[nathanbedford]

Can the Republicans -- or the country -- afford to put another mushy moderate in the White House, who can appoint more mushy moderates to the Supreme Court?

It is worth remembering that it was not a mushy moderate but Ronald Reagan himself who put Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court. John Roberts by all accounts, Hugh Hewitt and Mark Levin who worked with Roberts in the Reagan Administration not excepted, all believed that the man had the right stuff. Other disasters of Republican appointees can be recounted but that begs the question, why do Republican appointees to the court turncoat while Democrats remain steadfast?

Of course we cannot afford to have any more mushy moderates in office appointing judges and Justices, or doing virtually anything else, but even Ronald Reagan got fooled. Therefore, it is time conservatives sought a different remedy to prevent an era of judicial tyranny from expanding and invading even more areas of our lives.

In other words, we can continue doing more of the same while expecting different results or we can turn to Article V.

[T-Bird45]

While I hesitate to draw a broader conclusion from one issue, it seems this one issue defines the separation point of principled conservatism and the mushy moderate. The issue is gun control and Ronald Reagan was all over the map on that issue. From his time as CA governor with the over-reaction to the Black Panthers that devils CA gun-owners yet today to his post-presidency endorsement of the Brady Bill, there were occasions interspersed where RR said what conservatives like on the issue. To me, this indeterminate positioning defines a mushy moderate and makes the Kennedy appointment crystal clear.

[Texas Fossil]

I thought I could never be convinced to support an Article V Convention, BUT Now I’m on board.

[Nuc 1.1]

The biggest Pubbie disaster is that they, the senate, sends Marxist democrat judical nominees to the bench, instead of fighting them tooth and nail. The gang of 14 was arguably the greatest judical disaster in American history. Allowing the libtards to essentially take over mid level federal courts. Sadly Pubbie disasters is a fairly long list anymore.

[mac_truck]

It is worth remembering that it was not a mushy moderate but Ronald Reagan himself who put Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court.

It is also worth remembering that Anthony Kennedy was Reagan's third choice to replace Justice Powell.

His first choice was Robert Bork, a competent conservative jurist who's nomination was voted down in the Senate by a 42-58 margin, and his second choice Douglas Ginsburg withdrew his name from consideration after it was revealed he had once smoked marijuana.

On a separate note, Bork's nomination was opposed by 16 of 22 Senators from the states comprising the old Confederacy, a surprising statistic from the region some here claim is the most conservative.

[Former Proud Canadian]

The problem is in the senate.

The dems get all their radicals appointed through. Robert Bork gets torpedoed.