Comments on: Playing Good Cop/Bad Cop with Sotomayor?

By: anghiari

anghiari — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:01:49 +0000

I think Maureen Dowd's observation about the Republican males. I see them as neanderthals holding on to old ideas of power and totally inadequate to function in a diverse 21st century without their "white only" club memberships.

I think they personify "Conservative judicial activism"

"We are entering a time when people speak of judicial activism without realizing that the issue more and more is conservative judicial activism. The great hot button issues that we are talking about, guns, property, reverse discrimination are cases where those who favor conservative viewpoints want judges to set aside decisions made by Congress, state legislatures, local governments; the elected representatives...and more and more that is the issue as to whether judicial power will be used to invalidate what popularly elected governments have done and to do so in the name of certain conservative values"

Walter Dellinger, American Professor, Duke University, Former Solicitor General to the Supreme Court. Statement he made on Charlie Rose Show on July 13, 2009...www.charlierose.com
(these are my transcribed notes from the video, so there may be some tiny inacurracies) Watch the video!

By: pirate wench (demwoman)

pirate wench (demwoman) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:39:43 +0000

By Neptune's fork! Wha' need we be doin' t' be gettin' a new thread aboard?! I be BEGGIN' ye! YARR!

By: 53_3

53_3 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:14:11 +0000

As an FYI on the petty and disingenuous part, I think, apollyon07, they've already shot that particular dog...

By: 53_3

53_3 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:12:14 +0000

apollyon07:
Aside from the politics of it, when you have Sessions, who was actively involved in obstructing the Constitutional rights of Black Americans, questioning Sotomayor and trying to draw out some sort of racial bias, doesn't that strike you as just a bit short of credible?

I mean, really, just who has the black marks here?

By: pirate wench (demwoman)

pirate wench (demwoman) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:04:02 +0000

It'd be ri' smart, too, so I be b'lievin' we won't be seein' it happenin' - th' GNOP be appearin' t' be set on destroyin' themselves. I be sayin' go ri' ahead, mateys, full steam! We will be havin' Justice Sotomayor, an' lots o' entertainin' video fer th' next election cycle, t' boot! Arrgh!

By: SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings = Kabuki Theatrics « Let It Ride

SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings = Kabuki Theatrics « Let It Ride — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:23:04 +0000

[...] of the mindset of these hearings, read these two threads from TIME’s Swampland blog (”Playing Good Cop/Bad Cop with Sotomayor?” and “Sotomayor’s Aristotle“)and see what the commenters–especially [...]

By: apollyon07

apollyon07 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:19:14 +0000

I think the GOP should back off questioning Sotomayor because then they could alienate a large and growing voting bloc, Hispanics!
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Just kidding, that would be petty and disingenuous.

By: 53_3

53_3 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:14:20 +0000

C'mon spob, time for you to man up...

By: 53_3

53_3 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:13:02 +0000

Well, spob, since you are on a crusade against racism, why won't you comment on the fact that Sessions actively worked to obstruct the Constitutional rights of Black Americans? C'mon, spob!

By: notfooledtx

notfooledtx — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:30:16 +0000

I'm embarrassed by the behavior of the republicans. To see them acting in such a shallow manner doesn't speak well for their intelligence - I've begun to question whether they have any. I've seen more reasoned questioning from high school students than I've seen from Kyl and Sessions.