Adviser to Bush court pick says he'll counsel restraint

[bufffbison]

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/07/08/adviser_to_bush_court_pick_says_hell_counsel_restraint/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+National+News

Adviser to Bush court pick says he'll counsel restraint
By Mike Allen, Washington Post | July 8, 2005


WASHINGTON -- Fred D. Thompson -- a ''Law & Order" actor, lobbyist, and former senator -- said this week after being named to shepherd President Bush's future choice for the Supreme Court that he will counsel the nominee to be restrained in answering senators' questions

Thompson's declaration was a fresh indication of a possible collision between the White House and Democratic senators on the Judiciary Committee, who call it their duty to thoroughly question the nominee.

''Anything that would either directly, or implied, indicate how a person would decide a particular case or a particular kind of case would be out of bounds," Thompson said on CNN. He said it is not appropriate to give legal views ''that are outside the bounds of, maybe, what somebody's already written in a judicial opinion."

[bobbieinok]

1. ie, pretend you never thought about abortion or civil rights or.....

as other nominees have done

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. a L&O message board has been discussing this

and the agreement is that Bush has well near ruined the nation. There isn't a high opinion of FDT (which is how he is called there) right now, and I think this little article will make the opinion sink lower.

[yellowcanine]

3. Oh, here I thought he was going to counsel restraint BY BUSH in appointing

extremist nominees. Silly me.