Does this guy look crazy?
Posted on 07/08/2013 9:36:03 PM PDT by Nachum
The Justice Department had a losing average before the Supreme Court in the just-finished term because it was pushed to defend weak positions by a "crazy client," one-time U.S. Court of Appeals nominee Miguel Estrada said Monday. Summing up the term at a Federalist Society luncheon, Estrada, an assistant to the U.S. solicitor general from 1992-1997, slammed his former office for taking poor cases. "The office," he said, "did not do very well at the Supreme Court this year." Estrada, whose argued more than 20 cases before the Supreme Court, said the solicitor general´s office had a 12 win-15 loss
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Does this guy look crazy?
Just wait until they get a solid majority on the Supreme Court.
The Liberals have a 30 year backlog of activist issues they have been holding back and waiting to push when conditions are favorable.
One of the frightening possibilities is the left using the Courts to raise taxes. They will make the argument that the entitlement programs were promised and that they must be funded. Liberals have already done this at the state level for example in NJ where they used the State Supreme court to raise taxes to fund the public schools.
Thats a polite way of saying the adminstration is pushing BS, anti-Constitutional law cases.
Eggsactly! Some folks are waiting for the collapse that accompanies a collective agenda. I say do not underestimate the scope of a government that’s like a wounded animal. The ‘Takings Clause’ will take on a whole new meaning. Egalitarianism, you know.
Come now.
Does this guy look crazy?
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Okay, you got me there.
That’s funny.
Thanks Nachum.
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