Supreme Court Nomination Poll

The Fourteenth Circuit | May 28, 2003

[Theodore R.]

Orrin G. Hatch said in 1990 that Souter was a "conservative."

[Jim Noble]

>>Orrin G. Hatch said in 1990 that Souter was a "conservative."<<

Is there a good online review of how the Souter catastrophe came to be?

[Theodore R.]

A hint that Souter was not a conservative was the report found by a conservative activist (Howard Phillips perhaps?) which noted that Souter had voted as a member of a NH hospital board to allow abortions in that facility. This was totally overlooked by the Bush I administration.

[Agrippa]

I don't know of an online review, but here's an online bibliography of articles and commentaries on Justice Souter. Perhaps some of them are available online. www.dsl.psu.edu/library/lrr/guides/supct/souter.html

[JohnnyZ]

1. GARZA
2. BROWN
3. LUTTIG

[LaraCroft]

Great Letter. I'm inspired to do the same.

I'm amazed at how democrats, when in office never hesitate to put the most biased person in office, but Republicans are always worried about how it looks, and what will people say. Can they really be so naive to think that the socialists will vote for them if they nominate a moderate SCOTUS rather than strict constitutionalists?

The GOP is like a wife that has been beaten too long. They've lost sight of reality and and still thinking in survival mode.

[Imal]

"Whatever the individuals name he/she/it must be a mixture of black, mexican and oriental with an amerind great-great-great grandfather."

There you go again, quoting the Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees as they outline their requirements for potential appointees.

[MHGinTN]

I wanna be on the SCOTUS. Is there something that says you have to be a judge or a lawyer to sit on the SCOTUS? Aren't there enough lawyers and law scholars to aid a Judge that one need not be a judge or a lawyer? I wanna be nominated ... the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings would be worth the hassle. Just imagine getting to obfuscate and spin when Chuck Schumer asks how you would vote regarding Roe v Wade! Watching Leahy about to explode from frustration would be worth it all!

[Sonny M]

To the best of my knowledge yes. Now I know a constitutional scholar is going to argue otherwise, but based on something that several presidents have said, including G.W.B., no you can't be a judge without a law degree or even attorny general. I remember somthing where GWB was asked about Jeb, and he cited both the law against having relatives in the cabinet (called it the "kennedy rule") and cited that Jeb does not have a law degree so he can't be attorny general, and he laughed off Jeb being a judge, saying, he does not have a law degree, its impossible.

[rwfromkansas]

I would accept a Gonzalez nomination for Stevens, but not O'Connor. Some of his supposed pro-choice support has been twisted into a support that I do not think is necessarily true. But, I still would feel more comfortable with somebody I am sure of when it comes to beliefs when it comes to replacing O'Connor. I don't want another O'Connor.

I have been reading that it looks like Stevens and O'Connor are the likely retirements, not Rehnquist and O'Connor like previously thought. If this happens, it is party time......

[Republican Wildcat]

I think you would agree, however, that replacing Stevens with someone like O'Connor, while at the same time replacing O'Connor with someone like Thomas would be a win on both counts.

[rwfromkansas]

Yep...getting a moderate in place of a liberal is a win.

[ampat]

BORK!