Souter Done?
It looks like Souter might be done.
I hope the GOP can resist the temptation to try to qualify him on issues like the Dems did Roberts and Alito.
The Rough Draft of the First Draft of History
It looks like Souter might be done.
I hope the GOP can resist the temptation to try to qualify him on issues like the Dems did Roberts and Alito.
Gregg: “I hope the GOP can resist the temptation to try to qualify him on issues like the Dems did Roberts and Alito.”
What do you mean?
Besides being a non white male, Barry’s replacement must have these qualifications.
Anti marriage
Anti life
Anti speech
Anti gun & military
Anti family
Anti American
Anti paying her taxes, in full, on time
Swede, prove it.
Rob, I don’t think that Gregg’s point was unclear. He was alluding to the idea that one must have the ‘proper’ stance on issues to be confirmed to the SCOTUS by the Senate. I admit that it was a weak barb, but vastly weaker was your pretense at misunderstanding it.
I guess we’ll have to wait for the pick to see if she fits the mold.
Actually I was pushing for Ward Churchill. He’s anti everything, a scholar, a Native American, and when he wears his hair down in a black robe he resembles a transvestite.
I really didn’t intend it as a “barb.” The Roberts and Alito confirmations really stood out in my mind as times when Senators made overt reference to positions rather than competence as qualification for the Justice. Am I saying that it was the first time it ever happened? No way. But it seemed more out in the open.
I hope the GOP focuses on jurisprudential competence.