I haven't read that much about her yet, but my first reaction is that she is a very reasonable choice. She certainly doesn't seem to be a Ginsberg, I think she may be more comparable to perhaps David Souter.
I think her nomination shows how politcally shrewd Obama can be. He knows how to play the game and has already put the ball in the court of any Republican opposition by nominating a GHWB appointee. Like him or dislike him, Obama is a gifted politician with sound reasoning skills. Pretty much the polar opposite of GWB.
The first 4 or 5 days will probably tell the tale, but I'd be surprised if her nomination doesn't go relatively smooth.
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In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, charity. Augustine
Of course, Obama will never admit in word what he's doing in deed. As in his rhetorically brilliant national-security speech on Thursday claiming to have undone Bush's moral travesties, the military commissions flip-flop is accompanied by the usual Obama three-step:
(a) excoriate the Bush policy, (b) ostentatiously unveil cosmetic changes, (c) adopt the Bush policy.
Can ANYONE who watches the video of this woman saying policy is made from the bench (and then try to backtrack when she remembers she's on video) give her any, I mean any credibility. IF SHE WANTS TO MAKE POLICY FROM THE JUDICIARY BRANCH THEN WHY DO WE NEED THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH? I don't care if she was initially appointed by GHWB. That comment alone shows her disdain for the constitution. If you cannot see that we are in real trouble by her comment there is nothing that will convince you. She reflects the president. Neither care about the constitution.
Can ANYONE who watches the video of this woman saying policy is made from the bench (and then try to backtrack when she remembers she's on video) give her any, I mean any credibility. IF SHE WANTS TO MAKE POLICY FROM THE JUDICIARY BRANCH THEN WHY DO WE NEED THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH? I don't care if she was initially appointed by GHWB. That comment alone shows her disdain for the constitution. If you cannot see that we are in real trouble by her comment there is nothing that will convince you. She reflects the president. Neither care about the constitution.
Yeah, everything President Obama does is bad, bad, bad!
Go Palin 2012... (typed yawning and with sarcasm).
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Can ANYONE who watches the video of this woman saying policy is made from the bench (and then try to backtrack when she remembers she's on video) give her any, I mean any credibility. IF SHE WANTS TO MAKE POLICY FROM THE JUDICIARY BRANCH THEN WHY DO WE NEED THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH? I don't care if she was initially appointed by GHWB. That comment alone shows her disdain for the constitution. If you cannot see that we are in real trouble by her comment there is nothing that will convince you. She reflects the president. Neither care about the constitution.
I think she's just being a realist in that video.
Judges have been legislating from the bench for some time now.
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