Bush to Re-Appoint Rejected Nominees
December 23, 2004 8:21 PM   Subscribe

The tocsin tolls. In an early Christmas present to the American right, Bush declares his intention to re-nominate to the Federal bench 20 judges blocked during his first term. He's going nuclear folks.
posted by three blind mice (18 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: meh, just lame news



 
This means Bush will likely re-appoint nominees like Justice Janice Rogers Brown a "notoriously conservative lawyer and jurist," often the lone justice to dissent on the California Supreme Court, opposed by the congressional black caucus and supported by conservatives such as Thomas Sowell.

In November of last year, the Senate voted 43-53 (4 senators did not vote) against cloture which would have ended the filibuster against the nomination of Justice Brown to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.

With a 55 seat majority, the Republicans are still 5 seats short of the 60 seats needed to avoid a filibuster. It looks like he has decided on the nuclear option.
posted by three blind mice at 8:26 PM on December 23, 2004


Good. You all deserve it. Mu Ha Ha Ha.
posted by ParisParamus at 8:26 PM on December 23, 2004


It's poetic justice for putting up an ultra-left John Kerry who lied and lied and lied about everything. I will enjoy your anguish.

PS: please tell me why any of these candidates are unqualified. You can start with Judge Estrada.
posted by ParisParamus at 8:31 PM on December 23, 2004


ParisParamus - nice derail. I hope you enjoy watching the flamewar.

On a more serious note, we NEED federal judges. There is a huge shortage of federal judges. We can play the blame game all day long, but frankly it takes two to tango. Democrats and Republicans are like two children sitting in the back seat fighting and both blaming each other. Somebody needs to go tell them both to shut up and play nicely and solve this problem. Given that the minority party can't appoint federal judges then I think they need to start coming up with some more constructive solutions. Like bargaining judgeships for other things.

And why is it suprising that Bush is appointing nominees that agree with his views?
posted by thedevildancedlightly at 8:43 PM on December 23, 2004


It's not a matter of simply being qualified - there are plenty of "qualified" judges that would easily be confirmed by a divided senate. The fact is that most of Bush's judicial appointees WERE approved during his first term. Only the worst ones were blocked and Justice Brown was near the top of that list.

It's up to you to defend why she MOST qualified to sit on the DC Court of Appeals on a fast track to the Supreme Court and why another less controversial- and equally qualified - judge would not make a better choice.

Just watch out when that pendulum swings back. Instead of taming the beast that is the Federal government, the right is creating a monster. Imagine for a moment - if you can - what a liberal government would do with the centralization of power, lack of accountability, and unrestrained spending that the "conservatives" have created?
posted by three blind mice at 8:52 PM on December 23, 2004


I'll study the nominees (if I'm not too sick of my law due to my day job). Just keep in mind that everything you will hear about the nominees will be exaggerated, or fabricated, just as the Patriot Act was painted as the Devil's work. Much of it will be hype.
posted by ParisParamus at 9:01 PM on December 23, 2004


Don't overextend yourself Paris, We'd sure hate it if you hurt yourself and was unable to participate with us...



Bah, what am I saying... Paris, your gloating is pricky, and you are a choad. Take it back to the LGF atta-boy club.
posted by Balisong at 9:07 PM on December 23, 2004


The pendulum will swing back again. It's always darkest before dawn, and the republicans won't always have a base of superstitious and ignorant voters to draw on. We can realistically expect to see a United States as liberal as the present-day Netherlands in our lifetimes. It's as inevitable as universal suffrage was for the south, even when at times it was unimaginable.
posted by mullingitover at 9:16 PM on December 23, 2004


Mullingitover. Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. And while you're at it, go get Howard Dean to run again. Or be appointed head of the DNC.
posted by ParisParamus at 9:25 PM on December 23, 2004


That shopped billboard is priceless. Too bad it's not real, it'd be hillarious to see folks' reaction to it.
posted by mstefan at 9:33 PM on December 23, 2004


Hey, FreedomParamus...?

Why don't you gnaw the bark off my big fat log, you scum-sucking bacterial infection?

You represent the worst of everything this nation has to offer. I hope you die face-down in the gutter while a mutant NYC sewer rat impales your anus with a throbbing AIDS-infected cock studded with broken glass.
posted by rev_crash_davis at 9:35 PM on December 23, 2004


Classy.
posted by Witty at 9:41 PM on December 23, 2004


that is by far the coolest comment I've ever read on metafilter.
posted by angry modem at 9:42 PM on December 23, 2004


mullingitover: I think you're probably right about that.

Of about 200 Bush appointees, only about 10 have been blocked - the most radical on the list. That's what minority parties are supposed to do, after all, and I don't begrudge them their role. I'm frankly glad they're trying to screen the outright demagogues from being confirmed, and I would hope the Repulicans would do the same, if the tables were turned.

The Dems have blocked FAR fewer Bush appointees than the Republicans did during the Clinton years, at the same time in Clinton's presidency. The Republicans are just getting greedy and thuggish, and the judiciary, and eventuaally the rest of us will all suffer for it, in the long run.

on preview: yikes, crash!
posted by darkstar at 9:43 PM on December 23, 2004


that is by far the coolest comment I've ever read on metafilter.

Thanks!
posted by Witty at 9:46 PM on December 23, 2004


There's one post in this thread which may, singlehandedly, explain why America is sick of the Democratic Party, and is unlikely to elect a Democratic Party Presidential nominee ever again. Can you guess which post it is?
posted by ParisParamus at 9:47 PM on December 23, 2004


Would it interest anyone to know that Paris is holding his 3 inch chaffed erection in his hand as he battles the leftists of metafilter right now?

no? ok.
posted by puke & cry at 9:50 PM on December 23, 2004


I don't think America is going to continue electing Republicans based on you taking it in the butt from a sewer rat, Paris.
posted by angry modem at 9:51 PM on December 23, 2004


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