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Breaking: Sandra Day O'Connor to Retire From SCOTUS
2005-07-01
Posted by:Frank G

#32  Ted Olsen is top-notch. Too bad he is so aged. We need someone in there for the next three decades.
Posted by: Captain America   2005-07-01 23:42  

#31  LOL - that's exactly what I had in mind....
Posted by: Frank G   2005-07-01 23:10  

#30  Sure would make opinions fun to read...

Counsel's argument reminds me of an ol' coon dog I once had . . .
Posted by: cingold   2005-07-01 23:09  

#29  Don't let the misspellings get to you. Just change your name to muck.com

[wag]
Posted by: Jackal   2005-07-01 23:06  

#28  Sure would make opinions fun to read...
Posted by: Frank G   2005-07-01 21:33  

#27  Zell Miller. *sigh* Frank, you have the lovliest ideas... ;-) He does have the most lovely sense of duty, that the President could tap into, and he's been retired almost long enough to be bored stiff...
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-07-01 21:11  

#26  heh heh wonder if Zell has any desire to serve?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-07-01 19:05  

#25  Sheesh.

Of the list of potential replacements that Fox just reviewed - one in particular leaped out at me:...
Posted by: .com   2005-07-01 18:34  

#24  Of the list os potential replacements that Fox just reviewed - on in particular leaped out at me: Ted Olsen. That he's qualified is indisputable - bio. Zell Miller likes him. He's strong on 2nd Amendment Rights.

Side issues:

1) His wife died 9/11 on Flight 77, which will make the conspiracists foam at the mouth. They have already got a pile of BS conspiracy shit to play with about her.

2) He was the Republican representative in the "disputed" 2000 vote in FL and represented them before the SCOTUS. Another apeshit response from the "selected" not "elected" Kool Aid Krowd.

The list of sites you find if you Google his name that, literally, hate him is very encouraging. A Hillary Clinton site hates him. There's a reference to an RB article, too. He actually sounds something like another Bolton.
Posted by: .com   2005-07-01 18:32  

#23  Mebbe it would be fun to put Bork forward again. If only he wasn't approaching 80. Sigh.
Posted by: .com   2005-07-01 16:03  

#22  I find it disgusting that SDO is given recognition for anything other than her 24 years of service.

She single-handedly made partial birth abortion acceptable, killing countless children in the birth channel.

Yet we are going to be deludged with how great a jurist she was -- bull
Posted by: Captain America   2005-07-01 14:26  

#21  Well, that's put the cat amongst the pigeons, right enough. Popcorn time. I like mine with Reggiano parmesean...
Posted by: mojo   2005-07-01 14:17  

#20  Riggo - forgot about that one :-)
Posted by: Frank G   2005-07-01 14:01  

#19  Yes, Red Dog, he does. Listen guys, not to rain on your parade, but if I am not mistaken Judge Brown is very weak on the Second Amendment. That is not acceptable.
Posted by: Secret Master   2005-07-01 13:15  

#18  Does R. Bork have a son?
Posted by: Red Dog   2005-07-01 12:48  

#17  Jeesuz, Matt's right! She looks like George Washington after Hair Club for Men.
Posted by: tu3031   2005-07-01 12:16  

#16  More interesting if the Prez waits until Renquist steps down (immediately after O'Connor replacement confirmed I imagine) Then nominates Janice Rogers Brown to replace Renquist...

{Slap myself} Been reading too much Machiavelli again.

But it would be so cool!
Posted by: BigEd   2005-07-01 12:15  

#15  Good for you, Sandy baby! Don't forget to lighten up!
Posted by: John Riggins   2005-07-01 12:14  

#14  "Whatever else you can say about her, she is the justice who looks most like one of the Founding Fathers."

ROFL!!! Beverage alert, lol!
Posted by: .com   2005-07-01 12:12  

#13  The Dems will have a sh*t fit if Bush nominates Janice Brown.

Jesse Jackson would call her an "Oreo", and it'd go downhill from there.

Maybe it was just a Texas thing - Oreo = black on the ouside, white on the inside. Coconut = brown on the outside, and .... Well, you get the idea. Maybe we'll get to hear new variations over the next few months!
Posted by: Bobby   2005-07-01 12:04  

#12  It would take balls for GWB to do this (He has shown them in the past, though) :

Kozinski 1
Kozinski 2


Judge Alex Kozinski
Posted by: BigEd   2005-07-01 12:00  

#11  Hey, GWB ought to put one of his recent appointees up to the Supreme court You know, the very one from California? Highly rated by the Bar association, a history of fair and solid rulings, good leagal scholar as well. And since the "dirt" has been dealt alrady during the appelate court nomination process, there is little to impede a Supreme nomination.

Except the fact that this candidate is Conservative, Female and Black.

The Dems will have a sh*t fit if Bush nominates Janice Brown.

It would be worth it just to see the histrionics - and how they try to demagoge her without looking like racist misogynists (and fail).
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-07-01 11:54  

#10  Get ready for whomever Bush nominates. Stories of how he/she took an extra cookie once in knidergarden or how they once turned right and not left after leaving the office.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-07-01 11:30  

#9  She probably had to resign to defend her house form expropriation efforts.

Whatever else you can say about her, she is the justice who looks most like one of the Founding Fathers.
Posted by: Matt   2005-07-01 11:30  

#8  A muscular man wearing black leather clothes and black glasses rings at her door, and, with an Austrian accent, asks: "Sandra O'Connor?"....

Posted by: JFM   2005-07-01 11:15  

#7  I'm to the point though, that if that's what it takes, so be it, Raj! Of course, I'll always turn it off/to another channel when Schmuker's on!
Posted by: BA   2005-07-01 11:13  

#6  I have a feeling that this confirmation battle will make Justice Thomas' look like a kindergarten fight. I do not relish the thought of having to hear Chuck Schumer bloviating every day for the next eight months.
Posted by: Raj   2005-07-01 11:12  

#5  Or Souter.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-07-01 10:56  

#4  When it's 5-4, a vote's a vote. Ginsberg, Breyer, Kennedy, O'connor, Stevens, doesn't matter which one, just one.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-07-01 10:42  

#3  I wish it had been Ruth G. stepping down.

I find O'Connor's hairsplitting compromises to be amusing.
Posted by: mhw   2005-07-01 10:35  

#2  Maybe I should clarify, now we can replace her with someone that has a predictable position and not have to worry about her "switch back and forth" bullshit.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2005-07-01 10:22  

#1  Yeeeeeeeeehawwwwwww!!!!
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2005-07-01 10:20  

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