Posted on 11/16/2007 8:48:43 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rudy Giuliani assured a conservative legal group Friday that if elected president he would appoint federal judges who adhere to their principles. He also praised a judge who declared the capital city's gun ban unconstitutional and ridiculed efforts to eliminate the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance.
In a speech marking the 25th anniversary of the Federalist Society, Giuliani spelled out a conservative legal agenda in which he cited Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts as models for the judges he would appoint to the federal bench.
He contended that Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama or John Edwards, as president, would select judges who were "activists and try to legislate social policy."
"We're seeking to find judges who understand the very, very important concept that judges exist to interpret the law, not to invent the law," he said.
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Sure. And I’m the Colossus of Rhodes.
I heard he also has a bridge for sale in Brooklyn.
“Rudy is the anti-jihad.”
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I would believe an anti-jihad when they speak these words, “The Quran is the motivating factor behind modern day terrorism.”
Rudy is a politically correct dude.
“You’re wasting your time arguing with these Rudy-haters, they are beyond reason. They are hoping secretly that Hillary will win. They want a Hillary Clinton Presidency because they are fools enough to believe that it will help the Conservative cause.
It’s no different than arguing with Liberals, all emotion, no reason.”
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You guys are going to be shocked when Hunter and Thompson recieve a combined total over 50% at the first caucus. My little prediction.
“The last thing this country needs is a President who thinks he is a General.
You mean like Washington, Jackson, Grant, or Ike?”
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Uhhh. They didn’t “THINK” they were generals they “WERE” generals.
Rudy who?
You are, of course, correct. No where have I seen where Hunter thinks he is a general. Being familliar with the armed forces, and having been in them is a plus, imho.
More of a qualification than being mayor of a target.
HOW?
When FR starts pushing hard and I mean hard against abortion, gay marriage, homosexual education forced on our school children, pandering to illegal aliens, gun control, McCaine-Feingold type usurpation, global warming, etc, etc,
How does a Guiliani Presidency accomplish any of this? It doesn't.
I don’t necessarily disagree with that, but the parties are so polarized today that it isn’t really possible IMO for most democrats to take a pass on judicial activism, or legislating from the bench.
I’ve seen very little evidence of that.
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