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Politics : Politics of Supreme Court Nominations -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (1)	7/10/2005 1:45:35 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 292

The first rule of any reform that MAY be possible should be NO MORE TOKENISM...

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (1)	7/10/2005 1:54:02 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 292

Reagan appointed O'Connor because he thought she was a pleasant and reasonable person. It goes down in history as one of his stellar errors. OTOH, the prospect of only being on the court for a limit of 12 years, then having to go live in the environment she helped create (and also having to defend herself), may have made her adhere to that reasonableness that Reagan thought he detected in her. Another solution to judicial tyranny that has far better prospects than just getting the right president to make the appointments: Abolish the lifetime appointment in favor of a 12-year duty. Even the military services only require 20 years...

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (1)	7/10/2005 3:30:05 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 292

If Bush nominates a rightwing Christian type, then it's war and the Bushies will lose. The Schiavo case made it apparent that the rightwing Christians are not to be trusted screwing with our judicial.