Justice?
Who is it that the left expects Bush to nominate for the Supreme Court? Lawrence Tribe? William Brennan? Bush won the right to appoint whoever he wants when he was re-elected in 2004. We're just seeing that chicken coming home to roost now.
Even if the Democrats got their act together and stood united, filibustering down every nomination until Bush appointed a moderate—I know, wake up from that dreamland—there’s not a chance in hell that Bush would give in. He’d just keep nominating more conservatives agreeable to his fascist thinking.
And that’s IF the Democrats had the balls to stand up to him, which they don’t. The fact that wing nuts are upset about this nomination says to me that it’s as good as we’re going to get from this administration, and the sooner she’s confirmed, the better. It’s not who I’d choose for the Supreme Court, but you don’t get to choose your enemies.
As for the endless stream of e-mails we’re all about to get from People for the American Way, Democracy for America, and the pro-choice groups, I say save your breath. You might as well get to work on 2006 or some other productive case. Complaining about individual nominees isn’t going to do any good in this political era.
The fight for the Supreme Court was lost in 2004, and to a greater degree, in 1991, when the Senate set the idiotic precedent of allowing a nominee (Uncle Thomas) not to comment on his views on abortion or pretty much anything else. Ever since, nominees have refused to talk about anything they believe, and the Senate’s role has become little more than a rubber stamp.
Even if the Democrats got their act together and stood united, filibustering down every nomination until Bush appointed a moderate—I know, wake up from that dreamland—there’s not a chance in hell that Bush would give in. He’d just keep nominating more conservatives agreeable to his fascist thinking.
And that’s IF the Democrats had the balls to stand up to him, which they don’t. The fact that wing nuts are upset about this nomination says to me that it’s as good as we’re going to get from this administration, and the sooner she’s confirmed, the better. It’s not who I’d choose for the Supreme Court, but you don’t get to choose your enemies.
As for the endless stream of e-mails we’re all about to get from People for the American Way, Democracy for America, and the pro-choice groups, I say save your breath. You might as well get to work on 2006 or some other productive case. Complaining about individual nominees isn’t going to do any good in this political era.
The fight for the Supreme Court was lost in 2004, and to a greater degree, in 1991, when the Senate set the idiotic precedent of allowing a nominee (Uncle Thomas) not to comment on his views on abortion or pretty much anything else. Ever since, nominees have refused to talk about anything they believe, and the Senate’s role has become little more than a rubber stamp.
posted by John Rosenthal @ 11:35 AM
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