Do you get the feeling that it is the Senate which is becoming imperialistic?
Asked Connie over at Hot Air. It seems that Specter is angry with U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel A. Alito. Why you ask?From the mind that brought us “super-duper precedents“:
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) plans to review the Senate testimony of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel A. Alito to determine if their reversal of several long-standing opinions conflicts with promises they made to senators to win confirmation:
“There are things he has said, and I want to see how well he has complied with it,” Specter said, singling out Roberts.
The Specter inquiry poses a potential political problem for the GOP and future nominees because Democrats are increasingly complaining that the Supreme Court moved quicker and more dramatically than advertised to overturn or chip away at prior decisions:
The idea for a review came to Specter when he said he ran into Justice Stephen G. Breyer at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado.Breyer, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, drew attention last month for suggesting that Roberts and the conservative majority were flouting stare decisis, the legal doctrine that, for the sake of stability, courts should generally leave past decisions undisturbed.
I think Connie nailed it…
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July 26, 2007 - 05:50 PM on July 26th, 2007
In Islam, women are equal to men in all senses
if Muslim women looooooove being covered up, then why do you need to beat them, whip them, stone them, arrest them and kill them if they don’t want to wear them?
July 26, 2007 - 06:35 PM on July 26th, 2007
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July 26, 2007 - 06:44 PM on July 26th, 2007
CAIR Attacks John Doe
CAIR plans to continuing it’s attempt to protect terrorists and potential terrorists by suing John Doe’s. Hooper tries to play the race card, despite the fact that Islam is a religion, not a race, and likens informers to Grand Dragons
July 26, 2007 - 07:25 PM on July 26th, 2007
Senate imperial? Just say, “imperial feddle gummint” and be done with it. Not competent empire, but doing its best to convert citizens into subjects, rights into licenses, and stare decisis (and other honored traditions” such as… pork, “political compromise” and the RIGHT, RIGHT, I tell you! of elected officials to flat out ignore ALL campaign promises once they are in office… unless the electorate can come up with enough bribes to keep them bought) into a bone in the republic’s throat, strangling the very life from it.
July 26, 2007 - 08:55 PM on July 26th, 2007
Believing the Worst Requires Too Little Imaginatio
If it bleeds it leads is one reason we are all too well aware of as to why the news has more good then bad; even when more good than bad may have happened. Watch any local newscast and …
July 26, 2007 - 09:39 PM on July 26th, 2007
Did You know that you are hateful if you oppose il
The nation’s largest Hispanic advocacy group says it must come up with a strategy to combat “a wave of hate” its leaders say came from talk radio’s efforts to sink the Senate’s immigration bill.
“That had an extraordinary impact in the Senat…
July 27, 2007 - 01:19 AM on July 27th, 2007
Churchill denies being a fraud and retaliates with lawsuit
As expected, Ward Churchill did not accept his loss of tenure gracefully.
Fired Colo. professor sues university
A professor who was fired after comparing some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi sued the school Wednesday, saying officials ret…
July 27, 2007 - 01:48 AM on July 27th, 2007
Liberals blogs get unhinged over the Oregon School butt slappings: Guilty by “virtue of their whiteness”
One liberal blog has jumped on the bandwagon about the two middle school kids being charged as sex offenders for running down the hall slapping butts.
This is hardly a shock, this particular blog, Shakespeare’s sister, has left common sense …
July 27, 2007 - 05:46 AM on July 27th, 2007
The Knucklehead of the Day award
Today’s winner is Ludy Alviar.
July 27, 2007 - 05:53 AM on July 27th, 2007
If Arlen Specter got hit by a magic bullet, I wouldn’t be surprised. He’s such an imperialistic jerk.
July 27, 2007 - 06:05 AM on July 27th, 2007
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July 27, 2007 - 06:20 AM on July 27th, 2007
LCpl Stephen Tatum’s Statement to the Investigating Officer
From Defend Our Marines Website:
Camp Pendleton / Article 32 hearing / July 24, 2007
Before closing arguments in his Article 32 hearing, LCpl Tatum made a statement to the hearing officer, LtCol Paul Ware.
