Posted on 03/30/2005 2:46:06 PM PST by grassboots.org
Poor analysis on Mr. Conason's part. He is assuming that silence is assent, and that is not necessarily the case. He should have done tallies of known opinions -- and those tallies don't show any clear trend. But his writing is tendentious to the point of dishonesty, and rarely (if ever) worth reading.
Quite a crock here. Unless a judge/justice writes his own opinion, or signs a colleague's opinion, you can't read too much into their refusal to take a case. It is just a mistake to do so, even though it is right to be disappointed (or to be tempted to gloat is you are on the other side, pro-death, as Joe C. is.)
I have never been more proud of my FR brethren (and Sistren)
I've always thought that was "Sistern!"
Heard this on Hannity this evening. Regarding this entire situation....
Mel Gibson thinks the last-minute politics is CYA. "Come on. When they want to whip a judge they can whip him in a heart beat. Look at what they did to Judge Roy Moore."
"The Constitution . . . meant that its coordinate branches should be checks on each other. But the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action but for the Legislature and Executive also in their spheres, would make the Judiciary a despotic branch."
Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 1804.
Jefferson had some very dire and accurate warnings re: the judiciary. Sadly we allowed our legislators to give away the freedom the founders gave to us.
What exactly is the sis stern? Is that anywhere near a jib?
Well, if they(the Supremes) are correct to do nothing while starving this poor lady, then we are on different planets. They could have done something since they are the last place these things land. They could have reversed the 11th circuit decision. The 11th circuit needs to be disbanded by Congress but, of course nothing will happen, and Terri will be forgotten. I will never set foot in this Florida county and risk having Joseph M. Greer be the judge of my speeding case or any other case I might have.
Isn't there also a cistern?
Predictable piece from Conason.
Its to difuse the LIBERAL TIME BOMB Nat Hentoff piece posted by dead.
The left is starting to become aware of....
TERRI'S LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
"The salient point is accurate."
Yes, yes it is. As much as I hate to find myself agreeing with Joe Conanson, assuming that what he says (disregarding his sneers and sarcasm, of course)is accurate, this IS very disturbing.
I am planning to go to the March on April 7th, but since our Judiciary is now actively murdering an innocent woman, I'm not so sure I want to go. His point about Pryor is the most disturbing in the article. Maybe I don't want to just break the filibuster, maybe I want to break the Judiciary.
Any and all comments will be appreciated, because I am quite confused and conflicted.
The moves by Congress were not just "courageous"
THEY WERE CONSTITUTIONAL.
Why don't people know that ..??
There are people who are for life, and people who are against life. There is no gray area.
Me, too. Money, time and shoe leather. When I got into local politics here in Texas we held the state convention in a phone booth.
Now a majority the state RINOs are doing stuff that would have caused a conservative a heart attack had it been the dims doing it.
Can you image what the mood would be had this happened during the Clinton administration?
My new tag line is going to be "I didn't leave the republican party, the party left me".
A couple of my own FR tomes presage this view:
Why Judicial Appointments Do NOT Matter (Schiavo)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1371395/posts
OPEN LETTER TO HUGH HEWITT RE: TERRI SCHIAVO and the JUDICIAL OLIGARCHY
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1368633/posts
... and the congress should also be doing something. i don't care about the dems, they are irrelevant, being the minority. the repubs are in control, what are they waiting for? what are jeb and the POTUS waiting for?
The funny thing is, those who are pro-life in ALL cases (even in cases of rape and incest if one is consistent and sees abortion as murder) and against homosexual marriage, are now seen as far-right fanatics of the Republican party; the "fringe element".
Observing last year's election, the "fringe element" were the ones that rallied the troops and got the word out about Kerry's hypocritical "Catholic" stance on life issues. It was the "fringe element" who were instrumental in getting people to come out and vote against gay marriage. The Republican party should take note and stop taking these people for granted.
Hang Judicial Tyrants of any and I do mean ANY Politcal Party.
Tyrants are tyrants no matter who they belong to.
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