Posted on 03/01/2007 1:46:04 PM PST by madprof98
Rudy may be talking the strict constructionists talk, but it seems he didnt walk the walk while mayor of NYC.
From Politico:
A Politico review of the 75 judges Giuliani appointed to three of New York states lower courts found that Democrats outnumbered Republicans by more than 8 to 1. One of his appointments was an officer of the International Association of Lesbian and Gay Judges. Another ruled that the state law banning liquor sales on Sundays was unconstitutional because it was insufficiently secular.
A third, an abortion-rights supporter, later made it to the federal bench in part because New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, a liberal Democrat, said he liked her ideology.
Cumulatively, Giuilanis record was enough to win applause from people like Kelli Conlin, the head of NARAL Pro-Choice New York, the states leading abortion-rights group. They were decent, moderate people, she said.
I dont think he was looking for someone who was particularly conservative, added Barry Kamins, a Democrat who chaired the panel of the Bar Association of the City of New York, which reviewed Giulianis appointments. He picked a variety from both sides of the spectrum. They were qualified, even-tempered, academically strong.
This obviously makes me feel better (especially the part about picking judges from both sides), but I can imagine itll give a lot of conservatives heartburn. Itll be interesting to see how he addresses this. I mean, just because somebody is from one side or the other doesnt mean they wont live up to Giulianis test.
Or, does Giuliani really have a test?
Though at least 50 of his 75 appointees were registered Democrats (only six were registered Republicans), Giuliani also won praise for, some say, appointing fewer judges with ties to local Democratic politics than his predecessors.Still, this is something thatll be hard to shake 8 to 1?It was not people coming out of the clubhouses, which is what Id seen earlier, said Charles Moerdler, a member of the Commission on Judicial Nominations who had served other mayors in the same capacity. I did not support Rudy (the first time he ran) because he was too conservative for me, so I was very alert to that, but I didnt see any litmus tests on his part, he said.
Good luck with that one Rudy.
Did Rudy marry his SECOND COUSIN? I assume the first wife....
Question: Where exactly was this huge pool of Freeper-quality conservative lawyers in New York City, ready, willing and qualified to be lower-court judges, that Rudy could have appointed and ignored instead?
"Question: Where exactly was this huge pool of Freeper-quality conservative lawyers in New York City, ready, willing and qualified to be lower-court judges, that Rudy could have appointed and ignored instead?"
Amen, brother.
So,you're saying there were no good Republican lawyers in New York available?
I'd be willing bet otherwise.
Giuliani on Hannity: VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT
So what I do say to conservatives because then you want to look at well okay what can we look to that is similar to the way you think. I think the appointment of judges that I would make would be very similar to if not exactly the same as the last two judges that were appointed. Chief Justice Roberts is somebody I work with, somebody I admire. Justice Alito, someone I knew when he was US attorney, also admire. If I had been president over the last four years, I can't think of any-- that I'd do anything different with that. I guess the key is and I appointed over 100 judges when I was the mayor so it's something I take very, very seriously. I would appoint judges that interpreted the constitution rather than invented it.
Rudy contends he'll apoint conservative judges. Gives his reasons, those he admires, GWB's apointments which he supports, he'll take it seriously, but also asks us to look to the 100 judges he appointed as mayor.
Rudy put the apointments in play, the same way John "Reporting for Duty" Kerry brought his military record to the center of the campaign.
When Rudy was cleaning up the streets, the NYT was running front page stories arguing the tramps who would wash your car windshield in traffic and demand money should not be stopped because they were ex convicts! That is NYC.
See post 25.
Rudy himself cited his NY experience as supporting his contention that's he'll appoint conservative judges. So it's a legitimate inquiry. IMO the only answer is to point to the conservative, even if only on crime, judges he appointed.
Apologetics about the appointment system or political makeup of the legal community are irrelevant.
Rudy pointed to his 100 judicial apointments as evidence of his judicial conservatism.
Now it's "Where's the Beef" time.
You didn't parse that right. He pointed to those appointments as evidence that he took the appointment process SERIOUSLY. As apparently he did, since he got such high praise from the abortion-rights crowd.
nice cherry picking of his numbers..
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..this morning on Laura Ingraham's show, someone claiming to be a former NY cop (IIRC) called in and indicated that the judges who were appointed by the mayor were very very liberal...
Well, you might need a new screen name. Your tagline will still work, though.
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Rudy: "I would like to run on the Democratic line if I could figure out how to do it" and other precious gems
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I hadn't checked YouTube for a couple of days and this new video is pretty damning for Giuliani. It includes actual video of some of the quotes that the Stop Rudy people have been posting and that the Rudyites have been denying. It shows the REAL Rudy - the radical liberal, anti-Republican Rudy who has no business running for the Republican nomination.
Pinging the list...
This deserves its own thread with a transcript. I don't have time right now to do that but will do it later if someone doesn't beat me to it.
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