Posted on 06/18/2005 9:17:07 PM PDT by GOPGuide
Worse. The Washington Post. When will people ever learn?
The new memior out on Justice Blackmon shows they were only ONE vote short in 1995 in overturing Roe. ONE vote. Kennedy changed his mind. Gonzales is not pro 2-amendment. To me this is the BIG issue that will come up soon and one that has not been ruled on in many decades. I DO NOT WANT HIM.
As a libertain you need a prolife block of voters for conservaties to win, but I think we need to be honest and say the force is going to be limiting abortion by partial birth abortion bans, parents permission, ect and not a total out law of abortion with is not going to happen.
Um. As much fun as becoming hysterical and warning the President not to do this or not to do that is............
Again, anonymous sources. Cited by WAPO. Mean anything to anyone?
Total nonsense, newbie.
I really don't know.
I mean, it's certainly possible Bush could nominate him. It's possible he could nominate nearly anyone. But I'd rather someone with credibility on record stated this. His record, so far, on Judicial appointments as been solid. I'm willing to give him benefit over doubt over WAPO's anonymous friends.
Gonzalez has two pluses...he's already been passed by the senate (even narrowly, but still thats enough)...and he is a Latin. For Hillery to stand against the guy...and any other Democatic senator...they have to face questions back home and fear the cost of the Latino vote. In California, it matters.
Amendment II
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Bush will not waste the first nomination of an Hispanic to the U.S. Supreme COurt with the replacement of Renquist. The Democrats will allow Bush to name a solid conservative to replace Renquist, as that will not change the ideological composition of the court. Bush will make the historic nomination of an Hispanic to replace the first liberal resinging from the court. The will be the confirmation fight of the millenium, revealing that the nomination of Janice Rogers Brown to the D.C. Ciruit Court was just a preliminary. Plus, I don't think President Bush will nominate Attorney General Gonzalez (which is no knock on him). There is a rock-solid Hispanic Judge on one of the Circuit Courts who is high both on our lists of poissibilities as well as the opposition's enemies list.
The idea that anyone connected with that fishwrap had any clue what the President's thinking is on SCOTUS nominees is laughable. I doubt anyone knows, actually. The President will have a list of names and then pick one when he needs to - not before.
Scalia to chief justice and then a woman in good health with a life expectancy of 80+. And the younger the better.
Janice Rogers Brown for Supreme Court Justice. I would do it in a heartbeat.
If it wasn't for the pile of trash schumer's leahy's and durbin's Miguel Estrada would be a sitting d.c circuit court judge and in line to be cheif justice of the supreme court.
Gonzalez argued against challenging the michigan case he is pro affirmative action.
He believes abortion is legal.
He is anti gun rights.
He is anti death penalty he let the atlanta olympic games bomber off without the death penalty.
He seems to be against states rights.
It would make me ill to see the liberals pretend to be against gonzalez because of the memo's with his name on it that they blame for torture but inside you know they would be jumping up and down.
Estrada was the hispanic pick for the court now that he isn't there forget about Gonzalez.
Gonzalez would fit right in with the breyer, stevens, ginsberg, souter wing of the court. He is even more liberal than Kennedy and O'Connor which says a lot considering that Kennedy is Mr internationalist and against states rights, while O'Connor is Ms ultra liberal on issues like affirmative action.
I wish Bush would nominate Miguel Estrada and force the dems to fillabuster then if they block him and the rino's won't use the nuclear option come back with Garza.
Gonzales is unacceptable, period, let alone as a replacement for Reinquist. If the whole Republican party wants to face the wrath of the voters rather than just the seven RINOs that brokered the filibuster deal, this would be the decision that would do it.
No, he doesn't need to appoint a woman unless O'Conner retires. I believe that appointing the first hispanic has more appeal for him.
What you actually wrote was that there is an unwritten rule to keep the Court at the status quo. No, there isn't!! Do you think for example that the nomination of Hugo Black and the other FDR nominees kept the Court at the "status quo"? Your assertion is utterly baseless.
Secondly, it is just a silly to state that we know what the 'Rats will do with a nomination. I don't recall reading anywhere that the Senate 'Rats have agreed to certain ideological nominees being allowed depending on who retires. That is just media speculation, and the media has no clue. Neither do we, frankly.
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