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O'Connor Retires From Supreme Court
AP ^ | 07/01/05 | AP

Posted on 07/01/2005 9:01:13 AM PDT by jdsteel

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To: jdsteel

If it isn't Judge Brown...

How about an off-the-wall choice

How about Judge Alex Kozinski, a Reagan appointee on the 9th circuit...


21 posted on 07/01/2005 9:36:08 AM PDT by BigEdLB (BigEd)
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To: jdsteel

Finally! Let's replace her with Jeff Sessions or Janice Rogers Brown. I guess Brown since O'Conner was alledgedly a woman.


22 posted on 07/01/2005 9:36:40 AM PDT by WillMalven (It don't matter where you are when "the bomb" goes off, as long as you can say "What was that?")
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To: jdsteel
The bit** left with our Property Rights.
23 posted on 07/01/2005 9:36:53 AM PDT by Mark was here (My tag line was about to be censored.)
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To: Cboldt

"who will faithfully interpret the Constitution and laws of our country".

Well there's the crux of the problem right there. "Interpret"........Please, how about just plain "Uphold"? Isn't that what the justices are supposed to do? Interpret my a**!

You see, it doesn't matter who is in charge in this country anymore. This is no longer a nation of liberty. Period.


24 posted on 07/01/2005 9:37:03 AM PDT by Sweetjustusnow (Help Kill Senate Bill 54....NOW. Another Property Rights Infringement)
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To: laishly

J. Michael Luttig.

One of the most tiresome trends of the last 30 years is this practice of giving people "bonus points" for their gender or race.

If Bush is determined to score bonus points to help him in a fantasy re-election that he will never have to face, he should appoint Emilio Garza. A conservative Latino.

Remember when Bush named Cheney as his running mate? A lot of the talking heads were thinking that Bush would go for bonus points by naming Colin Powell. But by naming the most competant person he could find, Bush earned kudos from the people who matter the most: voters.


25 posted on 07/01/2005 9:38:07 AM PDT by neodanite (George Allen is rumored to be the dark horse.)
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To: Mrs Mark
The bit** left with our Property Rights.

I thought she dissented on that case.

26 posted on 07/01/2005 9:39:32 AM PDT by SpringheelJack
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To: SpringheelJack

Yes she was on the right side of that with Renquist, Thomas, and Scalia


27 posted on 07/01/2005 9:42:21 AM PDT by BigEdLB (BigEd)
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To: henderson field

Only Emilio Garza.

Although, since the liberals have changed the definition of "hispanic" to include Congressman Dennis Cardozo of Modesto (even though he has no hispanic blood in him, only Portuguese), that may make Antonin Scalia the first "hispanic" on the court since his last name ends in a "hispanic-sounding" vowel.

Well, then he'd be the second "hispanic" after the Portuguese-descended Benjamin Cardozo. (whom the liberals have also given "honorary hispanic status" to).


28 posted on 07/01/2005 9:42:44 AM PDT by neodanite (I will stop laughing at John Kerry when he admits he will never be president.)
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To: jdsteel
"I will leave it with enormous respect for the integrity of the court and its role under our constitutional structure."

"this court"!

All together now can you say "Integrity!"Integrity! Integrity!" What integrity??

The last time I paid any attention to what these clowns were about they looked and acted like the "Hee Haw" gang!

The same old same old bench legislating mindset they have mandated unto themselves without any vestige of constitutional authority!

"This court" is a joke and has been for many, many years and without abatement will continue to bring the house down(around this Nation's ears)!

29 posted on 07/01/2005 9:43:34 AM PDT by VOYAGER
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To: frogjerk

LOL. someone's going to post a photo, I can feel it.


30 posted on 07/01/2005 9:44:07 AM PDT by neodanite (I will stop laughing at John Kerry when he admits he will never be president.)
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To: jdsteel

467 U.S. 229, 104 S.Ct. 2321, 81 L.Ed.2d 186, 14 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,549

Supreme Court of the United States
HAWAII HOUSING AUTHORITY et al.
v.
Frank E. MIDKIFF et al.
PORTLOCK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (Maunalua Beach) et al.
v.
Frank E. MIDKIFF et al.
KAHALA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., et al.
v.
Frank E. MIDKIFF et al.
Nos. 83-141, 83-236 and 83-283.
Argued March 26, 1984.
Decided May 30, 1984


31 posted on 07/01/2005 9:46:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: Mrs Mark
The bit** left with our Property Rights.

Be fair... While many of her decisions were, to put it mildly, controversial, she voted on the "right" (dissenting) side on the propertty rights debacle, and *that* may have been what prompted her to finally retire...

the infowarrior

32 posted on 07/01/2005 9:58:01 AM PDT by infowarrior (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Congressman Billybob

I hope you are right.

I have been advocating for months for Estrada on the court....as a replacement for Scalia or Thomas when they get bumped up for Chief.

Replacing O'Connor with Estrada would be better yet!


33 posted on 07/01/2005 10:07:18 AM PDT by Dat Mon (will work for clever tagline)
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To: jdsteel

Hello? President Bush. This is Warren Rudman calling. I have the perfect nominee . . . nobody knows anything about him -- the perfect SCOTUS appointment.

I will never forget. If the republicans screw this one up . . .


34 posted on 07/01/2005 10:12:23 AM PDT by Paraclete
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To: jdsteel

May the games begin.


35 posted on 07/01/2005 10:14:45 AM PDT by #1CTYankee (I thought about that and DELIBERATELY didn't go there. (Or maybe you did?))
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To: jdsteel
To paraphrase John Riggins: Retire, Sandy baby!
36 posted on 07/01/2005 10:15:17 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: alloysteel

She'd be a great choice. And since she's already been confirmed, how could she now be designated as 'out of the mainstream' and represent an 'extraordinary circumstance'?


37 posted on 07/01/2005 10:17:10 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Congressman Billybob
Since we're making predictions ...

Won't be a white male. That shouldn't matter, but it does.

Won't be Janice Rogers Brown. Her turn may come in a year or two.

Won't be Gonzales. Bush would rather have a fight with Democrats than with his base.

That leaves the most likely choices as ... Garza and Estrada. My guess would be Garza.

38 posted on 07/01/2005 10:18:48 AM PDT by Oliver Optic
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To: Congressman Billybob

He would be another excellent choice. His name was in my mind this morning too.


39 posted on 07/01/2005 10:18:57 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: neodanite

"Well, then he'd be the second "hispanic" after the Portuguese-descended Benjamin Cardozo. (whom the liberals have also given "honorary hispanic status" to)."



I thought Justice Cardozo was Italian (and Jewish, if I'm not mistaken).

The Congressman of Portuguese descent is Dennis Cardoza, with an A.

But I agree that Garza would be President Bush's best choice right now.


40 posted on 07/01/2005 10:42:11 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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