Posted on 06/29/2010 7:36:05 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
U.S. Sen. Al Franken used his opening remarks at Solicitor General Elena Kagan's Supreme Court confirmation hearing to take sharp aim at what he says is an activist tilt by the high court.
"There is such a thing as legislating from the bench," said Franken, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee in charge of the hearing. "And it is practiced repeatedly by the [Chief Justice John] Roberts court, where it has cut in only one direction: in favor of powerful corporate interests, and against the rights of individual Americans."
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who also sits on the committee, avoided any ideological battles, instead highlighting Kagan's "real world" perspective and relevant nonjudicial experience.
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What a tool.
As par, Al Franken is full of **it but when has he ever not been? =.=
What a JOKE.
Al Franken was seen nodding off yesterday when Elena Kagen was being questioned.
I guess he was saying to himself : ‘This is a total waste of time, we already know who is going to vote aye or nay, and I can’t wait to get it over with.”
Yes, and I’m pretty sure I cannot mention the name of the tool I’m thinking of here on this forum.
Thou shall not degrade my good name!
It’s hard to imagine a group of voters who actually pulled a lever for someone who showed up on tv in a diaper. They are idiots who deserve such representation. Unfortunately they inflicted him on the rest of us.
This just shows that the left does not care about the principles our country was founded on nor what the constitution says....The Republicans need to get their act together and start taking name...this all could make winning sound bites for the November election!
Wake up America before it is to late (if it isn’t already) Well on that happy note, you all have a good day!
Minnesota’s gift to American politics although Clowns are a wee bit over represented in modern day government dontchyaknow!
More like, what a stool.
Ok so let’s see....interpreting the second amendment to protect the rights of individuals to keep and bear arms is, according to the brilliant franken, merley activist legislation in favour of corporate interests.
It’s very simple to me. The Democrat Party has given The Mouth permission to start mouthing off. Franken is a useful idiot, and he is expendable. May he receive as he gives.
I would be interested to see just what % of the total time that the nominee ever gets to answer. Seems like it should be at least 50% since it’s their hearing and presumably the object of the whole exercise is to find out what they have to say. In reality, I would be surprised if they spend even 10%, once the “questioners” get done grandstanding and bloviating.
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“And it is practiced repeatedly by the [Chief Justice John] Roberts court, where it has cut in only one direction: in favor of powerful corporate interests, and against the rights of individual Americans.”
He is one of the best trained, most well indoctrinated, and most intellectually wrong Useful Idiots the Leftists have ever guided to public office.
His position on the Roberts court, expresses exactly what he has been taught; that “justice” as administered by the Supremes is not supposed to be one of blind faith to the Constitution, but instead it should pick and chose, for itself, who is due a reward, and who is not, and not because of the law or the Constitution, but out of the shear benevolence of the Supremes.
Evidently......
A point made by Rush yesterday concerning the 5 o 4 vote on the 2nd amendment decision by the Supreme Court.
It should have been a no brainer vote of 9 to zip, if there was a constitution, and the court wasn’t practicing judicial activism.
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