[mugs99]

"It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship"

"The Federal government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers."... Justice Clarence Thomas

I think we've already fallen.
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[traditional1]

if the party's rightwingers continue to attack the judiciary......if the party's rightwingers continue to attack the judiciary",

You pathetic Liberal mess, the "rightwingers" are RISING UP against the JUDICIARY DICTATORSHIP OF UN-ELECTED ACTIVIST LAW-WRITERS, and you fail to grasp the Constitution being destroyed?

[Atchafalaya]

Buh Bye Sandy, thank God my prayers were answered!!!

[Whispering Smith]

As John Riggins would say, "Loosen up Sandy babes."

[Txsleuth]

Oh, FGS......I thought she wanted to retire to spend more time with her husband?

Do it already sandy!!!

[fatima]

Sandy why did you lie before you were appointed.I saw you on an interview and you were more impressed with your self and saw a few mis-steps.Tell us everything Sandyraw:)

[GladesGuru]

The lil blonde msut be in early stage Alzheimer's. The public reviles lawyers in general and judges in particular.

How she arrived at the inetellectual construct that Conservatives are likely to cause dictatorship is beyond reason.

Sandy! Hello Sandy - get your meds adjusted, STAT!

[Sandy]

Judge Says US Risks Edging Near To Dictatorship

Hyperbolic garbage; she said nothing of the sort.

[putupjob]

Thank God she is gone from the United States Supreme Court. She was a disaster.

[DeweyCA]

Thank God O'Connor is gone. But it looks like she has learned a lot of lessons from the Dems: like shooting off her mouth when she should stay quiet, and thinking that she is the fountain of all wisdom.

[airedale]

I'd have to hear her remarks or read them in context before I'd belive the Guardian's reporting of her speech.

[Mr. Rational]

I'll pay her recreational drug bill if she can show me where the Constitution gives the right to kill an innocent person to anyone. I'm not a big Pro Terri guy - but the killers in this case were just too darned weird.

I suppose the right may belong to the States.

Funny how a time of reconning is exactly how the Christian Right would phrase the same outcome.

She is crackers.

[an amused spectator]

In a strongly worded speech at Georgetown University, reported by National Public Radio and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Ms O'Connor took aim at Republican leaders whose repeated denunciations of the courts for alleged liberal bias could, she said, be contributing to a climate of violence against judges.

Riiggghhht. Those poor ol' federal judges, those poor ol' guys.

The 800 odd judges who run this country like an oligarchy.

The ones who can "carry" anywhere they want to, unlike the peasants who would be disarmed if the majority of federal judges got their way.

The ones who get this headline in the Lame Stream Media:

"A federal judge today ruled..." - as if a federal judge's opinion was Handed Down From The Mount.

Yeah, they're REALLY disadvantaged.

O'Commie went over to the Dark Side.

[airedale]

The article in the Chicago Law Bulletin doesn't say what the Guardian says. The Guardian as usual stretched the people who they are reporting on words to fit the desired story. You can read it on line with their 15 day free registration. The article is entitled: O'Connor: Lawyers must come to defense of judicial independence. The URL for the paper is http://www.lawbulletin.com/

[NinoFan]

Yes, folks, she said these things. Several other news outlet have reported it. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1593959/posts

[woofie]

For those who think Reagan could do bo wrong and Bush can do no right please remember who put her on the Supreme Court

[Cap Huff]

"We must be ever-vigilant against those who would strong-arm the judiciary."

We must be ever-vigilant against the judiciary that would strong-arm the liberty of a free people.