Justice O'Connor Retiring

[Lionel_Hutz]

Uh oh. With Rehnquist barely hanging on, it looks like Shrub will be nominating two supremes.

 

At least the hearings should be interesting . . .

Edited July 1, 2005 by Lionel_Hutz

[catbirdseat]

Shrub is going to nominate a guy so conservative, he's going to make Judge Robert Bork look like a bleeding heart liberal. The confirmation hearings are going to be quite a show.

[archenemy]

We are screwed.

[mec]

I would hope that the shrubbery would look at the chaos he has caused in the past with some of his nominations and go for some one more pleasing to everyonethis first time, however, this would then leave him to go for broke with an ultra-conservative when Rehnquist goes down for the count.

[catbirdseat]

They are saying he's likely to appoint Alberto Gonzalez.

 

[Peter_Puget]

I'd throw in my two cents but I haven't yet received the email explaining the party line yet.

[mec]

I don't believe anything they say...

[foraker]

I'd say something here about having to wait for other people to tell you what to think, but Dru hasn't posted yet.

[archenemy]

I think he was being facetious.

[cj001f]

I'd throw in my two cents but I haven't yet received the email explaining the party line yet.

Tax Cuts! Tax Cuts! Tax Cuts!

No matter what the question - tax cuts are the answer!

[Kitergal]

so much for the system of checks and balances huh guys...spam..this is gonna be bad.

[bunglehead]

Likely scenario:

Bush will pick an ultra right wing judge, who's made very questionable statements bringing into question said judge's impartiality, the Dems will whine like spolied brats, then Frist and his buddies will huff and puff over the whining, finally culminating in a bunch of democrats saying how unfit for the appointment the judge in question is, how much they disapprove and doubt they will uphold the principles of impartiality, and okay the judge anyway.

And then we'll spray about it for years.

[archenemy]

We write the checks,

they balance the

 

oh wait, they don't balance anything, do they?

[prole]

Pull up a chair, get yourself some popcorn! The right-wing revolution to control every branch of the US government is nearly complete! Watch! as we may have the rest of our lives to see business, religious fundamentalists, and brute thugs try to refashion this country and the world into their grim utopia! See! a new era of barbarism, a high tech dark-age rise before your very eyes! Orwell and Huxley party together as you've never seen them before! Front row seats to the decline and fall of a 21st century empire, with you, your family, and furry little nature loving friends on the hot-seat! The non-stop thrill ride of the summer! Don't be late! Complementary Soma at the door.

[fenderfour]

I was worried that he would get one nomination. I was hopeful when the session ended without Rehnquist retiring. Now I am dismayed that he will likely get two.

 

shit shit shit shit shit shit fuck.

[Dechristo]

The devil will have his due.

[prole]

Oh, I forgot. There will be enlistment applications on the way out. Good day, Citizen.

[Chaps]

Hopefully they'll be legislating morality more. The War on Drugs is almost wrapped up, so the War on Women and the War on Free Speech should be next.

 

[Dechristo]

...the War on Free Speech should be next.

 

May not be such a bad thing...

 

...if you're the first casualty.

[Chaps]

...the War on Free Speech should be next.

 

May not be such a bad thing...

 

...if you're the first casualty.

 

We're gonna need you to shut your greasy little pie hole now, mmmm..kay? Just get back on the short bus, sit down, and shutup.

[Crux]

We must never forget 9-11 when we consider the impact of liberal activist judges on our great country. We cannot let a big government judiciary let the Teri Shiavos be forgotten and we must be vigilant in remembering the importance of our freedom so that we can stand united against those who hate our freedom. My nominee will interpret the Constitution as our forefathers meant it to be interpretered and I trust Congress will respect the nation with a speedy appointment of Mr. Ashcroft to the bench. We cannot sit idle while the terrorists will do anything to harm our culture of life.

[Fairweather]

Pull up a chair, get yourself some popcorn! The right-wing revolution to control every branch of the US government is nearly complete! Watch! as we may have the rest of our lives to see business, religious fundamentalists, and brute thugs try to refashion this country and the world into their grim utopia! See! a new era of barbarism, a high tech dark-age rise before your very eyes! Orwell and Huxley party together as you've never seen them before! Front row seats to the decline and fall of a 21st century empire, with you, your family, and furry little nature loving friends on the hot-seat! The non-stop thrill ride of the summer! Don't be late! Complementary Soma at the door.

 

 

 

Mmmm yeeeessssss. Our plans are almost complete. And once the death star comes on-line we can dissolve the last vestiges of the old republic.

[Off_White]

Thanks for the eyrolls FW, I thought maybe you were serious and had become a member of the conservative ultra-rich elite that is in the know about such things. Glad to know you're down here with the rest of us, looking for the spaces between the lugs when that big boot comes down.

[JoshK]

I didn't bother reading this thread...but the reality is Alberto Gonzales is actually *good* compared to the list of schmucks he might choose from. The fact that a bunch of the neo-con bozos consider him "too moderate" is a very good sign. I did a research paper on the guy and I must say he isn't as bad as some liberals might be led to believe. We really could do worse. In particular check out some of his decisions he made regarding abortion when he was on the Texas supreme court. He is against it but upheld pro-choice laws on the base that he considered his job to merely rule on the laws as the existed, not how he might want them. The fact is we aren't going to get somebody I am thrilled with considering we have a bumbling neo-con president and a republican senate, so I've accepted that reality and will be pulling for Gonzales. It all hinges on the good Republicans stepping up to the jackasses on the hard right that will try to get somebody extremely hard-line nominated.

 

As for renquist's possible reitrement (not likely) or passing, I consider it somewhat of a moot point. He is a down the line conservative vote on the court so replacing him is essentially little change from today's situation.

 

Lets just pray the older "liberal" justices, who are all really good people I may add, hang on. John Paul Stevens in particular... It is going to be sad to see him go.

 

Above all else, however, i am sad to see O'Connor go. In today's world of super partisan politics and judicial wars she was a good woman. The fact that you actually didn't know a lot of the time how she would vote was a great thing.

 

-josh

[Norman_Clyde]

I agree that Alberto seems like a nice guy, less prone to inflammatory rhetoric than Ashcroft. That pesky torture issue is a little hard to get over, though.

 

My best guess for Bush's perfect supreme court nominee, based on the record of his previous appointments,and considering both qualifications and previous achievements, is... Lynndie England.