tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781672.post4520972888686287923..comments2024-03-03T21:52:36.774-06:00Comments on A trainwreck in Maxwell: The newest meme about the elections is SCOTUSKurtPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205267944616413162noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781672.post-44173368918330033512012-02-19T09:10:55.406-06:002012-02-19T09:10:55.406-06:00First of all, being President isn't the same a...First of all, being President isn't the same as being a governor. It's easy enough for a RINO governor to select state judges by pandering to the ideological identity of the state he governs, which is what Romney did in Massachusetts; it's much harder to say that he'll select liberal jurists for SCOTUS because that's his preference. Romney has shown himself to be a panderer, and he'll want to get re-elected; to do that, he'll have to pander to the constituency that elected him. That constituency <i>will not be</i> comprised of gun-grabbers/gun-haters; Obama already has that constituency locked away. While Romney probably won't appoint justices as conservative as Roberts, Alito or Scalia, he won't be appointing Kagans, Sotomayors or Ginsburgs, either. He'll probably appoint "centrists" such as Kennedy or the retired O'Conner. Not the best that gun-owners can hope for, but that's the penalty for electing a RINO rather than a true conservative.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781672.post-39204152106261225802012-02-19T08:24:39.153-06:002012-02-19T08:24:39.153-06:00She took herself out of contention.
We're get...She took herself out of contention.<br /><br />We're getting off the subject of why we should not expect the majority (which there still will be)of entrenched DeeCee Republican party members to NOT rubber stamp one of their own and his appointments.KurtPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12205267944616413162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781672.post-75391542961520631142012-02-19T03:22:40.328-06:002012-02-19T03:22:40.328-06:00Where is she, then? She's not on SCOTUS.Where is she, then? She's not on SCOTUS.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781672.post-16886030852622472122012-02-18T16:39:21.579-06:002012-02-18T16:39:21.579-06:00From the Harriet Miers Wiki-
Hearings before the ...From the Harriet Miers Wiki-<br /><br /><i>Hearings before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee had been scheduled to begin on November 7, and members of the Republican leadership had stated before the nomination that they aimed to have the nominee</i>[Harriet]<i> confirmed before Thanksgiving (November 24).</i><br /><br />Also from the next section-<br /><i>Meanwhile, <b>Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada)</b> recommended Miers as O'Connor's successor.[3][4][5] Bush agreed with Reid's suggestion, factoring comments by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman <b>Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania)</b> and ranking <b>Senator Pat Leahy (D-Vermont)</b> that Bush's nominees should be outside of the appellate court system.</i>KurtPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12205267944616413162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781672.post-17247953864373322832012-02-18T16:28:23.609-06:002012-02-18T16:28:23.609-06:00Harriet Miers, Kurt. People like Rand Paul, Marco...Harriet Miers, Kurt. People like Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Jim DeMint aren't willing to play rubber stamp just because the President is a Republican. NRA and other gun groups would get up on their hind legs, too.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781672.post-23583186197726903852012-02-18T14:41:59.277-06:002012-02-18T14:41:59.277-06:00The Republicans would pass whoever Romney put up t...The Republicans would pass whoever Romney put up to show 'party unity' or some other B.S.<br />The Republicans of either House won't stop Romney -or any other president with an (R) from pushing whatever they wanted.KurtPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12205267944616413162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781672.post-89478240871583840032012-02-18T14:27:54.950-06:002012-02-18T14:27:54.950-06:00Bear in mind, Kurt, that when Sotomayor and Kagan ...Bear in mind, Kurt, that when Sotomayor and Kagan were confirmed the Democrats still had a "filibuster-proof" majority in the Senate. If Republicans control the Senate in large enough numbers, neither President Obama or President Romney could put in a Justice of his preference.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781672.post-90814066086631261642012-02-18T09:52:16.259-06:002012-02-18T09:52:16.259-06:00That's why we have a "wise Latina" s...That's why we have a "wise Latina" sitting on the bench right now.<br />And one who won't recuse herself from deciding on the Healthcare bill she helped work on.KurtPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12205267944616413162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781672.post-21400487465157912012012-02-18T09:01:59.175-06:002012-02-18T09:01:59.175-06:00Kurt, bear in mind that the Senate has advise/cons...Kurt, bear in mind that the Senate has advise/consent over SCOTUS nominations. Where's Justice Harriet Miers now? Oh, didn't make it, Senate wouldn't accept her, so Bush had to pick someone beside a crony: he gave us Alito, who helped give us <i>Heller</i> and <i>McDonald.</i>Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.com