Alberto Gonzales is completely unacceptable for the Supreme Court of the United States. Gonzales has voiced his support for Affirmative Action and Abortion Rights, which are both anathema to the Right. If President Bush wishes to alienate his right wing base then, that is certainly the way to do it!
Attorney General Gonzales is entirely too moderate to sit on a court already far too liberal as it is. The Conservatives have a chance to own the court with a Conservative justice. And that is what we want. We will accept nothing else. If a liberal, or a moderate, nominee is thrust upon us, we will retaliate first in the Senate, and if necessary, at the polls. Not to mention we will tie up the Senate, by voting against Gonzales, as a way to bring this nomination to a screeching halt.
There is entirely too much riding on the President’s nomination of a Conservative to allow anything to get in the way. The so-called consultations, by Senators, with the President, are total nonsense. Not to mention the fact that they are extra-constitutional. There has been too much meddling, as it is, in the nomination process and it is time for the Democrats to butt out!
The choosing of a nominee to the Supreme Court is left entirely up to the President. Fact is, the nominee does not even have to be a lawyer!
The Right is itching for a battle so we will have an excuse to exercise the “Constitutional Option” known by the Liberals as the “Nuclear Option”. The Right would like to return the Senate to the constitutional requirements of a majority vote on the nomination(s). It would appear that the Democrats are about to give us the opportunity to do just that.
Frankly, I’d like to see the President re-nominate Judge Bork and really blow the minds of the Democrats! That’s not about to happen, of course, but it is an intriguing thought, never the less.
The Supreme Court convenes, as always, on the first Monday in October. It is, indeed, doubtful that a nomination can be made, and make it’s way through the Judiciary Committee and the full Senate, by that date.
It looks as though it’s going to be a long, hot, summer!
“Longstreet”
I thought that O'Connor was a conservative nominated by Reagan. So replacing her with a Conservative would not really change the court that much. Except for the fact that we was pro-choice.
ReplyDeleteO'Conner, at best, was a moderate. Plus, there is the very strong possibility there will be two more openings during the second term of President Bush.
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