The day after laying a wreath on Martin Luther King's grave,

[Theophylact]

Bush Installs Pickering on Appeals Court

[Epidemic]

Quote:

Democrats have accused him of supporting segregation as a young man, and pushing anti-abortion and anti-voting rights views as a state lawmaker. They also have said they wouldn't be able to trust Pickering to keep his conservative opinions out of his work on the federal appeals court.

Translation they would like a judge who slants their way rather than one who slants to the conservative.


I do not think anyone can deny that there are courts who slant way to the left in the 9th circuit. With virtually every court in the land denouncing their judgments.

Perhaps it is not the best way to do things but it would appear as the practice in the industry to pick people with slants your way or theirs. And hope the balance remains correct for some form of fair justice on average.

All in all an impartial judge would be best but that animal does not really exist now does it.

[wallie_x]

"Clearly the White House has realized that the militant, pro-abortion zealots in the Senate will neither listen to reason nor recognize the limit to their own power in this matter," said Joseph R. Giganti, ALL's director of media and government relations. "Back in October, we insisted that President Bush must take clear and bold steps. With today's appointment, he appears to have taken American Life League's message to heart.
HERE!
This appointment was not about race. The leftist feces machine simply played the race card to try to stop his appointment; but this man has support from members of the black caucus in his home state. He is a man of integrity, honor and known for fairness.

The lefists zealots want judges who think like they do: pro death abortionists who have to show they are intellectually and morally bankrupt. They want judges who way over step the bounds of separation of powers; judges who will veto legal legislation and oppose the will of the people by siding with the lefts special interests.

[tony_j15]

Yawn

There is no correlation in the timing of Pickering's installation and MLK day. Only conspiracy theorists and hard core liberals would have problems with it.

[miriam]

Yawn!

[jmebonner]

yet another yawn...

[MTAtech]

I'm not so tired thanks to Starbucks. Pickering was most recently criticized for making extraordinary efforts, as a judge, for a person who committed cross-burning. The efforts were way beyond the what is considered appropriate.

[daveleau]

I do not support cross-burning, yet in this time of strife for Pickering, I do not believe everything I read about him because I know the opposition will fabricate some things to hasten his removal as potential judge. If he really supported the above, he would be removed as a nominee. Of course, I understand your support of such potential slander because all of us are selective in our acceptance of things based on whether the person in question is in line with our own ideals. For instance I have seen many follow rumors about Pres. Bush, yet cast off more concrete facts about their favorite democratic hopefuls.

Judicial activism is not anything new. It has happened since the institution of the high courts in the US, and will likely continue into the future. While I do not support cross burning, segregation nor anti-voting stances, I am skeptical of the validity of such claims and believe they may, as usual, be overstated to make a point or further an agenda. What I find interesting is that his stance on murder is questioned. I should hope everyone in the court would support the cessation of infanticide in the US. The US condemns those like the Beltway Snipers (9 killed 4 wounded)and Saddam Hussein (killed ~1 million) but the mass murder of our own children dwarfs the numbers killed in the Holocaust. Instead of gas chambers, we have Planned Parenthood. Over 3550 babies are reported murdered each day in the US (based on actual 2000 numbers of 1.3 million murdered babies, 1996 saw 1.6 million murders- BBC reference).

And the tying of this event to the laying of a wreath on the grave of MLK is further proof that most believe what they want and accept what suits them.

[wallie_x]

THE TRUTH

"A bipartisan majority of Senators supports his confirmation, and if he were given a vote, he would be confirmed," President Bush said in a statement.

"But a minority of Democratic Senators has been using unprecedented obstructionist tactics to prevent him and other qualified individuals from receiving up-or-down votes. Their tactics are inconsistent with the Senate's constitutional responsibility and are hurting our judicial system," the president's statement said.

"Again I call on the Senate to stop playing politics with the American judicial system and to give my nominees the up-or-down votes they deserve."

From CNN

[whitebeard21]

When men can become pregnant the can decide pro or con on abortion.
Saying women can't have an abortion is no different than the taliban pushing their religous beliefs that women must be veiled.
Anti abortion is based on a religous belief and as such has no place in government. JMHO