[Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick

bear at moscow.com bear at moscow.com
Wed May 27 16:51:23 PDT 2009 

Matt,

WHO's watch did it occur on? WHO had been President for NINE MONTHS when
it happened?






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> Bear,
>       "we wouldn't have an attck on America without Bush". Really?
>
>
>
> M
>
>> 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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