ABC radio news and NYT speculate - Bush has decided-Specter called to WH

ABC News | 07/18/05 | self

[mysonsfuture]

ABC News Radio-10:00 CST-Bush has decided on Supreme Court nominee. Spector called to WH tonight to discuss. Expected to be "mainstream".

[Tree of Liberty]

Organizational ties are nice and dandy, but I'll wait to see actual proof of her conservatism.

[Archon of the East]

...despite Clement's record, she is a conservative.

Please someone help me with this I am getting really uptight.

[LdSentinal]

Senior administration officials have told select conservative leaders that President Bush is likely to nominate either Edith Jones or Edith Clement, members of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the conservative source said.

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[Pilsner]

While a third year law student I interviewed with Judge Jones to clerk. She met with me with and also had me meet with her staff. One of her then current clerks asked about my semester in Washington DC, and I related a story about the time I was sitting in the little subway that runs between the Senate office buildings and the Capitol when, just as the train was leaving, who should waddle down the stairs but Ted Kennedy and Chris Dodd. I was sitting in the last coach with several young ladies in my class and their was only one empty seat. The rules say that members have priority, so I stood up to let Ted and Chris sit down, missing the train and the meeting scheduled a few minutes later on the Hill.

As I was leaving her chambers one of her clerks who had heard this story made some snide remark about my having given up my seat to my hero Ted Kennedy.

I didn't correct him, and I didn't get the job. I've always wondered if my failure to point out to this clown that the point of my story was that I didn't want to give my seat to to Ted Kennedy or Chris Dodd, but that I did so as a courtesy to the young ladies I was with so that one of them didn't have to give up her seat, cost me a chance to clerk with a Fifth Circut Justice. If she gets throught I will have to wonder if it cost me a chance to work for a future Supreme Court Justice.

[kristinn]

I just heard Ann Compton's report on ABC News. She said Specter says he was summoned to the White House tonight regarding the judicial nominee. She speculated, but did not confirm, that a nominee has been selected.

[Texasforever]

Roe v Wade is horrible law, it should be not only be overturned, it should be buried 6 miles deep.

I completely agree. But the SC can do ONLY that, they cannot make abortion illegal and a strict-constructionist would never do it anyway.

[jwalsh07]

I think I'm probably the first to object on this thread but this thread is not the first time I've objected. But hey, we all get four cheeks and as many opinions as we can fit in a lifetime.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

[grey_whiskers]

Abortion was legal in Texas BUT it had several restrictions...So before you go throwing out the word troll to your betters at least do it with a bit of knowledge.

Here's a bit more knowledge, helped along by discussions not of R v W, but the Memogate / TANG "scandal".

What is the composition by party of the Texas legislature NOW vs. when R v W happened?

So if there were even restrictions back THEN, maybe there'll be MORE restrictions now. Which would prevent SOME abortions, thereby saving some childrens' lives, which refutes your original point. . .

Think it over, dude.

Cheers!

[Texasforever]

The simple fact that both are on the 5th circuit should warm all of our hearts. That is the most conservative court, hands down, in the country.

[wardaddy]

well that and Utah would make 4 states right there....i would bet there would be more...but I do get TF's point

[Types_with_Fist]

Yeah. It's a forum alright. If everybody was right all the time and people only posted correct info... likely it'd be a seldom-hit forum.

[Tree of Liberty]

Originalist means that the jurist relies on the original intent of the Constitution and amendments as their respective drafters envisioned it. It doesn't mean you throw out amendments 11-27 (although I wouldn't mind redacting everything after, and including, the 13th).

I have no idea where you got that idea.

[michaelt]

Totally agree with you.

Even if a dark horse is picked, someone that hasn't been discussed much, people shouldn't jump to conclusions.

Unfortunately, it has always happened a lot here, both in positive and negative directions, depending on the story. But that is the nature of things.

[Cultural Jihad]

I guess we will know tomorrow. Doesnt sound good. But we'll see. Hoping, Praying. Come on Mr. Pesident-a Conservative!

Here's some free advice: There's no need to fret and worry over President Bush. His only concern is for the well-being of the nation.

[jwalsh07]

Wow, quite a story. Thanks for sharing it.

What's the moral? :-}

[grey_whiskers]

Anti-Specter Sarcasm Torpedo ARMED. FIRE!!

A stopped clock crock is right twice a day

[wardaddy]

what sort of court do you guys want is my point?

all this stare decis talk a few weeks ago got me to pondering if a strict constructionist court could turn back the clock.

[Soul Seeker]

But you admitted to prior objection.

The majority of threads I've followed, and I read most of these judicial threads, have seen precious little objection to her. Focus was almost exclusively on Gonzales.

Whether the critisism is valid I'll determine as I examine her record, which I admit she is not among the list I have yet. But I find it questionable that so many, unlike you, that didn't have a voiced concern suddenly do.

[bnelson44]

"I didn't correct him, and I didn't get the job. I've always wondered if my failure to point out to this clown that the point of my story was that I didn't want to give my seat to to Ted Kennedy or Chris Dodd, but that I did so as a courtesy to the young ladies I was with so that one of them didn't have to give up her seat"

Which was the correct thing to do. You should never regret it. If her clerk is that shallow, you didn't miss much of a job.