I Hate Doing This
I had hoped to have an easy, laid-back day. A post or two on the London bombings, but as the line from The Godfather III goes, "Every time I try to get out, they pull me back in."
http://journals.aol.com/republicanjen/RepublicanJen/entries/1527
http://www.confirmthem.com/?p=823
Yes, it’s Rehnquist watch all over again. Jen posted up the info and links to Drudge and WorldNetDaily, where both sites are predicting his step down today. Cited the post that Bunny put up last week. When O’Connor’s step-down happened first, we backed away from the story, aware that even my contacts were fallible. It seems that my contacts may have been right. And mine aren’t the only ones. Over at ConfirmThem.com, Erick posted the following.
Robert Novak and Matt Drudge say the Chief has retired. Two very credible sources tell me the Chief has retired. My White House contacts have gone MIA, which tells me something is happening. Marty Lederman, however, says this is myth. My gut tells me Marty is right. My IMs, emails, and phone calls tell me that the Chief Justice of the United States, William Rehnquist, has retired.
Likewise, I’m getting word from people I know telling me this is no joke.
Frankly, I’m getting a bit sick of this. Rehnquist, master poker-player that he is, is really starting to tick me off. If this were a chess game, I might be amused. But either he’s going or he’s not. Do it already so we can assemble the forces we need to get these nominees through committee, confirmed, and on the bench.
There’s even further speculation today that Justice Stevens is also entered our radar. He, too, may be stepping down too. He is 85, and may be considering that this is his time to step down. Great, that would be a possibility of three openings. This is where the GOP can really set the course of original intent on the Court; the proper role of the Court. Alberto Gonzales stated days ago that he’s not a candidate for the Court, and that he liked his job as Attorney General. Good to hear that because I don’t support him to replace anyone on the Supreme Court. We want originalists, not people who locate "penumbras, from emanations." That’s my fear with Gonzales.
Yes, the Left would appreciate a non-originalist being appointed, but they’re not in charge. When they take the White House back, they can make all the appointments they want. Until then, we get to make the decisions. We’ll appoint the originalists to bring sanity back to the high court. And this will be the a prime battle. One that will definitely be worth popping the popcorn. The Left won’t be able to fight a two front war. They tried it in ’86, and they were so set against Rehnquist making it to the Chief Justice’s seat that Scalia passed onto the Court with ease. That was the Left’s worst nightmare because slowly but surely, Scalia and Thomas have been reinforcing the idea of originalism on the Court.
It won’t work on idiots like Breyer and Ginsburg, but it did work on O’Connor, Kennedy, and Stevens from time-to-time. Granted, as Bunny and I made it apparent when O’Connor stepped down, her recent decisions that showed intelligence didn’t make up for a 24 year career of ineptitude on the Court. So, every dog has their day, or two, and the rest of the time, they’d rather languish in the sun.
But we don’t want justices that tackle political issues. We don’t want jurists legislating from the bench. We want judges that will look at the complaint in a case, looks to what the law says, and makes a ruling based on the interpretation of that law. The country is tired of watching the oligarchs on the Court continue to strip away our liberties and rights, bit-by-bit, chip-by-chip, and then patting us on the head and telling us to stay calm. It doesn’t work that way. Under our Constitution, we have the right to redress grievances. This is part of what this site is about.
But if we have a Court that decides when it will abide by the law, and when it won’t, it’s no longer a properly working cog in the system of government. It’s broken. It needs to be fixed, and the Left is shouting that everything is just fine. Their way is the right way. "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" they shout. Um, I really hate to drop this bombshell on them, but the emperor has no clothes. We are seeing the side of the Court the Left was hoping we’d ignore. Again, the problem was the country turned its focus to the Courts when the president campaigned on that platform last year.
We’re watching, and waiting. If ve to get involved, we will. Bunny and I got involved in the last round of confirmations when it came to calling and E-mailing our representatives. When and if Rehnquist steps down—hopefully soon—we’ll join the fray again. Hell, we’re in the middle of it now. Any further into the middle of it, and I’d be slapping McCain, personally, for his sell-out of the party.
So, with O’Connor gone, and Rehnquist supposedly stepping down today, we have our short list of nominees, and our ideas for a new Chief Justice. "Nino" would make an excellent one, but the president might go outside the Court to get a new one. Personally, my short list would include the three following jurists: Luttig, Roberts, and Garza. Start with them, and let’s move forward.
