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| Joe Biden: Dems Will Filibuster Janice Rogers Brown |
| 2005-07-03 |
| Sen. Joe Biden said Sunday that if President Bush nominates recently confirmed Circuit Court Judge Janice Rogers Brown to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, Senate Democrats will launch a filibuster. "If [Bush] sent up Edith Jones, I could assure you that would be a very, very, very difficult fight - and she would probably be filibustered," Biden told CBS's "Face the Nation." In the next breath Biden corrected himself, saying, "I misspoke, I misspoke. Janice Rogers Brown is what I meant to say." Asked whether that would break the Senate's much heralded compromise last month not to filibuster judicial appointments except under "extraordinary circumstances," Biden explained: "[The Supreme Court] is a totally different ball game . . . A circuit court judge is bound by stare decisis. They don't get to make new law. They have to abide by [legal precedent]." Asked if O'Connor's retirement was more likely to provoke a filibuster than would have been the case had the more conservative Chief Justice William Rehnquist retired, Biden responded: "Probably." I was watching this when he made asinine statement. I am not a legal scholar but it was my understanding that the PEOPLE made up the laws in this country and the Courts are supposed to enforce those laws. At most the courts can challenge the legality of a law or strike down a law because it conflicts with the Constitution not Make New Law as Biden (and the LLL) think it should. IMHO Janis Rogers Brown should be the FIRST on that short list for the SCOTUS. Gonzales would be a close second because these two people understand which way the laws originate. Also I would call up Biden, Kennedy, Boxer, and Kerry and tell them to go FUCK OFF! This demonstrates why I could never be Ambassador to the un. |
| Posted by:Cyber Sarge |
| #9 The Dems and aligned are rabid becuase its not just O'CONNOR - given their current ages, most of the SCOTUS seats could be up for grabs by 2010, with several by 2008 - can anyone say REPEAT/REVENGE OF RONALD REAGAN. Despite the Dems all but officially discarding "Liberals", they want the same, nka "Moderates" to be placed on the SCOTUS bench. 2008 > about Hillary and the SCOTUS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-07-03 23:42 |
| #8 Did the Republicans filibuster Moonbat Bader-Ginsburg? They should have. Only the Dims. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2005-07-03 20:54 |
| #7 Agreed, BAR. If Frist had any intestudinal fortitude, he'd make them run an actual fillibuster. And then, once they were going good - and hopefully had Sen. Byrd (D-KKK) speak for a stint - the Repubs could go on the talk show round and mention how Sen. Byrd was so good at fillibustering because he had so much practice trying to stop the Civil Rights Act from being passed. Film of him doing so, if it's available, would be nice, too. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-07-03 20:53 |
| #6 Sen. Joe Biden said Sunday that if President Bush nominates recently confirmed Circuit Court Judge Janice Rogers Brown to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, Senate Democrats will launch a filibuster. Not a problem. Make them actually conduct a real, honest-to-goodness filibuster and put it on live TV. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-07-03 20:13 |
| #5 And BTW he's stone cold crazy. I'd rather have RB's patron seer Joesph M President. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-03 19:14 |
| #4 McCain's one of the few people that aims at his feet so often he can make himself dance. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-03 19:13 |
| #3 It is time for the nuclear option if the spineless republicans can muster a spine. Oh, and shoot McCain while you are at it. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-03 19:00 |
| #2 It's time to suit up! |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-07-03 18:32 |
| #1 I'd suggest holding the nomination close to the vest to preventfocussed dirtdigging. In the meantime, the Dems will fall all over themselves saying who isn't acceptable, that their agenda will be obvious. After this, Rehnquist bails, nominate Scalia for chief and you get another battle on nat'l TV over Estrada . The third, to fill Scalia's should be after everyone's worn out, and you nominate a real kickass conservative :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-03 17:49 |