Comments on: One Of Obama’s SCOTUS Short List Replacements For Souter Believes Courts Are Where Policy Is Made http://floppingaces.net/2009/05/03/one-of-obamas-scotus-short-list-replacements-for-souter-believes-courts-are-where-policy-is-made/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-of-obamas-scotus-short-list-replacements-for-souter-believes-courts-are-where-policy-is-made Sat, 26 May 2012 13:41:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Marlen Rey http://floppingaces.net/2009/05/03/one-of-obamas-scotus-short-list-replacements-for-souter-believes-courts-are-where-policy-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-205837 Marlen Rey Wed, 27 May 2009 22:57:59 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=20953#comment-205837 Just what we need, another extreme liberal in the Supreme Count who thinks we're such a bad country that they must bring us to our knees....

Just what we need, another extreme liberal in the Supreme Count who thinks we’re such a bad country that they must bring us to our knees….

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]]> By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Should Conservatives Oppose Sotomayor’s Nomination if We’re Likely to Lose? Ask Obama http://floppingaces.net/2009/05/03/one-of-obamas-scotus-short-list-replacements-for-souter-believes-courts-are-where-policy-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-205534 Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Should Conservatives Oppose Sotomayor’s Nomination if We’re Likely to Lose? Ask Obama Wed, 27 May 2009 04:48:42 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=20953#comment-205534 [...] differences with Sotomayor which gives great advantage to the GOP. Sotomayor’s claim that the courts are where “policy is made” is in direct contradiction to the U.S. Constitution. Sotomayor’s views apparently jive with [...]

[...] differences with Sotomayor which gives great advantage to the GOP. Sotomayor’s claim that the courts are where “policy is made” is in direct contradiction to the U.S. Constitution. Sotomayor’s views apparently jive with [...]

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]]> By: The Baltimore Reporter http://floppingaces.net/2009/05/03/one-of-obamas-scotus-short-list-replacements-for-souter-believes-courts-are-where-policy-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-205526 The Baltimore Reporter Wed, 27 May 2009 04:23:14 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=20953#comment-205526 [...] posted the video of Judge Sotomayer declaring that courts are where “policy is made.” That [...]

[...] posted the video of Judge Sotomayer declaring that courts are where “policy is made.” That [...]

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]]> By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Obama Picks Supreme Court Nominee Based On Affirmative Action Standards, Not Judicial Ability http://floppingaces.net/2009/05/03/one-of-obamas-scotus-short-list-replacements-for-souter-believes-courts-are-where-policy-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-205471 Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Obama Picks Supreme Court Nominee Based On Affirmative Action Standards, Not Judicial Ability Wed, 27 May 2009 01:53:14 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=20953#comment-205471 [...] Walter Olson writes that the video of Sotomayor talking about policy being made should be ignored but the affirmative action rulings should definitely be highlighted…..but, [...]

[...] Walter Olson writes that the video of Sotomayor talking about policy being made should be ignored but the affirmative action rulings should definitely be highlighted…..but, [...]

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]]> By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Obama Plays Race, Sex and Ideology Cards with Supreme Court Pick http://floppingaces.net/2009/05/03/one-of-obamas-scotus-short-list-replacements-for-souter-believes-courts-are-where-policy-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-205271 Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Obama Plays Race, Sex and Ideology Cards with Supreme Court Pick Tue, 26 May 2009 15:43:05 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=20953#comment-205271 [...] posted the video of Judge Sotomayer declaring that courts are where “policy is made.” That [...]

[...] posted the video of Judge Sotomayer declaring that courts are where “policy is made.” That [...]

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]]> By: london photographers http://floppingaces.net/2009/05/03/one-of-obamas-scotus-short-list-replacements-for-souter-believes-courts-are-where-policy-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-201022 london photographers Thu, 14 May 2009 17:38:15 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=20953#comment-201022 Obama ll do the right thing am sure

Obama ll do the right thing am sure

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]]> By: $100 on Sonia Sotomayor? « Around The Sphere http://floppingaces.net/2009/05/03/one-of-obamas-scotus-short-list-replacements-for-souter-believes-courts-are-where-policy-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-198678 $100 on Sonia Sotomayor? « Around The Sphere Wed, 06 May 2009 18:08:40 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=20953#comment-198678 [...] #3: Via Volokh’s Jonathan Adler, we have this post from Flopping Aces containing a video of Sotomayor. There’s another post at Volokh’s Orin Kerr defending [...]

[...] #3: Via Volokh’s Jonathan Adler, we have this post from Flopping Aces containing a video of Sotomayor. There’s another post at Volokh’s Orin Kerr defending [...]

