BUSH TO NAME SCOTUS NOMINEE TODAY
The Post is reporting that President Bush will "announce a new Supreme Court nomination today, moving quickly after a weekend of consultations to put forward a replacement for the ill-fated choice of Harriet Miers in hopes of recapturing political momentum, according to Republicans close to the White House".
The three leading candidates: Alito, Luttig, and Batchelder.
"Any of the three would draw support from many conservative activists, lawyers and columnists who vigorously attacked Miers as an underqualified presidential crony. At the same time, the three have years of court rulings that liberals could use against them."
Indeed, "Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said yesterday that he has already warned the White House that nominating Alito -- who is often compared to Justice Antonin Scalia -- would 'create a lot of problems'."
Look for the Republican Party -- and its disparate conservative elements, including those that rebelled over the Miers nomination -- to unite behind Bush's nominee, whomever it may be (unless it's, say, Gonzales, who would provoke further cries of cronyism and heresy from the right).
And look for the Democratic Party to stand firm, at least at first and through the confirmation hearings.
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Around the blogosphere:
TalkLeft: "Quick action, calculated to distract the news media from the Plame investigation, may also be calculated to consolidate the Republican Party behind a nominee who is trusted to advance a conservative agenda."
Southern Appeal thinks it might be Brown (JRB). I doubt it, but anything's possible. (At least the reasoning is sound.)
If it's Alito, Confirm Them will be "delighted".
And it looks like it will be, if RedState.org is to be believed: "Luttig is a possibility, but there is some concern that Luttig could 'grow' in office." (As if growth is so bad!)
All the more reason why, of the leading candidates, I hope it's Luttig.
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Our previous posts on all this (in chronological order):
The three leading candidates: Alito, Luttig, and Batchelder.
"Any of the three would draw support from many conservative activists, lawyers and columnists who vigorously attacked Miers as an underqualified presidential crony. At the same time, the three have years of court rulings that liberals could use against them."
Indeed, "Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said yesterday that he has already warned the White House that nominating Alito -- who is often compared to Justice Antonin Scalia -- would 'create a lot of problems'."
Look for the Republican Party -- and its disparate conservative elements, including those that rebelled over the Miers nomination -- to unite behind Bush's nominee, whomever it may be (unless it's, say, Gonzales, who would provoke further cries of cronyism and heresy from the right).
And look for the Democratic Party to stand firm, at least at first and through the confirmation hearings.
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Around the blogosphere:
TalkLeft: "Quick action, calculated to distract the news media from the Plame investigation, may also be calculated to consolidate the Republican Party behind a nominee who is trusted to advance a conservative agenda."
Southern Appeal thinks it might be Brown (JRB). I doubt it, but anything's possible. (At least the reasoning is sound.)
If it's Alito, Confirm Them will be "delighted".
And it looks like it will be, if RedState.org is to be believed: "Luttig is a possibility, but there is some concern that Luttig could 'grow' in office." (As if growth is so bad!)
All the more reason why, of the leading candidates, I hope it's Luttig.
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Our previous posts on all this (in chronological order):
posted by Michael J.W. Stickings at
12:35 AM
3 Comments:
Thank you, M.M.R. It's nice to have you here at The Reaction.
I tend to agree with you about a Ginsburg-like nominee. Whereas a Republican president can get away with nominating ideological judges on the right, I doubt that a Democratic president could get away with nominating a similarly ideological judge on the left. At least given the current climate in Washington.
And it's Alito now. We'll have to see how this plays out, but it's clear that he's a mainstream conservative judge who may lean a bit too far to the right for my liking. Let's hope he's no "Scalito".
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Michael J.W. Stickings, at 9:33 AM
I notice you subscribe to an Arnoldian dedication to human excellence.
A worthwhile goal indeed and from what I have reviewed so far, Arnold would be proud.
You do have to hand it to him. Last summer he passed anti-phishing legislation for California.
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The weak,underlying sructure of the governments of Canada, the USA and the United Nations really does require good Whistle-Blower Protection law.
It would be the priority demand of all voting citizenry if only more people were aware and understood it's tremendous value.
Governments hate WB law [bill C-11] because it empowers honest people in every corner of government, public utilities like hospitals and private corporations to put a stop to theft and fraud of public monies.
If an effective Bill C-11 had been in place when Allan Cutler raised the alarm about fraudulent contracts in Guite's office 1993 - 1996, then billions of Liberal Party siphoning of our money would have been prevented.
I say governments hate Bill C-11 because it is the one effective measure that would keep their greedy mitts out of our till.
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TonyGuitar, at 12:27 PM
Matthew Arnold(ian), however, not Arnold(ian) Schwarzenegger.
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Michael J.W. Stickings, at 2:37 AM
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