A "Well, DUH!" moment which should be occurring to righties

[Atman]

I was listening to some right-wing talking head on the teevee last night, lamenting about how the right keeps appointing people to the SCOTUS whom they believed would be "right," but in fact wind up making rulings contrary to the right-wing agenda.

This just seems so OBVIOUS to me, as it should to anyone with a brain (which, I suppose, explains why the morans don't get it); they are actually appointing people who are doing exactly what they're asking for -- interpreting the law, not ruling from the bench. I mean, if the appointee is charged with sticking to the rule of law, reading the constitution and applying it properly, and even the right-wing appointees keep ruling against the right, why can't they make the connection that their positions are simply contrary to the consitution? The justices are interpreting the constitution and still finding that the right is wrong.

It isn't the justices switching positions once they're sworn. It isn't "legislating from the bench" by flip-flopping appointees. It is about sharp legal minds who know how to read and interpret the law, regardless of their party affiliation! A lawyer for the president can only be an advocate for the president. That is why they love her. She is blinded enough to toss aside what little knowledge she actually has of the constitution in order to rule for BushCo.

Finally...exactly what they want. A pliable, empty legal vessel who'll continue to advocate for her client. Period.

[roseBudd]

1. The GOP needs Roe v. Wade to keep the sheeple voting GOP

I expect that Rove understands that and that Miers will vote to uphold Roe.

[ewagner]

2. I've used an argument

similar to that several times.....

My suggestion to RWers who complain about "traitors" on SCOTUS is that the law is neither Republican nor Democrat: it's the law pure and simple.....

[louis-t]

3. Very - well - stated.

[MADem]

4. There are many paths to the mountaintop

And whether you get your nomination from the left or the right, once you plunk your ass on that bench, the relationship morphs into something else entirely.

If you are a thinking person (this excepts the likes of toadies Scalia and Thomas) your focus is on your decision making process and how history, not the clowns who got you to the court, will judge you.

[stepnw1f]

5. Good Point! What Gets Me...

is that they dare place partisan hacks in the first place. Their actions conclude that they essentially do not believe in Democracy, and need to subvert the process in order to rule over a majority that already rejects their ideology. If this were not true, they would be open to questions about their idealogical perspective on issues such a Roe v Wade.

[TrogL]

6. Ok, so my mother is right

She keeps claiming that I think "right is wrong".

Wait a minute. I'm confused. :crazy:

[firefox]

7. Yeap. And the left is right. n/t