Comments on: Justice Souter to Retire - We need Jeff Sessions to Rank on Senate Judiciary

By: Common_Cents

Common_Cents — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:05:23 +0000

By: Flagstaff

Flagstaff — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:24:57 +0000

That doesn’t make sense.

By: Flagstaff

Flagstaff — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:22:25 +0000

“They are much better as the minority party w/ all the dissent for dissent sake and all.”

By: Flagstaff

Flagstaff — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:19:13 +0000

to mention that the new justice should “represent” certain groups.

I thought that was what Congress is for.

By: ciscoguy

ciscoguy — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:00:35 +0000

I think the best we can do is expose the leftist as he or she will inevitably be, and call into question Obama’s bogus platform of post-partisanship.

Of course, he’ll deny, spin and deflect, as Obama does so well, and the media will no doubt back him up by painting the appointee as a moderate. The general public is too stupid or indifferent about politics to read through the media filters, which is why it’s going to be an uphill battle the rest of the way to 2012. I think O’Reilly showed some stat last night that 24% of the American people actually think Obama is a moderate (!!!)

The good news (or bad news, however way you want to look at it), is that Obama’s formula for economic success cannot work. I’ve yet to meet a poor person whose spent themselves into prosperity. If economic recovery happens, it will be in spite of his wealth destructive policies, but even then it’s a race against inflation and interest on our debt. If recover does happen, Obama may get re-elected because it seems that voters don’t care much about paying down the debt. More than likely, however, voters will be no better off 4 years from now are they are now and probably will be worse. Of course, there’s a greater chance of another terrorist attack now than there was under Bush, and with all the fuss over waterboarding, any attacks will be squarely on Obama. There is nothing the press can do to rescue him there. I don’t think that’s anything he’ll be able to recover from, politically.

Hopefully that scenario doesn’t happen, but we should be thankful for any political help we get from Obama in his incompetence and negligence. Let’s just hope Ginsburg and Stevens can hold on for another four years, so we can start to restore Constitutional order.

By: ciscoguy

ciscoguy — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:41:33 +0000

but it might as well have been a democrat. Don’t worry, however - democrats won’t make the same mistake. There’s a different selection process for them. Anyone who doesn’t pass the liberal litmus test won’t come within a mile of the supreme court, for they appoint not based on merit but how much the appointee will twist the Constitution to fit their agenda.

And lest anyone suggest it was merely a coincidence, Politico reported today that a friend of Souter’s in NH said last summer he wanted to be the first one to retire if Obama were elected.

By: mom2oneson

mom2oneson — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:24:04 +0000

By: kervick

kervick — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:21:25 +0000

I seek a Justice who has respect for the constitutional values on which our country was founded and will apply those values in a manner that is appropriate for our current time.

Barack Obama, May 1, 2009, Press Briefing to announce the retirement of Justice Souter

By: Common_Cents

Common_Cents — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:14:37 +0000

By: Jack_Savage

Jack_Savage — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:56:30 +0000

Is where my money is….