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Farah: No on Roberts
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| August 8, 2005
| Joe Farah
Posted on 08/08/2005 3:29:26 PM PDT by TBP
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First Coulter, now Farah. The gay-rights case, aksing the Court, pro bono, to overturn a Colorado initiative, wasa case in support of the kind of liberal judicial activism we usually deplore. Added to the stuff Ann wrote aobut him, I think this is quite distressing. It's even more distressing that conservatives seem to think that this is a non-issue. Whether or not we agree with Farah's position, we should at least be talking and thinking about this.
Remember, some conservatives opposed Kennedy, O'Connor, and Souter, and were roundly attacked in the conservative movement for doing so.
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:29:27 PM PDT
by
TBP
To: TBP
George W. Bush has been determined not to repeat his father's mistakes. Everyone agrees that Souter was a mistake, so chances are that the current President Bush was prepared for this.
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:32:40 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(Mike DeWine for retirement, John Kasich for Senate)
To: TBP
Now, now. He's been chosen by the Prez, has a wife and two cute kiddies, and is Roman Catholic. How could we ask for more??
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:35:52 PM PDT
by
k2blader
(Hic sunt dracones..)
To: TBP
Then, last week, the Los Angeles Times broke the story that Roberts had volunteered his services pro bono to help prepare a landmark homosexual activist case to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. And that heat-seeking missile found its target, i.e., splitting the Right. Very good job, Leftists. It worked.
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:36:48 PM PDT
by
rdb3
(I once had a handle on life, but I broke it.)
To: rdb3
He'll be confirmed anyway.
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:37:36 PM PDT
by
k2blader
(Hic sunt dracones..)
To: TBP
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:38:34 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: TBP
"I think this is quite distressing."
Yes, it is distressing that Farah would fly off the handle, while 85,000 pages of documents indicate he is a very conservative person and judge.
" It's even more distressing that conservatives seem to think that this is a non-issue. Whether or not we agree with Farah's position, we should at least be talking and thinking about this."
Why? and play into the hands of the liberals, who *know* he is the real thing, a dangerously smart conservative, and are using this merely to cut the conservative support for him?
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:39:03 PM PDT
by
WOSG
(Liberalism is wrong, it's just the Liberals don't know it yet.)
To: k2blader
He'll be confirmed anyway. I'm pretty sure he will be confirmed. Still, that heat-seeking missile found its mark perfectly.
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:41:28 PM PDT
by
rdb3
(I once had a handle on life, but I broke it.)
To: TBP
From all the writings I have seen, it appears that Roberts is truly a conservative. Also, the man is married to a pro-life activist. I can't even begin to imagine him upholding RvW when given the chance. Souter was far less known when he was nominated. I say we give the man a chance. I trust Bush on this one, especially considering how much influence Rove has on him. Rove is a staunch social conservative.
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:43:10 PM PDT
by
Clump
To: TBP
"Roberts was a partner in the firm. His job was not in jeopardy if he excused himself from the case on principled moral grounds."
This was the conclusion that I have reached as well.
To: TBP
Why does the right spend so much time attaching its own?
Farah is not telling the truth. John Roberts DID NOT ACCEPT a PRO BONO CASE FOR GAY RIGHTS!!! Wrong, wrong, wrong.
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:46:56 PM PDT
by
msnimje
To: TBP
I think that Coulter and now Farah are completely full of b.s.
Roberts is very much a strict constructionist...and very close to being an originalist. Look at the french fry case, for example.
Roberts is no David Souter.
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:47:48 PM PDT
by
rog4vmi
To: msnimje
OOPS attaching = attacking (Although attaching is pretty funny)
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:47:52 PM PDT
by
msnimje
To: Texas_Jarhead
Perhaps he knew that there wouldn't be a chance in heck to advance his career as a judge if the libs had found he'd recused himself on a homosexual case?
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:48:02 PM PDT
by
ImaGraftedBranch
(God is my Fulcrum; prayer is my lever -- Saint Therese of Lisieux)
To: TBP
I read on another FR thread that Roberts and his firm donated all of FIVE (5) hours toward this pro-bono case. It is believed that the WH leaked this information to cut the legs out from under the far left opposition.
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:48:57 PM PDT
by
IpaqMan
To: All
Didn't Farah also predict a Kerry win in 2004?
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:49:26 PM PDT
by
Hoboto
(I blame Hippies.)
To: TBP
Joe Farah's articles shouldn't be allowed without a barf alert.
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:50:43 PM PDT
by
JeffersonRepublic.com
(Visit the Jefferson Republic for a conservative news portal.)
To: msnimje
Why does the right spend so much time attaching [attacking]its own?I think because it's far easier for them to attack their own allies than it is for them to attack the Left.
Your mileage may vary. Afterall, I'm high.
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:51:46 PM PDT
by
rdb3
(I once had a handle on life, but I broke it.)
To: rog4vmi
Roberts is very much a strict constructionist...and very close to being an originalist. Look at the french fry case, for example. Roberts is no David Souter.
Well, that's not what his record in this and other cases says. I'm hoping you're right, but I should think we'd be doing more than hoping. We ought to know.
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:52:27 PM PDT
by
TBP
To: TBP
Gays are not entitled to the best defense they can acquire?
What is Farah's main point? Lawyers should not defend gays? Is this supposed to be part of the conservative platform? This inquiring mind needs to know just about immediately.
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posted on
08/08/2005 3:52:33 PM PDT
by
abclily
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