicialnominees; luttig; michaelluttig; miers; nomoresouters; originalist; scotus
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To: traderrob6

Very interesting, traderrob6. I'm not sure what to think of all this re Lutting, except that it's a shame these criteria have been made such big issues in this process.


221 posted on 10/29/2005 7:55:18 PM PDT by USPatriette
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To: Miss Marple
I frankly don't know enough about her legal writings to make intelligent comment. She would be an interesting pick, I think.

Now, I have not read all or even most of the fourth circuit opinions but this is what I have heard.... She only disagrees with Luttig, the conservative golden boy, when she goes to his right. She'd be a fantastic pick. I prefer her to Sykes, who has a shorter paper trail, but either would be fantastic.

Either pick would tie Dems in nots as the majority of them approved them for their current Circuit posts. If anything Williams might be an easier confirm despite her rulings on Miranda and on the sexual harrasement case.

222 posted on 10/29/2005 7:57:45 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (Janice Rogers Brown for SCOTUS..... or Alito, Jones, Williams, Sykes, or Luttig)
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To: USPatriette

Sorry, Lutting = Luttig


223 posted on 10/29/2005 7:57:47 PM PDT by USPatriette
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To: traderrob6

Fascinating post. Where did you get all of this? Another matter, is despite the academic record, does Luttig have a first class brain or not, as marketed?


224 posted on 10/29/2005 8:01:25 PM PDT by Torie
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To: USPatriette

I like Luttig alot, I just think Alito is as good and carries a bit less baggage.


225 posted on 10/29/2005 8:02:02 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: USPatriette; Torie; All
I still see Owen's name popping up.

I don't get it. She got 55 votes for confirm to Circuit and Janice Rogers Brown got 56 (the difference was Chafee). If POTUS Bush is willing to go for Owen (not saying he would) then he'd be better off going with JR Brown.
226 posted on 10/29/2005 8:03:09 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (Janice Rogers Brown for SCOTUS..... or Alito, Jones, Williams, Sykes, or Luttig)
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To: Torie

I think he is very smart but his early academic mediocrity could be a potential Dim talking point. I pulled that off of a comment thread at

http://www.confirmthem.com


227 posted on 10/29/2005 8:04:27 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Bush is at Camp David making his final decision. How did the "sources" find out who is in the running? Seems fishy to me.


228 posted on 10/29/2005 8:06:20 PM PDT by freedom4me (...Error alone needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.--Thomas Jefferson)
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To: dubyaismypresident
Calling Brownback a RINO is beyond the pale. He's a real conservative

No he's not. I saw him on the News Hour the other night, right after Miers withdrew, and his performance was pathetic. He and Dick Durbin were both guests, and Durbin kept going on about how Bush is facing pressure from the "extreme right" to nominate someone "they" want, and who's "outside the mainstream of what Americans want" - you know, the typical Democrat spew. And Brownback didn't lift a finger to correct the misconception Durbin was deliberately pushing.

I don't get this business of why Republicans are expected to be so damned dainty when dealing with Democrats, even when there's a smarmy Democrat sitting right next to him who's dragging conservatives' names through the mud like that. If he can't be bothered to stand up for us in the face of that kind of slander, he's useless.

What was worse is that Durbin was so smug and self-satisfied in that segment, while Brownback was very guarded in his choice of words and appeared on the defensive. I wanted to puke. These idiot Republicans don't even know when they have the upper hand.

229 posted on 10/29/2005 8:07:48 PM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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To: traderrob6

I was sort of aware of the academic side, but what interested me was your quid pro quo sort of stuff. Where did that come from?


230 posted on 10/29/2005 8:09:53 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Always Right
This fight is winnable if he can get McCain, Graham, DeWine, and Warner on board.

How could Warner and Graham not support Luttig, a brilliant jurist from their own circuit?

I think McCain will support Luttig or Alito. Just because he makes all of us nuts doesn't mean he is going to be a problem here.

231 posted on 10/29/2005 8:10:22 PM PDT by freespirited
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To: dubyaismypresident

Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, but then she is from Texas, and frankly, at this point, that is a negative.


232 posted on 10/29/2005 8:11:56 PM PDT by Torie
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To: inquest
Re Brownback

No he's not. I saw him on the News Hour the other night, right after Miers withdrew, and his performance was pathetic. He and Dick Durbin were both guests, and Durbin kept going on about how Bush is facing pressure from the "extreme right" to nominate someone "they" want, and who's "outside the mainstream of what Americans want" - you know, the typical Democrat spew. And Brownback didn't lift a finger to correct the misconception Durbin was deliberately pushing.

Well then while Browback is a real conservative he's too damn wimpy (trying to go compassionate conservative) to ever be elevated to higher office. I'll cross him off my 2008 list. With that said he's the most conservative senator Kansas has sent us in a while, before him there was Bob Dole and Nancy Kasselbaum (sp?)

233 posted on 10/29/2005 8:14:11 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (Janice Rogers Brown for SCOTUS..... or Alito, Jones, Williams, Sykes, or Luttig)
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To: Torie

They won't be able to get the 60 votes to shut off debate and bring any of these nominees up for a vote. And they don't have enough guts or votes to force a change in the rules.


234 posted on 10/29/2005 8:15:14 PM PDT by HuronMan
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To: Torie
Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, but then she is from Texas, and frankly, at this point, that is a negative.

Being a Texan is a negative at this point, except for me Jones and Garza. Of course at this point,the masses may not distinguish Jones and Garza, from the cronies.

235 posted on 10/29/2005 8:16:23 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (Janice Rogers Brown for SCOTUS..... or Alito, Jones, Williams, Sykes, or Luttig)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

I hate to get provincially political about the Supreme Court, but it wouldn't hurt to nominate an Associate Justice out of Virginia right now .. might help Kilgore in the VA gov race ... don't know if Alito would help Forrester in NJ.

I am hoping it is one of them, or Mc Connell ... just not a woman or black or hispanic to fill some 'minority' notion. I was so proud of Bush for originally nominating Roberts because he was so well qualified in spite of the pressure to nominate another woman to replace O'Connor.


236 posted on 10/29/2005 8:17:13 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

The Sky is Falling

The Sky is Falling

I'll never vote Republican again

until the next election.
237 posted on 10/29/2005 8:17:43 PM PDT by af_vet_1981
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To: HuronMan
They won't be able to get the 60 votes to shut off debate and bring any of these nominees up for a vote. And they don't have enough guts or votes to force a change in the rules.

You are sure they will filibuster???

They folded once and let Owen, Pryor, and Brown through. The Dems have folded once with these cards, they'll fold again. I'm wiling to wager they do it again.

In poker terms the Dems have no better than a pair of threes

238 posted on 10/29/2005 8:19:08 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (Janice Rogers Brown for SCOTUS..... or Alito, Jones, Williams, Sykes, or Luttig)
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To: dubyaismypresident

Any thoughts why our favorite-JRB- never makes it to the final round?


239 posted on 10/29/2005 8:22:05 PM PDT by avile
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To: condi2008
Can anyone tell us why Ted Olsen is not on any list? Some of us think he might be the perfect fit, especially now. Niether the right nor the left dare challenge him. Did he go over the edge after Barbara died? Does he simply not want the job?

I did hear someone say on the tube the other day that he might not want the job. Other possible reasons are his age, the fact that he was barely confirmed as solicitor general, and the never-ending claims that he was involved in the effort to dig up dirt on Clinton (the so-called Arkansas Project). Some Dems just won't accept his denial.

Dan Abrams gave a compelling argument in favor of Olson the other night on his show.

240 posted on 10/29/2005 8:24:04 PM PDT by freespirited
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