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Well, the nomination failed because it did not sufficiently please conservatives.
So, the next person will most likely be a very, very conservative person.
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Once again the Bush Administration is worse than I had imagined, even though I thought I had already taken account of the fact that the Bush administration is invariably worse than I can imagine. ~Brad DeLong
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Well, maybe. I mean, from what my very amateur news-watching suggested, Miers was insufficiently conservative not so much because of her positions but because she didn't have any positions. So the bar, as it were, isn't set at "to the right of Miers," but just "somewhere to the right."
Not that I'm presenting this as a reason to be optimistic.
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Well, the right-wing wants another Scalia or Thomas.
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Once again the Bush Administration is worse than I had imagined, even though I thought I had already taken account of the fact that the Bush administration is invariably worse than I can imagine. ~Brad DeLong
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Oh, sure. I'm just saying that that's sort of. . . I mean, just that Miers isn't really the issue. I guess?
Also, there's a case to be made for Bush taking the (slightly) moderate road since, while this nominee was rejected by the far right, current approval ratings are way down and choosing a nominee that could sail through Congress with relative ease would conserve capital, as they say.
Again, not that I'm saying that that will be the case.
All things considered, I'd rather have a justice who demonstrated basic competancy and differed from me ideologically (in known ways) than one without a history, or even who was more on my side, as it were, but with no more qualifications to be on the court than I have. There's certainly a long history of justices not deciding along party lines. But I haven't had quite all my idealism crushed yet, so give it a few years.
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Shouldn't a Supreme Court Justice be nominated or whatever based on thier knowledge of the law and thier commitment to seeing justice done, and not thier political veiws? That might just be my small town upbringing talking, but isn't that what's important?
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Well, not entirely. It's true that, ideally, a nominee shouldn't be chosen due to being a conservative, or due to being a liberal. However, one cannot ignore the person's political views entirely. If the person is a real hardliner (on one side or the other), they probably won't make a good justice, because their political leanings are likely to influence their decisions.
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As long as ut's not Gonzalez- anyone that thinks the US needs to relax it's policy against tortue is best put in a job where he cant do any damage to the...country....
Like Attorney General.
Yeah. Sooo fucked.
I was reading up on prospective nominees and there are several that are very good choices, - several are qualified, women and not nuts either.
Those will probably not make the "short list" though.
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Bush's pals are none too happy that they refused his "request" to see the confirmation process finished by Christmas break.
Looks like they'll be seriously looking into this nominee's opinions, record and history of judgments. Their job in other words.
He's still no where near an ideal candidate- the NOW is seriously scared he'll overturn Roe Vs Wade and if he's anything like Scallia, the court will become seriously unbalanced towards the right with him on it.
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If he's anything like Scalia? We're talking about a guy who thinks companies shouldn't have to hire disabled people, and who thinks it's a good idea to strip search ten-year-old girls if their fathers are suspected of wrongdoing. I don't think his right-wing lunacy is in question.
Edit : I almost forgot. He also doesn't think people should be allowed time off work if they have to care for family members.
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