[Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick

Wed May 27 16:35:09 PDT 2009

Bear,

 

 

      "we wouldn't have an attck on America without Bush". Really?

 

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> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:01:59 -0700
> From: bear at moscow.com
> To: london at moscow.com
> CC: vision2020 at mail-gw.fsr.net
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick
> 
> 
> Bill,
> 
> You should be ashamed of yourself disparaging the Supreme Court like that!
> Just think what would have happened to America without Bush! We wouldn't
> have had an attack on America, there wouldn't be two wars, and God knows
> how his economic policies have worked out! And without allowing a nuclear
> armed North Korea, you know the far east would be in a worse slump than
> the middle east! *S*
> 
> 
> Somebody go get a rope!
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Roger--
> > Your summary in the post below ("Five out of nine judges could then say
> > elections are suspended and who they designate can rule.") is very
> > perceptive. After all, that is exactly what happened in the Presidential
> > election in 2000, when the Supreme Court declared Bush the President.
> > BL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> > To: "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1 at msn.com>; "Tom Hansen"
> > <thansen at moscow.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick
> >
> >
> >> This is a very bad pick. Any nominee should strictly follow the
> >> constitution. She has said that the Appellate Court ilis where policy is
> >> made. I know I am not supposed to say that, we are not supposed to make
> >> laws. She has also said that a wise latino woman would normally make a
> >> better decision than a white male. If this is not racist it is close to
> >> it. One would never hear the end of it if a white male had said the
> >> reverse.The constitution should only be applied strictly. There is
> >> supposed to be a balance of the three branches of government. It the
> >> court
> >> makes laws the balance is out of whack. There is a proscribed way to
> >> amend
> >> the Constitution. It has been done twenty seven times. It is
> >> deliberately
> >> hard to do so. That is why we have had a stable prosperous republic
> >> since
> >> 1789. If 5 out of 9 justices can say the law is what ever they say it is
> >> then the constitution becomes a fragile meaningless document and our
> >> republic is in danger. Five out of nine judges could then say !
> >> elections
> >> are suspended and who they designate can rule. It would be equally as
> >> bad
> >> if a conservatives put their own spin on it. For example if they wanted
> >> to
> >> have a state proscribed prayer mandated that would also violate the
> >> constitution. The justices take an outh to uphold the constitution. If
> >> they site any other authority it is grounds for impeachment.The
> >> democrats
> >> fiibustered to stop the nomination of Miguel Estrada a strict
> >> constructionist hispanic. The republicans should return the favor.
> >> Roger
> >> -----Original message-----
> >> From: keely emerinemix kjajmix1 at msn.com
> >> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 09:41:38 -0700
> >> To: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Sounds like a good pick. I just hope people pronounce her name
> >>> correctly -- it's "So-to-
> >>> my-YOR," not "SoTOmador," as I've already heard.
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps the Right will amend it to "SaDAMador," or will they go
> >>> straight
> >>> to "Baby Killer"? And I imagine there will be enormous outcry that
> >>> she's
> >>> a Latina; after all, there have been so few Anglo men on the court
> >>> throughout history . . .
> >>>
> >>> Keely
> >>> http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 05:54:23 -0700
> >>> > From: thansen at moscow.com
> >>> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> >>> > Subject: [Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick
> >>> >
> >>> > Courtesy of CNN at:
> >>> >
> >>> > http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/26/supreme.court/index.html
> >>> >
> >>> > --------------------------------------------
> >>> >
> >>> > Obama to name Sotomayor as Supreme Court pick
> >>> >
> >>> > WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama has chosen federal Judge Sonia
> >>> > Sotomayor as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, two sources told
> >>> > CNN
> >>> > on Tuesday.
> >>> >
> >>> > Obama plans to announce his nominee at 10:15 a.m. ET Tuesday, sources
> >>> > told
> >>> > CNN.
> >>> >
> >>> > Obama said Saturday he wants intellectual firepower and a common
> >>> touch
> >>> > in
> >>> > the next Supreme Court justice and said he doesn't "feel weighed down
> >>> > by
> >>> > having to choose ... based on demographics."
> >>> >
> >>> > Obama's nominee will replace retiring Justice David Souter, who
> >>> > announced
> >>> > this month he would step down when the court's current session ends
> >>> > this
> >>> > summer.
> >>> >
> >>> > There had been wide speculation that Obama would name a woman to the
> >>> > court, which has one female justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
> >>> >
> >>> > Obama also had been under pressure to nominate a Hispanic justice to
> >>> > the
> >>> > court, which has never had one.
> >>> >
> >>> > Obama's nomination will have to be confirmed by the Senate Judiciary
> >>> > Committee and the full Senate.
> >>> >
> >>> > The nominee is not expected to have difficulty being confirmed in the
> >>> > Democratic-controlled Senate in time for the new court session in
> >>> > October.
> >>> >
> >>> > The president has said he hopes to have hearings in July, with the
> >>> > confirmation completed before Congress leaves for the summer.
> >>> >
> >>> > ---------
> >>> >
> >>> > Sonia Sotomayer
> >>> >
> >>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor
> >>> >
> >>> > --------------------------------------------
> >>> >
> >>> > Sonia Sotomayer is an independent, liberal woman; kinda like a
> >>> textbook
> >>> > violation of the right-wing three-strike policy.
> >>> >
> >>> > And she is only 55 years of age.
> >>> >
> >>> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> >>> >
> >>> > Tom Hansen
> >>> > Moscow, Idaho
> >>> >
> >>> > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
> >>> > change
> >>> > and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> >>> >
> >>> > - Unknown
> >>> >
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