Posted on 05/06/2009 4:36:16 PM PDT by DesertRenegade
Sen. Jeff Sessions (Ala.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday he could consider a gay nominee for the nation’s highest court.
“I’m not inclined to think that’s an automatic disqualification,” Sessions said of a gay nominee. He said he intends to consider only the nominee’s legal judgment when deciding his support for Justice David Souter’s proposed replacement.
“I may disagree with some legal opinion on those issues, but I think fundamentally it will be up to the president to submit somebody who would unite the country and would be a clear statement of a mainstream judge who commits himself to the law,” said Sessions, who will have a key role in any confirmation debate.
Sessions’s comments weren’t voiced universally in the GOP or in conservative circles Wednesday, suggesting a split among Republicans on whether the sexual orientation of a nominee should be a factor.
One Republican senator on Wednesday warned a gay nominee would be too polarizing.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Like Levin said tonight, referring to whether or not a woman should be chosen: (paraphrasing) "Its not what's between their legs that should make the difference, it's what's between their ears!"
Sen DeMint's comments pretty well sum up all of the comments within the article:
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) also wouldn’t rule out the possibility of a gay nominee, though he said Obama should avoid nominating someone based on ethnic or social profiling. “He should just focus on a proven judge who understands the Constitution and has demonstrated a willingness to support the rule of law,” DeMint said. “I hope this does not turn into some kind of ethnic profiling or social profiling, that it’s got to be a woman or a black or something other. That doesn’t make any sense to me.”
And I can live with that position.
I am so disheartened with some of the leaders I thought were conservative! God Help us....cleaning house is the only way we will ever have a chance of returning to honor and decency in our Land.
Polly
Alright Alabama, go after this guy. Bury him with phone calls and emails.
*Both* bother me!
I don’t care whether a justice is white, black , male, female, tall ,short, straight, gay or any other label that is used by leftists to divide us and treat us like members of groups instead of true individuals with God-given talents. What I care about are the nominee’s qualifications, temperament, and views. Sounds like Sessions feels the same way.
So someone asked him a question and he gave the right answer. You want to tar and feather him for it. People like you won’t be happy till you’ve expelled every Republican who’s ever won office for failing your purity standard.
Missed the memo?
Odds are we’ve already had an alcoholic Justice, a drug addicted Justice and yes, even a gay Justice. People of all political stipes have issues. GW Bush is an alcoholic. Rush Limbaugh is a drug addict. And even reasonable Republicans can be gay. How does one’s sexual orientation preclude them from proper jurisprudence?
“The Constitution bans gays from sitting on the Supreme Court?”
Not what I meant but I could have been clearer, that was a separate comment altogether... I was wondering if we the people, could file a class action law suit against 535 idiots plus POTUS for violation of the constitution period. They violate everything it stands for for and don’t understand the basic principles.
The thought of gay supreme court justice is just sick to begin with...
Obama has at least 70-75 votes in the Senate to do whatever he wants with regard to judicial nominees.
Only 3 Republicans voted against Ginsberg, for heaven's sake.
I believe Sessions to be wrong unless it's a misdirection. He is totally wrong with his thrust. He should have said: What difference does it make what I think? I may as well go bowling when the 'hearings' come to pass. The Democrats will be choosing the next Justice. Go ask them.
Haha, bonus points given your screen name...
He is entirely intimidated.
The MSM/DNC/Hollywood/Academia war room wins again.
Republicans/Conservatives have been cowed by them for decades, everything they do and say is controlled by the MSM.
It's one one of the emanations from the penumbra, or something.
Exactly. I imagine most people on here would say that the nominee should be picked based on credentials and their past decisions and not on color or gender (or their empathy for certain groups). Sessions says that he is not going to disqualify someone based on something not related to their jurisprudence and he is crucified for it. This is what we want from the other side.
How come we now have to know what an individual does with their reproductive organs??
I totally agree with you.
““I’m not inclined to think that’s an automatic disqualification,” Sessions said of a gay nominee. He said he intends to consider only the nominee’s legal judgment when deciding his support for Justice David Souter’s proposed replacement.”
The democrats are trying to divide us and they are doing a great job doing it. Sessions gave a very wise answer.
And, the Republicans wonder why they have been destroyed in the past two election cycles. They keep driving conservatives out of the party with actions like this.
There is no chance any Obama nominee is going to believe that. Sessions knows that. So, his comment ends up being merely an affirmation of homosexuality.
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