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]]> By: Tricky Dick http://floppingaces.net/2009/05/03/one-of-obamas-scotus-short-list-replacements-for-souter-believes-courts-are-where-policy-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-198103 Tricky Dick Mon, 04 May 2009 17:27:15 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=20953#comment-198103 Her name really should be Sonia Sodomayor

Her name really should be Sonia Sodomayor

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]]> By: Mike's America http://floppingaces.net/2009/05/03/one-of-obamas-scotus-short-list-replacements-for-souter-believes-courts-are-where-policy-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-198059 Mike's America Mon, 04 May 2009 14:30:47 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=20953#comment-198059 A lesson from history: Souter was nominated by President George H.W. Bush because he thought he was a conservative who wouldn't attract the kind of nasty confirmation fight that Robert Bork suffered at the hands of Democrats.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Souter#U.S._Supreme_Court_appointment" rel="nofollow"> It was thought to be a safe choice.</a> Despite that he was still opposed by the National Organization for women with the usual hyperbole such as insisting that Souther would "end... freedom for women in this country." The NAACP opposed him too. Souter turned out to be a safe bet for liberals and not conservatives. President George H.W. Bush finally found enough courage to nominate Clarence Thomas as his next Supreme Court appointment. And most of us remember what a nasty battle that was. Souter may have been the easy choice for a Republican President in the short run. But in the long run he was a disaster. Justice Thomas was a hard sell in the short run but a reliable right of center vote throughout his tenure on the court to date. The lesson for future Republican presidents is that it's better to take the hard road now and be rewarded by history by doing the right thing.

A lesson from history:

Souter was nominated by President George H.W. Bush because he thought he was a conservative who wouldn’t attract the kind of nasty confirmation fight that Robert Bork suffered at the hands of Democrats. It was thought to be a safe choice. Despite that he was still opposed by the National Organization for women with the usual hyperbole such as insisting that Souther would “end… freedom for women in this country.” The NAACP opposed him too.

Souter turned out to be a safe bet for liberals and not conservatives.

President George H.W. Bush finally found enough courage to nominate Clarence Thomas as his next Supreme Court appointment. And most of us remember what a nasty battle that was.

Souter may have been the easy choice for a Republican President in the short run. But in the long run he was a disaster. Justice Thomas was a hard sell in the short run but a reliable right of center vote throughout his tenure on the court to date.

The lesson for future Republican presidents is that it’s better to take the hard road now and be rewarded by history by doing the right thing.

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]]> By: megapotamus http://floppingaces.net/2009/05/03/one-of-obamas-scotus-short-list-replacements-for-souter-believes-courts-are-where-policy-is-made/comment-page-1/#comment-198041 megapotamus Mon, 04 May 2009 11:57:28 +0000 http://www.floppingaces.net/?p=20953#comment-198041 Of course Obama will appoint a centrist with bipartisan appeal. He himself is a centrist with bipartisan appeal, he tells us so all the time. I say, straight to hell with centrism and bipartisanship. McCain is the bipartisan's bipartisan and he would have been 15% less disastrous (domestically) than O. This tells us that the bipartisan consensus is a swift drive into the left ditch. Sorry, no thanks. Sotomayor or some other candidate... it is really immaterial. Obama has said explicitly that the qualification he seeks is demographic so as to skew outcomes towards so-called minorities and any actual application of Constitutional principles is tertiary at best. If you are white, tremble at any appearance before an Obama appointee. If you are "rich". If you are any person who actually has succeeded, however modestly in business or indeed, life if your plaintiff is a protected class under "hate crimes" laws. The courts are to be nakedly an instrument of plunder and this is an applause line. For centuries this has been thought to be a dangerous state of affairs. Whether it is or not we shall find out and endure for the lives of these Code Pinkers in black just as we shall find if Mussolini was right after all on economics. This truly is disgusting. Forward.

Of course Obama will appoint a centrist with bipartisan appeal. He himself is a centrist with bipartisan appeal, he tells us so all the time. I say, straight to hell with centrism and bipartisanship. McCain is the bipartisan’s bipartisan and he would have been 15% less disastrous (domestically) than O. This tells us that the bipartisan consensus is a swift drive into the left ditch. Sorry, no thanks. Sotomayor or some other candidate… it is really immaterial. Obama has said explicitly that the qualification he seeks is demographic so as to skew outcomes towards so-called minorities and any actual application of Constitutional principles is tertiary at best. If you are white, tremble at any appearance before an Obama appointee. If you are “rich”. If you are any person who actually has succeeded, however modestly in business or indeed, life if your plaintiff is a protected class under “hate crimes” laws. The courts are to be nakedly an instrument of plunder and this is an applause line. For centuries this has been thought to be a dangerous state of affairs. Whether it is or not we shall find out and endure for the lives of these Code Pinkers in black just as we shall find if Mussolini was right after all on economics. This truly is disgusting.
Forward.

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