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September 22, 2005
Nominate a Conservative! Go for the jugular!
Topics: Supreme CourtIt's time to take the gloves off.
Perhaps an unusual statement to make considering the 13-5 vote by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee panel to recommend confirmation of John Roberts as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Yes, everything appears to be going well as Roberts, 50, takes the bench as the youngest chief justice in two centuries.
However, press reports reflect the strategy by liberals and abortion supporters to use the current nomination process to establish more favorable footing for the future confirmation hearings for retiring Justice Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement:
(...) Democrats voiced concerns about Roberts' commitment to civil rights and women's rights, based largely on memos he wrote as a young attorney two decades ago in the Reagan administration.From the beginning, Roberts' confirmation was all but certain. He is respected by his peers from one end of the political spectrum to the other and has a sparse record on controversial issues such as abortion. In fact, several pro-life organizations question whether or not he will recognize the right of the unborn to life.(...) They also complained about his refusal at his confirmation hearing to disclose how he might rule on some hot-button legal issues, such as abortion rights.
(...) Others, including major liberal groups, contend Democrats should muster as much opposition as possible to send a message to Bush that in order to avoid a major fight he should send up a noncontroversial nominee.
The defamatory opposition to Roberts by pro-abortion extremists was aimed at changing the battle lines enabling a more influential position for their cause in future nomination hearings. It didn't matter who President Bush nominated for the Supreme Court, their course was already established and their reaction was planned.
Now having presented themselves as swallowing a bitter pill by acquiescing to Roberts' nomination, liberals have made it clear that O'Connor's replacement must be a moderate (code-word for liberal) or else ....
Yet, from a pro-life perspective, at the very best Roberts' replacement for Rehnquist is a wash. Despite what liberals have claimed, the composition of the Court has not shifted to the right. Rehnquist opposed Roe v. Wade while Roberts' view on the ruling is uncertain.
If the nominated replacement for O'Connor is a "moderate", pro-abortion liberals will have successfully bullied a Republican President, backed by a Republican Senate majority, to compromise the principles they claimed to uphold when elected to office.
Now is not the time for Bush to seek common ground by reaching out to the opposition by nominating a moderate to the Supreme Court. The stakes are too high. In this day of judicial activism Bush's selection will impact our country for generations and may be the most important decision of his presidency.
If anything, O'Connor's replacement should be more conservative than Rehnquist, Thomas and Scalia combined. Liberals should be inflamed and respond with weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth. The press should be enraged and display gross indignation at Bush's outrageous conservative choice for the Supreme Court.
Yes, weak-kneed pro-abortion Republicans will be unmasked and what's left of Bush's political capital may be consumed. Democrats will filibuster and Republicans will use the nuclear option . Let the political bloodbath begin!
The end result is that the court will change and America will benefit for decades to come.
Posted by tim at September 22, 2005 6:40 PM
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