Supreme Court opening to mean supreme politics?
With Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor announcing here retirement from the US Supreme Court, we will get the priviledge of seeing perhaps one of the greatest political events of our time. The ultra conservatives (i.e. the bible beaters or the religious wrong) want an ultra conservative to mirror their views (can you say Yikes??????), while liberals want someone very liberal with their views (another Yikes!).
The ultra right wingers criticizing possible Bush choice Attorney General Gonzalez was kind of a surprise, but I loved it when the President basically told them to back off the criticism of him. I don't think Gonzalez would be a bad choice. Democrats want someone more liberal (yeah, good luck with that one fellas, it ain't going to happen). I personally don't think another conservative would be a bad thing necessarily, as long as its a moderate and not a bible beater. I wonder if Bush will feel pressure to appoint another woman to the court or not. That will be interesting to see.
One thing is for sure- the hearings will be long and drawn out (and for a supreme court justice they should be), bringing to mind the colorful hearings on Clarence Thomas and the one and only Robert Bork. If Bush nomiates an ultra conservative, look for Democrats to use the filibuster to try and stop it.
Stay tuned..............
The ultra right wingers criticizing possible Bush choice Attorney General Gonzalez was kind of a surprise, but I loved it when the President basically told them to back off the criticism of him. I don't think Gonzalez would be a bad choice. Democrats want someone more liberal (yeah, good luck with that one fellas, it ain't going to happen). I personally don't think another conservative would be a bad thing necessarily, as long as its a moderate and not a bible beater. I wonder if Bush will feel pressure to appoint another woman to the court or not. That will be interesting to see.
One thing is for sure- the hearings will be long and drawn out (and for a supreme court justice they should be), bringing to mind the colorful hearings on Clarence Thomas and the one and only Robert Bork. If Bush nomiates an ultra conservative, look for Democrats to use the filibuster to try and stop it.
Stay tuned..............
posted by bigalsbeans at 10:54 PM
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There are so many interest groups on the left and right that need to justify their existence that the nomination is bound to become a mess.
With Rehnquist still ailing, there could soon be a vacancy for chief justice (which seems to be mainly a ceremonial positon - the only power the chief has as far as I know is to assign the job of writing opinions).
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