Posted on 04/30/2009 7:07:15 PM PDT by RDTF
No, our elected Republicans need to be demanding face time on TV to oppose and their reasons for opposing all the socialist crap the Dem’s are forcing upon the good American citizens. Of course they don’t stand an ice cube’s chance in he!! of things going our way, but they can’t stop working.
AND release Uighurs from Gitmo to Peoria in subsidized housing
The status quo on the court is killing this country. With at least Souter and Ginsberg leaving during an Obama administration, this will continue for another generation.
And to think, we could have had the opportunity to get another conservative justice onto the bench, one that would have upheld the constitution.
For SHAME America.
I suggest everyone go to scotusblog and read Goldstein’s post titled, “Justice Souter?s Retirement and Where We Go from Here.” It’s hilarious in the sense that Tom really does try his best to make Souter sound good. In fairness, it’s a difficult task, because Souter authored few opinions that were landmark or significant . For all his supposed brilliance, he did almost nothing to influence constitutional law besides act as a vote. The three most recent justices, Breyer, Roberts, and Alito, have all contributed more to the development of law.
Thank God he’s soon to be gone.
Yeah, looking at sweet Elena, that was actually my first assumption as well.
Breyer has only contributed to the further erosion of the constitution.
LOL, true, but at least that’s doing something. Souter really couldn’t have cared less.
I think they’d love to do the same thing with Congress and our Presidential elections; replacing state representation with representation based on race, gender, and other similar group identifications. We’re already well down this road in some ways; witness the requirement for majority black Congressional districts and the now deeply-ingrained notion that only a black Congressman can properly represent the interests of black constituents. Frankly, I think that sort of thinking also forms a substantial part of the motivation behind the “National Popular Vote” movement; if you think identity politics are big in Presidential elections now, wait until you see the effective abolition of the Electoral College.
Fixed it for you.
For anyone willing to cut Souter slack on the timing of his retirement:
” Two friends of Justice Souter, 69, said Thursday night that he had often spoken privately of his intentions to be the court’s first retirement if Mr. Obama won the election last fall. “
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/us/01souter.html?_r=1&hp#
Wonder where the old wanker will retire to?
San Francisco sounds like his kind of town.
Don’t count Hitlery out.
Do you remember William Buckley's argument for putting Biden on the USSC after the Neil Kinnock plagiarism incident in 1988? He said put Biden on the bench and then give him copies of Robert Bork's opinions. Might still work.
Finally the reminder of Geo Bush’s worst act in government will be gone. Had Souter been equivalent to Bork, or Thomas of Scalia, we would live in a different world today.
Alas, what might have been.
Why oh why couldn’t he and the witch get sick and retire a year ago. We’re so screwed.
LOL.
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