longeyes
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Not scared, in cahoots.
It is all political theater and we ordinary folk are the audience, they are the players.
We are pretty much guaranteed a Conservative SCOTUS Justice!
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Not scared, in cahoots.
It is all political theater and we ordinary folk are the audience, they are the players.
Silver Bullet
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Hey, about a Dead Pool ?
rhubarb
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Much as I would like to have Supreme Court Justice Brown, I think Bush might very well nominate Gonzales out of spite. Although I disagree with Bush's centrist/statist ideology, I understand and respect that he is unwavering in his viewpoints and allegiances. If he thinks Gonzalez is the man for the job, he's gonna nominate Gonzales. Critics be damned.
Surely though, neither of those candidates will be considered. Bushies have most likely been considering who will be nominated for some time - since before Gonzales' or Brown's nominations to their current posts. He must have decided that those two candidates were not yet ready for the SCOTUS. Who will it be?
Surely though, neither of those candidates will be considered. Bushies have most likely been considering who will be nominated for some time - since before Gonzales' or Brown's nominations to their current posts. He must have decided that those two candidates were not yet ready for the SCOTUS. Who will it be?
Waitone
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Novak: Bush's Gonzales Support Frightening
<Poster's Comment--"Unease" is a better word.>
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/7/7/144433.shtml
Novak: Bush's Gonzales Support Frightening
Thursday, July 7, 2005 2:34 p.m. EDT
Novak: Bush's Gonzales Support Frightening
Charging that President Bush may be an obstacle to appointing a conservative Supreme Court justice, columnist Robert Novak chastised the President for his remarks defending Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Novak fears Bush's remarks will be seen as a signal that the President intends to name him to fill the vacated seat of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Noting that Sen. Kennedy has managed to establish in the media's warped minds a new standard for "mainstream conservatism" by citing the liberal O'Connor as a genuine conservative, Novak wrote that by contrast, the President "has put forth 'friendship' as a qualification for being named to the high court."
According to Novak, Both Kennedy's and Bush's statements left conservative Republicans, who he recalls have spent more than a decade planning for this moment to change the balance of power on the Supreme Court, reeling from blows delivered by two dissimilar political leaders.
As a result, Novak wrote, it's not Kennedy, who is the bigger obstacle in the way of a conservative court, but the President himself.
"While Kennedy's ploy presents a temporary problem, Bush's stance could be fatal," according to Novak. "The Right's morale was devastated by the president's comments in a USA Today telephone interview published on the newspaper's front page Tuesday: 'Al Gonzales is a great friend of mine. When a friend gets attacked, I don't like it.'"
To Novak's politically-sensitive ears, that sounded as if Bush, whom he called a stubborn man, might go ahead and nominate Gonzales "in the face of deep and broad opposition from the president's own political base."
Added to the mix is the strong probability that ailing Chief Justice William Rehnquist is on the verge of announcing his retirement.
Such a scenario may give Bush the idea he has political cover to appoint Gonzalez.
As Novak puts it, Bush could "name one justice no less conservative than Rehnquist, and name Gonzales, whose past record suggests he would replicate retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on abortion and possibly other social issues."
If Bush would do this, Novak says it would be a massive defeat for conservatives because "the present ideological orientation of the court would be unchanged, which would suit the Left just fine."
Novak also noted that O'Connor was not considered a conservative when she was nominated 24 years ago, and writes that "the worst fears about her were realized by her consistently liberal positions on social issues. With Democrats now setting a new standard for conservatism, Republican senators could only bite their lips and praise her." Novak conceded that Gonzales "would not exactly be another O'Connor, but he is still considered a disaster by Republican conservatives."
"Gonzales trial balloons were shot down on the right, but that has not stopped leaks from the White House. If a Rehnquist vacancy now is thrown into the mix, Novak asked if Bush will be tempted to temporize by naming one conservative and one non-conservative? "Consequently, Bush's USA Today interview has been a source of intense anxiety on the right. Typically, the president did not defend Gonzales on his merits but with outrage that anybody would dare criticize his friend. That reflects a general schoolboy attitude that is losing the president support from fellow Republicans and conservatives."
<Poster's Comment--"Unease" is a better word.>
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/7/7/144433.shtml
Novak: Bush's Gonzales Support Frightening
Thursday, July 7, 2005 2:34 p.m. EDT
Novak: Bush's Gonzales Support Frightening
Charging that President Bush may be an obstacle to appointing a conservative Supreme Court justice, columnist Robert Novak chastised the President for his remarks defending Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Novak fears Bush's remarks will be seen as a signal that the President intends to name him to fill the vacated seat of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Noting that Sen. Kennedy has managed to establish in the media's warped minds a new standard for "mainstream conservatism" by citing the liberal O'Connor as a genuine conservative, Novak wrote that by contrast, the President "has put forth 'friendship' as a qualification for being named to the high court."
According to Novak, Both Kennedy's and Bush's statements left conservative Republicans, who he recalls have spent more than a decade planning for this moment to change the balance of power on the Supreme Court, reeling from blows delivered by two dissimilar political leaders.
As a result, Novak wrote, it's not Kennedy, who is the bigger obstacle in the way of a conservative court, but the President himself.
"While Kennedy's ploy presents a temporary problem, Bush's stance could be fatal," according to Novak. "The Right's morale was devastated by the president's comments in a USA Today telephone interview published on the newspaper's front page Tuesday: 'Al Gonzales is a great friend of mine. When a friend gets attacked, I don't like it.'"
To Novak's politically-sensitive ears, that sounded as if Bush, whom he called a stubborn man, might go ahead and nominate Gonzales "in the face of deep and broad opposition from the president's own political base."
Added to the mix is the strong probability that ailing Chief Justice William Rehnquist is on the verge of announcing his retirement.
Such a scenario may give Bush the idea he has political cover to appoint Gonzalez.
As Novak puts it, Bush could "name one justice no less conservative than Rehnquist, and name Gonzales, whose past record suggests he would replicate retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on abortion and possibly other social issues."
If Bush would do this, Novak says it would be a massive defeat for conservatives because "the present ideological orientation of the court would be unchanged, which would suit the Left just fine."
Novak also noted that O'Connor was not considered a conservative when she was nominated 24 years ago, and writes that "the worst fears about her were realized by her consistently liberal positions on social issues. With Democrats now setting a new standard for conservatism, Republican senators could only bite their lips and praise her." Novak conceded that Gonzales "would not exactly be another O'Connor, but he is still considered a disaster by Republican conservatives."
"Gonzales trial balloons were shot down on the right, but that has not stopped leaks from the White House. If a Rehnquist vacancy now is thrown into the mix, Novak asked if Bush will be tempted to temporize by naming one conservative and one non-conservative? "Consequently, Bush's USA Today interview has been a source of intense anxiety on the right. Typically, the president did not defend Gonzales on his merits but with outrage that anybody would dare criticize his friend. That reflects a general schoolboy attitude that is losing the president support from fellow Republicans and conservatives."
swampsniper
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Kozinski
It sure won't be much trouble to start filling the WH inbox with emails in support of Alex Kozinski. Just do it
It sure won't be much trouble to start filling the WH inbox with emails in support of Alex Kozinski. Just do it
publius
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I don't think a million of us actually marching in Washington could get Kozinski a nomination. I think that if he were the last qualified person remaining on the planet, we just would not get a nominee until someone else gained the necessary qualifications. He just does not possess the prerequisite understanding of the commerce clause, namely, that it covers pretty much anything the Congress says it should cover.
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