The lance corporal spoke. He did not read a…
July 27, 2007 - 06:52 AM on July 27th, 2007
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July 27, 2007 - 07:11 AM on July 27th, 2007
Friday Sermon From Iran
Nothing but tough love from Tehran’s substitute Friday prayers leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati this morning. Speaking …
July 27, 2007 - 07:24 AM on July 27th, 2007
The Destruction of the Supreme Court
-How liberals are planning an assault on an Independent judiciary
-A man with a plan: Rep. John Campbell (R-CA) provides a blueprint for earmarks reform.
-Good news: Adoption Rates on the Rise
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July 27, 2007 - 07:58 AM on July 27th, 2007
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July 27, 2007 - 12:12 PM on July 27th, 2007
You Have Two Years to Fix Your TV
Congress is concerned about the lack of broadcast bandwidth, so on February 18, 2009, broadcast television will switch from analog to digital. Digital TV takes less bandwidth than analog TV. Some of the bandwidth freed by the switch will be…
July 27, 2007 - 12:28 PM on July 27th, 2007
Good News Friday – OTA
Interest in God and creation are alive and well in America. Though there are elements of our society that would erase all symbols and mention of our God, Americans still seek to be close to Him and learn His message. . .
Open for less than two month…
July 27, 2007 - 02:08 PM on July 27th, 2007
This Explains Liberalism
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July 27, 2007 - 03:58 PM on July 27th, 2007
Gee, I saw “13″ comments in this topic and I thought I might find some discussion… Nope, just ‘trackbacks’ polluting the comments with irrelevant garbage.
Peejz, you think is this good for the site.. why?
July 27, 2007 - 04:54 PM on July 27th, 2007
Sen Schumer, Imperal guard of all liberalism refuses to confirm any Bush judges. Now, that is not in the Constitution. Schumer should be removed for violating his oath of office.
July 27, 2007 - 10:31 PM on July 27th, 2007
15- Wow, cool. An actual comment, not spam from another blog.
Nothing in the Constitution says senators have to confirm (rubber stamp) a president’s nominees.
July 28, 2007 - 12:45 AM on July 28th, 2007
The Constitution calls for the President to appoint judges with the “advice and consent” of the Senate. The advice and consent of the Senate is to insure that the individuals nominated are qualified to hold the position, not that they hold certain liberal attitudes about judicial activism. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is NOT as qualified as Janice Rogers Brown yet she was appointed to the Supreme Court because she was qualified and the Republicans followed the Constitutional requirement to insure that the nominee was qualified and nothing else. The Democrats even moved to prevent Janice Rogers Brown from getting an up or down vote despite her qualifications. Which party is acting in accordance with the Constitution? The party that confirms a nominee based on qualifications or the party that blocks a confirmation vote on a nominee based solely on the nominee’s judicial philosophy? The Democrats in Congress are repeatedly and continually violating the intent of the founding fathers if not the Constitution itself. The violate their oathes to protect and defend the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic because they are the domestic enemies.
July 28, 2007 - 02:13 AM on July 28th, 2007
17- “consent” means they must approve. If you believe a nomination is supposed to result in a rubber-stamp by congress, then obviously you don’t understand the process.
Sorry, as much as the ‘right’ wants a fascist state, they have not yet succeeded.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRI4lqDqvRU
July 28, 2007 - 10:10 AM on July 28th, 2007
Toasted Tofu, you entirely missed FAO’s point. It apparently went right over your head…
July 28, 2007 - 11:25 PM on July 28th, 2007
Third world monkeys, do third world act’s, its normal.
the U.S. Supreme Court is full of little monkeys doing the dance of the little people, you will see more as time moves on into the night of a nation after all just start calling it the FORMER U.S.A.
July 29, 2007 - 06:28 AM on July 29th, 2007
18, ToFu, get your head out of…
Schumer won’t even bring up Bush nominees for hearings. THAT IS NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION, you putz!
July 29, 2007 - 07:02 AM on July 29th, 2007
Liberals Go Fox Hunting Just Be-Kos They Can
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July 29, 2007 - 10:38 AM on July 29th, 2007
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July 29, 2007 - 12:39 PM on July 29th, 2007
Godly Wisdom — July 29, 2007
Think Before You Speak, Because Your Reputation Is Linked To Your Words.
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July 29, 2007 - 07:15 PM on July 29th, 2007
21- Very well said FAO!
August 9, 2007 - 09:54 PM on August 9th, 2007
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August 9, 2007 - 10:37 PM on August 9th, 2007
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