Posted on 12/06/2011 11:04:18 AM PST by shield
Statement by Gov. Rick Perry: U.S. Senate Should Reject Nomination of Liberal Judicial Activist Caitlin Halligan
AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement:
“As New York Solicitor General, Caitlin Halligan used her liberal interpretation of the law to target pro-life Americans, gun owners, and gun manufacturers, and otherwise use the law as a liberal political tool. The last thing the American people need on the second highest court is another liberal judicial activist, like Ms. Halligan, who lacks respect for the U.S. Constitution.
“The nomination of liberal activist Caitlin Halligan to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals should be immediately withdrawn by the President. If the President refuses to withdraw this misguided nomination, the U.S. Senate should reject her appointment to the second-most powerful court in the country.”
Ms. Halligan’s confirmation has been vigorously opposed by the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America, and Committee for Justice. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously rejected her confirmation earlier this year. In 2003, as Solicitor General of New York, Halligan attempted to hold gun manufacturers liable for criminal acts committed with handguns. She filed briefs in federal court arguing for the unconstitutionality of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which the National Rifle Association described as providing “essential protection…for the Second Amendment rights of honest Americans[.]”
Halligan also filed an amicus brief in arguing that federal RICO laws should be used against pro-life groups. She repeatedly attempted to hijack the federal court system in order to impose her own political beliefs on the general public.
Everyone has internals that's why no one is dropping out yet. Are you telling me Cain and Newt had the same conservative credentials?
1.) The first adjective on your home page is “Happy” but you don’t sound very happy.
2.) What’s a “jerk wagon”?
3.) Let. It. Go.
a. Time to let it go big fellow.
b. If you can’t do that, go ahead and fart—you’ll feel better.
Perry may sound stupid but he’s really not. I grew up with guys like him. They chew their words carefully before they spit them out.
I was in Oklahoma in October (my birthplace/former stomping grounds), after living in Kansas and Indiana for many years, and as I walked away from some old school pards I heard the word, “Yankee”. I went back and asked them what they meant.
They said I talked too fast but the one apologized for calling me a ... well, I won’t repeat it.
An apology from a cowboy is the real thing. Perry apologized. Palin ain’t running. Let it go.
I am for people, individuals, exactly like automobile insurance, individuals having health insurance and being required to have health insurance, and I am prepared to vote for a voucher system which will give individuals on a sliding scale a government subsidy so it will ensure that everyone as individuals have health insurance. In 1993
or this in 2011?
All of a sudden responsibility to help pay for healthcare. And I think that there are ways to do it that make most libertarians relatively happy. I’ve said consistently we ought to have some requirement to either have health insurance or you post a bond or in some way you indicate you are going to be held accountable.
And when asked
VOICE: "That is the individual mandate, is it not?" Did he reply?????
It’s a variation on it.
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Perry said that?
It is worse than I thought...
So sad..no it was Newt. But hey prepare yourself for week after week, story after story of more Newt famous quotes and Newt debating Newt.
He apologized for insulting those who have a different opinion on Texas’s decision to allow in-state college tuition rate for undocumented children brought to Texas by anyone, primarily illegal immigrant parents.
Conservatives should feel confident with the selection of Harriet Miers to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court for a simple reason: George W. Bush selected her.
Much has been made in the press about conservative unhappiness with the White House on issues such as spending and immigration and most recently with the selection of Ms. Miers. However, while these tensions are not insignificant, the president has stayed remarkably true to conservative principles on every major decision he has made since winning the Republican primary.
Now I will make this truce with you, you keep from slamming Perry on Perry threads and I wont go to Newt threads to slam him. If you wanna come to enjoy the conversation, great but if this is gonna be a repeat where every time a Perry thread is posted hordes ascend to simply get nasty , well I think that probably is bad for everyone at this juncture in the election.
What that has to do with Perry's comment is the issue...
Nice attempt at diversion though...
I give it an 8.
This was from a recnt article just to get an idea of how Newt is going to be destroyed leaving only Romney and Perry (unless Perry drops out but my guess is he's in it for the long haul and you'll be glad he stayed in)
In last week's CNBC debate, newly-minted top-tier Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich claimed he was hired by Fannie Mae to be a "historian," and claimed that pointed out flaws in their "insane" business model.
But an investigation by Bloomberg reveals that Gingrich was much more involved with the government-backed lender than he let on — and that he was hired to promote the company (and its business practices) to other conservatives.
Bloomberg reports:
"Former Freddie Mac officials familiar with the consulting work Gingrich was hired to perform for the company in 2006 tell a different story. They say the former House speaker was asked to build bridges to Capitol Hill Republicans and develop an argument on behalf of the company's public-private structure that would resonate with conservatives seeking to dismantle it."
Don’ you remmeber? Hypocrite, Mitt Romney, was attacking him when he used the term you don’t have a heart. Everyone knows Romney is the “Tin Man” and that might be the first words that would pop out of your mouth too if he was staring you down. LOL
Beside Perry has apologized many times so why would anyone still hold it against him? Time to get over it. There are much more important issues.
Yes, and you've got the "facts" exactly right. But since when did "facts" matter to the Perry haters.
This is the court where they get teed up for selection to the Supreme Court, isn’t it?
I accept his apology, if not his candidacy>
The chilrun are college students but according to your rationale they aren't illegal immigrants, just victims of the system.
If perry manages to get the pubbie nomination, I'd vote for him over obummer, but he's only one step ahead of huntsman and that other crazy Texan.
I’ve been lurking here since the 2008 election, and I remember when the name of Newt Gingrich was poison around here as recently as last fall. Originally I was a Palin supporter, and then Herman Cain; when Perry announced his run, my response was “meh.” But for the past several months,thanks to the information I’ve found posted here, I’ve come to understand that Perry is truly our best choice——a solid, proven conservative and Christian with a decade of leadership already under his belt. I don’t care about the debate gaffes-—Obama can barely communicate without his teleprompter. And I don’t care about the “heartless” remark, since he has apologized profusely and often. I want a decent man for president with no hidden baggage and no liberal-leaning past. I believe Perry’s the one.
Why are you even worried about this? Its not going to be pushed off on you and your state? In state tuition is strictly a states rights issue so why do you even care about what Texas has done for 10 years with their tax money? It doesn’t affect you.
This is he dumbest thing for people to get upset about. Rick Perry is not advocating this for his policy if he is elected president. Give me a break.
No illegal children are going to get a tuition break in your state unless your state legislature votes for it.
Actually, if the kids of illegals qualify for instate tuition, then they have to be applying for legal residence, which no longer makes them illegals.
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