SCOTUS Chief Justice Rehnquist died. Now Bush has two vacancies to fill.
The AP thinks that he might change Robert’s nomination to be for the Chief Justice position. That’s reason enough to be against the idea, however, I am against the idea for other reasons: Roberts is a shoo-in with impeccable credentials and is nigh impossible for liberals to smear. The nominee to O’Conner’s seat (which is Roberts right now) is the easiest nominee to attack. With the Chief Justice seat, if the Democrats try to obstruct the confirmation of the nominee, the Republicans can decimate the Dems with PR saying that, “The Dems are obstructing justice by not confirming somebody. The court only has 8 justices which can result in a tie.” They can’t do this with the O’Conner seat because O’Conner has said that she will stay on until a nominees is confirmed. So I think that Bush should definitely keep the shoo-in Roberts on the harder seat. Let’s nominate an avowed constitutionalist who would totally be against any airy-fary theories of a “living constitution” to the easier seat.
As for speculation on who the that second nominee will be, I don’t have a clue. Nobody was right last time, so why would they be this time?
Michelle Malkin has a roundup (as usual) and the conservative blogosphere is very pessimistic.
5 Responses
September 4th, 2005 at 9:01 pm
I’m never pessimistic. I always hope for the best. Gullible me sometimes.
September 4th, 2005 at 10:07 pm
I definitely disagree with the pessimism as well. I’m having a hard time seeing how it’s well founded. If the Dems filibuster, let’s knock more of them out, just like Tom Daschle. If they don’t, then good enough.
There’s a ton of Dem senators from Red states. If they have any desire to stay in their jobs (they, of course, do) they won’t support a filibuster. I’m not happy with Frist. He should be more agressive. I wish he were a bit more like Tom DeLay. If those red state voters get the hint that a Dem senator is playing partisan political games with judiciary, they will be in a bad place. Their GOP opponent will assure that.
September 4th, 2005 at 11:31 pm
I hope the GOP knows how to act like they’re in power, and take the gloves off on the Rhenquist replacement. None of this ‘gang of 14′ business going on. I agree that we should keep Roberts for the O’connor seat. I think these two new justices will move the court only a little to the right. I’m not certain Roberts will be much better than O’connor, tho he is undeniably brilliant. Maybe an Estrada nomination for the C.J. would bring the court right of center. (that would probably result in another Borking, w/ our much maligned RINO Senator, Spector, on the Judiciary Com.)
September 5th, 2005 at 8:09 am
I agree, it’s time to take the bull by the horns. The RNC called the other day for money, and my only thought on that is “start acting like the majority, and maybe we can talk.”
Janice Rogers Brown is someone I’d like to see on the short list. What fireworks that would cause. Since the left can’t shake her, they’re left to character assassination. Her bio is impressive and such a stark contrast to current hands-out mentalities. I’m sick to death of the “subtle racism of low expectations.”
September 5th, 2005 at 2:44 pm
Amen and amen to patrickm and Val.
I am optimistic about Roberts moving the court to the right. I think a lot of his conservative values are being downplayed to help with his confirmation.
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