On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:37:02 -0700, Dave wrote
(in article ):

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:42:17 -0700, Paul Revere said:

Since Republicans appointed 5 of the 9 current Justices, this decision is
an
EXAMPLE OF what happens when "Repub's want to appoint some real
Constitutional Judges to the Supreme Court......."

On the contrary, it's an example of what happens when an administration is
so eager to appoint someone acceptable to the other side of the aisle that
they pay insufficient attention to a judge's fidelity to the Constitution.
David Souter was a great mistake, and Justice O'Connor doesn't seem to
appreciate the difference between a judge and a legislator.


Right.

The first concern of every administration is what is "acceptable to the other
side of the aisle".

Like I said, facts don't matter to those who create their own reality.

"Paul Revere" wrote
Dave wrote
Paul Revere said:

Since Republicans appointed 5 of the 9 current Justices, this decision
is an
EXAMPLE OF what happens when "Repub's want to appoint some real
Constitutional Judges to the Supreme Court......."

On the contrary, it's an example of what happens when an administration
is
so eager to appoint someone acceptable to the other side of the aisle
.....

This may or may not have been true "once upon a time" but the people running
the GOP are no longer constitutional conservatives like, say, Barry
Goldwater. They have no desire to appoint "real Constitutional Judges" to
the Supreme Court or any other court. Their only goal is to pack the courts
with judges who believe that their churches trump the Constitution. And,
since the "other side of the aisle" lacks the votes to stop them, they
intend to appoint whoever they please. Won't be long before your kids or
grandkids will be forced to say good Baptist, Catholic or Mormon prayers
(depending where they live) in school daily. It won't hurt them to chant
"Holy Mary, Mother of God, ...." will it?