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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 05:51 PM
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RW'ers: Supreme Court not right wing enough
(Chuck) Schumer says the Senate should not confirm another U.S. Supreme Court nominee under President Bush "except in extraordinary circumstances." The senior senator from the Empire State told the American Constitution Society convention that "the Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance" and that the nation "cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or Justice Ginsburg by another Alito."

Curt Levey, executive director of the Committee for Justice, disputes the senator's implication that the high court has taken a sharp turn to the right.

"Certainly the court took a small turn to the right," Levey acknowledges, "but if you look at where conservatives would like the court to be, I would say it's hardly a conservative court. As a matter of fact, its still a little bit to the left of where the American people are."

The Committee for Justice spokesman feels Schumer's comments are outrageous. Certainly Schumer is entitled to his opinion, Levey points out, and is entitled to oppose President Bush's nominees -- however, he adds, the New York lawmaker is not entitled to ignore the U.S. Constitution.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/08/conservative_attorney_sen_schu.php
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 06:08 PM
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1. Around 26% of the people in this country agree with bush
AND 74% are against. SO this means that the the 26% are the ones that should be called OUR COUNTRY and every thing should be catered to them. Damn republican thinking....
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 06:13 PM
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2. These rw morons will not be happy until we are a theocratic dictatorship.
And they use the Constitution to get there, playing the document and its meaning against itself.

Sometimes I think I'd almost support a massive relocation of the US population based on political ideology, and then split the country into two or three.
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VP505 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 06:16 PM
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3. So Schumer
"the New York lawmaker is not entitled to ignore the U.S. Constitution." So apparently this Putz thinks its ok for team Bu$h/Cheney/Gonzales to do so since he makes no mention of their unconstitutional activities.
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 06:22 PM
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4. They'd NEVER do that. Committee for Justice has ties to Poppy.
It's board of Directors were all members of Bush the Elder's Administration.

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=22523
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 06:29 PM
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5. nothing is rightwing enough for rightwingers
until we're all goosestepping to homeland security polkas
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