Bush's picks

[sereneorange]

Bush refused Democrat's offer to consult on potential SCOTUS judge nominees. He rejected this as the white house officials claimed "it would be highly inappropriate for a president to dilute his constitutional responsibility to choose Supreme Court nominees." Never mind that Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, reportedly suggested both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer to President Bill Clinton, both of whom Clinton selected to the high court. Bush is too good to listen to Dem's lowly and ignorant suggestion, I guess.

Bush nominated Claude A. Allen to U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Allen was Jesse Helm's press secretary and is on record as referring to gays derisively as "queers".

Bush nominated Pricilla Owen to the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals but her anti-women's reproductive rights stance were so controversial that the nomination died in Congress.

He nominated Charles Pickering to the same said Court. Pickering, as a law student, wrote an article suggesting ways to strengthen the state's anti-miscegenation laws. His former law partner J. Carroll Gartin, is a devoted segregationalist. After his death, Gartins papers, memos, etc, proved to show that  Pickering became a Republican in 1964 to protest the Democratic Party's support for civil rights and it's attack on segregation. Bush nominated Pickering twice and couldn't get him in until he appointed him Jan 2004 while the Senate was in recess. He would have held the office until the next session in Jan 2005 , but he withdrew his name in Dec 2004 and said he was retiring from the federal bench.

I don't have a lot of confidence in his ability to appoint or nominate respectable people.

 

 

Comments

[rainygirl.livejournal.com]

let's play a game. it is called "which one of these statements is not like the other one?"

"I'm a president of all the people, not just those who voted for me."
"I'm a uniter, not a divider."
"It would be highly inappropriate for a president to dilute his constitutional responsibility to choose Supreme Court nominees [by consulting with Democrats]."

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

OO!!!OOOOO!!!! ask ME! ask ME!! I KNOW!!!!!

::waving hand like Horshak::

[rainygirl.livejournal.com]

yes, Marilyn? :)

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

It is that smug ass comment "It would be highly inappropriate for a president to dilute his constitutional responsibility to choose Supreme Court nominees [by consulting with Democrats]."
because he cannot possibly hear anything that isn't whispered in his ear by his army of yes men?

Do I get a cookie?

[rainygirl.livejournal.com]

a cookie AND a gold star! woo!

[villainoust.livejournal.com]

as far as I'm concerned he could have picked much worse. Not that this woman, miers, is in anyway a good choice. Roberts seems like an ok guy, I suppose we'll see..

[theclamsman.livejournal.com]

Roberts seems like an ok guy, I suppose we'll see..

Mmm. You read about the first case they jumped into? Roberts's rabid questioning/interrruption of the attorneys was indicative of a strong inclination against peoples' right to die with dignity, despite even the "righty" judges having agreed with the idea that the federal government should not trample on states' rights.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

In a previous post I said I didn't really dislike either too much

[theclamsman.livejournal.com]

The only thing Bush can pick properly is his nose, and even that's debatable (you'll have to watch the tape...it's on video somewhere :D).

[simplecity2htwn.livejournal.com]

It's sad, but watching the actions of Bush-II makes me realize that Bush-I was definately the deep end of the gene pool for the entire clan. This man's actions don't just offend me, they scare me. It's going to take generations to undo all his "good" work.

[serene-orange.livejournal.com]

maybe it won't take that long? Only took him 2 years to get us back out of the black and into the red with the deficit...