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Newt Gingrich, who is just finishing his turn as King of the Hill in the Iowa caucus polling, recently raised eyebrows when he suggested that "activist" judges should be forced to testify in Congress, explaining their controversial rulings. He even went a far to suggest abolishing entire courts.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 9:00AM
Tuesday, a federal judge in San Diego ruled that the military policy of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) regarding homosexuals in the armed forces is unconstitutional. But before you cue the streamers and the "DADT Is Dead" banners, you might want to prepare yourself the usual screams about those darn "activist judges." This most recent decision is unlikely to be the last we hear of this controversial debate that has been on-going since DADT was created during the Clinton Administration.
It's inevitable.
Baring some Hitchockian turn of events, Judge Sonia Sotomayor is destined to become the first Latino and third woman to sit on the highest court in the land. While a majority of Republican senators plan to vote no, because of their minority status their no votes will largely be a symbolic protest. Sotomayor enjoys just enough Republican support and nearly all 60 Democrat and Democrat-leaning Independent support on the Senate. She's getting in. Today.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 12:00PM
Republican Senator and John McCain BFF Lindsey Graham predicted that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor would get more than 50 votes in her confirmation barring a "complete meltdown" by the candidate. This, to me, sez the opposition has ... absolutely nothing. If the most they can hope for is for Sotomayor to turn to into a pumpkin while on the stand they're in trouble. While she's been maligned for her loose lips potentially sinking her own ship with her "wise Latina" statement, Graham all but admitted there is little in the way to stop the Sotomayor juggernaut.
So ... let the ad hominen attacks by the pathetic and desperate commence!
Danielle Belton | 5 Comments | Share Article | Email Article | Print Article | tagged Politics, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, judicial branch, lindsey graham, senate Monday, July 13, 2009 at 10:00AM
Judicial and political junkies get your popcorn! I'll be watching and keeping you posted if anything interesante happens!
Danielle Belton | 1 Comment | Share Article | Email Article | Print Article | tagged Politics, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, congress, judicial branch Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 11:13AM
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives with Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor (R), his choice as the nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, at the East Room of the White House in Washington May 26, 2009. (Reuters)President Barack Obama selected the first Latina and third woman to the Supreme Court Tuesday, picking Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace outgoing Justice David Souter. Glen Greenwald at Salon gives a run down of who's for Sotomayor and what critics have said about her. (Greenwald is for Obama picking Sotomayor).
Greenwald praised the president for what he saw as ignoring the caterwauling of those who would assume that a diverse court is an inferior one. To critics who would question Sotomayor's qualifications, Greenwald points out that, "Sotomayor's ascent from Bronx housing project to Princeton and Yale Law School to Supreme Court nominee -- driven by merit, intellect, talent and diligence -- is nothing short of inspiring."
It is very encouraging that Obama ignored the ugly, vindictive, and anonymous smear campaign led by TheNew Republic's JeffreyRosen and his secret cast of cowardly Eminent LiberalLegal Scholars of the Respectable Intellectual Center. People like that, engaging in tactics of that sort, have exerted far too much influence on our political culture for far too long, andObama's selection of one of their most recent targets both reflects and advances the erosion of their odious influence. And Obama's choice is also a repudiation of the Jeffrey-Rosen/Ben-Wittes/Stuart-Taylor grievance on behalf of white males that, as Dahlia Lithwick put it, "a diverse bench must inevitably be a second-rate bench."
I'm happy for Sotomayor, but I think those who would waste a ton of time opposing the pick are truly misguided. Justice Souter was a Liberal and he's being replaced by another Liberal judge. The make up of the court would remain unchanged with four moderate Liberals and four conservatives and one swing justice in Kennedy. The fight would look very petty and pointless considering Obama's second choice is probably ... shock o' shocks ... another moderate-to-Liberal justice. As long as her closet isn't full of tax problems, sexual harassment lawsuits and other maladies, they don't really have the votes to stop a damn thing.
If I were a Republican, I'd just keep attacking Congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. I can't stand both their asses, so I wouldn't cry a river of tears if the Republicans were able to embarrass either of them into stepping down.
Do me a favor, righties!
