Posted on 10/30/2005 6:56:23 PM PST by SteveH
How many conservatives will take their ball and go home just because Luttig didn't get picked? Redstate.org is quoting rumors that Bush is concerned Luttig will "grow" in office, and I think we all know what that means.
There is a handful of malcontents who will be p*ssed no matter who is picked because they have their minds made up that President Bush is planning to nominate a bunch of Souters. Then you have those who will be p*ssed because their pet nominee isn't selected (Alito, Luttig, Brown, etc.).
If Alito or Brown are the nominees you'll see little if any complaining.
Will anyone out there be "p*ssed" if Bush selects Alito, Luttig, or Brown . . . anyone? Nope, didn't think so. Don't try to rationalize the Miers mistake by claiming that any candidate would have drawn the same criticism. This characterization of the ani-Miers crowd as mindless Bush-haters is intellectually dishonest.
Don't put words in my mouth. I said there would be a "handful" who will oppose anyone the President nominates. You know as well as I do that there will be a few here who will do just that.
("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")
Coulter has lost a lot of respect lately by her trashing of the President, her whoring out to the MSM, and her venomous attacks on Roberts and Miers. Disagree about Miers is fine but saying she isn't qualified because she went to SMU and that means she is stupid, is just very childish.
Luttig is also best friends with Roberts and is close with Scalia and Thomas.
Basically, the 4 of them are like a clique, if Luttig "grows", that means all 4 of them are changing.
That said, Alito is solid as it Luttig, and either one of them would make me happy.
I prefer Luttig based on his age alone, but both would be fine.
Like the War over Roberts? Wow, that was intense. Ann Coulter had some skeptical columns and that was about it.
If that's what you meant than I don't see the point you were making. You can always find a few people who are unreasonable no matter what the issue. There are a handful of people who would oppose President Bush if he decids to nominate Alito to the Supreme Court, and there are a handful who would support him if he decided to nominate Bruce Babbit.
I agree. And Roberts is far more of a question mark than Alito, Luttig, or Brown.
I never mentioned Roberts in relation to a forum war. I said if it was Gonzales we'd see a forum war.
Does Luttig's view on "super-precedents" worry you at all? I think that is his only question mark, and what puts Alito above him on my list.
Pretty much. Ann was out virtually alone over Roberts, making claims we'll go ballistic over anyone dishonest.
People can check the FR poll over Roberts, overwhelming approval matching the level G.W.B. usually gets from Republicans in media polls. Anything suggesting otherwise is spin born of bitterness because we concluded Miers was a mistake.
Luttig, Alito, Jones, and Brown will NOT meet massive resistance or sour grapes by the vast majority. Always expect one or two to grumble, but the base will be with them.
If someone like Williams or Sykes, the base will be with them, though a little disappointed not the top tier of heavyweights. Nevertheless, they are solid and the objective is to fix the courts. We don't need our favorites to do that, these would be competant as would a dozen or so others.
Some have argued that remark on 'super precedent' was meant to be mocking if read in context of the opinion. I'm inclined to believe that to be the case though everyone would have to make their own call after reading it.
puh
lease.
It does concern me, he has that same type of Scalia thinking with stare decisis.
I'm not positive that Alito isn't the same way either.
I'd prefer a judge who doesn't respect stare decisis, and is more like Clarence Thomas.
The problem is that its hard to get judges who think more like Thomas and less like Scalia.
You didn't mention Roberts, you just said:
It doesn't matter who is picked. FR will see another forum war over the nominee.
Roberts was someone "who was picked." There was no forum war, battle, or even skirmish.
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