10/3 Harriet Miers - what a disgrace when you have candidates such as
Janice Rogers Brown or Owen. Souter all over again. -jblack
\_ The Bush administration is mostly about cronyism. --PeterM
\_ Any other historical examples of a president nominating a judge
based entirely on that judge's loyalty to the president?
\_ I guess I'm a little behind on all this. I thought we were
supposed to hate Brown and Owen? And isn't this someone Harry Reid
wanted? --confused
\_ Define "we". OP is probably a conservative. And I agree with
him. -emarkp
\_ Now I'm *really* confused. --*really* confused
\_ There were known judges who rule on the Constitution the
way conservatives think it should be done. Bush wimped out
and didn't nominate them, favoring a woman who has no
judicial record. This given the fact that Bush has
majorities in the Senate and House and conservatives have
won the last several election cycles. If he can't nominate
a known conservative (say, like Scalia), then when can one
be nominated? Especially given the fact that Ginsberg was
chief counsel on the ACLU when she was confirmed. -emarkp
\_ Maybe even BushCo worries about turning this country
into a polluted banana republic theocracy.
\_ Non-sequitur. If Ginsburg can sit on the bench, Bush
should be able to nominate someone as conservative as
she is liberal. -emarkp
\_ Counter-non-sequitor. It amazes me that Clarence
Thomas sits on the Supreme Court.
\_ Thomas is Black. Ginsburg is a woman. What
does competence or philosophy have to do with
their presence on the Supreme Court?
\_ Glad to hear it. Bush should have nominated
another justice like Thomas or Scalia.
\_ Republicans control basically every branch of
government, so why isn't Bush nominating a
frothing reactionary like Thomas or Scalia?
\_ Because he is doing very poorly in the polls
and does not want to pick another visible
fight. See, polls do matter, no matter how
some people want you to believe they do not. |