Publius II
I had hoped to have an easy, laid-back day. A post or two on the London bombings, but as the line from The Godfather III goes, "Every time I try to get out, they pull me back in."
http://journals.aol.com/republicanjen/RepublicanJen/entries/1527
http://www.confirmthem.com/?p=823
Yes, it’s Rehnquist watch all over again. Jen posted up the info and links to Drudge and WorldNetDaily, where both sites are predicting his step down today. Cited the post that Bunny put up last week. When O’Connor’s step-down happened first, we backed away from the story, aware that even my contacts were fallible. It seems that my contacts may have been right. And mine aren’t the only ones. Over at ConfirmThem.com, Erick posted the following.
Robert Novak and Matt Drudge say the Chief has retired. Two very credible sources tell me the Chief has retired. My White House contacts have gone MIA, which tells me something is happening. Marty Lederman, however, says this is myth. My gut tells me Marty is right. My IMs, emails, and phone calls tell me that the Chief Justice of the United States, William Rehnquist, has retired.
Likewise, I’m getting word from people I know telling me this is no joke.
Frankly, I’m getting a bit sick of this. Rehnquist, master poker-player that he is, is really starting to tick me off. If this were a chess game, I might be amused. But either he’s going or he’s not. Do it already so we can assemble the forces we need to get these nominees through committee, confirmed, and on the bench.
There’s even further speculation today that Justice Stevens is also entered our radar. He, too, may be stepping down too. He is 85, and may be considering that this is his time to step down. Great, that would be a possibility of three openings. This is where the GOP can really set the course of original intent on the Court; the proper role of the Court. Alberto Gonzales stated days ago that he’s not a candidate for the Court, and that he liked his job as Attorney General. Good to hear that because I don’t support him to replace anyone on the Supreme Court. We want originalists, not people who locate "penumbras, from emanations." That’s my fear with Gonzales.
Yes, the Left would appreciate a non-originalist being appointed, but they’re not in charge. When they take the White House back, they can make all the appointments they want. Until then, we get to make the decisions. We’ll appoint the originalists to bring sanity back to the high court. And this will be the a prime battle. One that will definitely be worth popping the popcorn. The Left won’t be able to fight a two front war. They tried it in ’86, and they were so set against Rehnquist making it to the Chief Justice’s seat that Scalia passed onto the Court with ease. That was the Left’s worst nightmare because slowly but surely, Scalia and Thomas have been reinforcing the idea of originalism on the Court.
It won’t work on idiots like Breyer and Ginsburg, but it did work on O’Connor, Kennedy, and Stevens from time-to-time. Granted, as Bunny and I made it apparent when O’Connor stepped down, her recent decisions that showed intelligence didn’t make up for a 24 year career of ineptitude on the Court. So, every dog has their day, or two, and the rest of the time, they’d rather languish in the sun.
But we don’t want justices that tackle political issues. We don’t want jurists legislating from the bench. We want judges that will look at the complaint in a case, looks to what the law says, and makes a ruling based on the interpretation of that law. The country is tired of watching the oligarchs on the Court continue to strip away our liberties and rights, bit-by-bit, chip-by-chip, and then patting us on the head and telling us to stay calm. It doesn’t work that way. Under our Constitution, we have the right to redress grievances. This is part of what this site is about.
But if we have a Court that decides when it will abide by the law, and when it won’t, it’s no longer a properly working cog in the system of government. It’s broken. It needs to be fixed, and the Left is shouting that everything is just fine. Their way is the right way. "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" they shout. Um, I really hate to drop this bombshell on them, but the emperor has no clothes. We are seeing the side of the Court the Left was hoping we’d ignore. Again, the problem was the country turned its focus to the Courts when the president campaigned on that platform last year.
We’re watching, and waiting. If ve to get involved, we will. Bunny and I got involved in the last round of confirmations when it came to calling and E-mailing our representatives. When and if Rehnquist steps down—hopefully soon—we’ll join the fray again. Hell, we’re in the middle of it now. Any further into the middle of it, and I’d be slapping McCain, personally, for his sell-out of the party.
So, with O’Connor gone, and Rehnquist supposedly stepping down today, we have our short list of nominees, and our ideas for a new Chief Justice. "Nino" would make an excellent one, but the president might go outside the Court to get a new one. Personally, my short list would include the three following jurists: Luttig, Roberts, and Garza. Start with them, and let’s move forward.
Publius II
posted by Syd And Vaughn | 2:59 PM
1 Comments:
As I understand, the resignation is actually a notice to retire to be effective when another is appointed and confirmed. In other words, O'Conner is still on the Court. I understood that Rhinquist would wait until O'Conner's seat is filled before he would announce his retirement. I also understand that a retiring Justice notifies the Chief Justice and the President. I've said before that the selection is political and it takes time. Rawriter
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