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To: KLP who wrote (307121)	5/27/2009 11:03:46 AM
From: ManyMoose	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793782

The only thing that really matters to me on SCOTUS nominations is whether the nominee will interpret the Constitution as it was written and intended, not with some agenda or sensitivity or idea that policies are written at that level. Clarence Thomas has done that, despite the gauntlet that he had to run in order to be confirmed. The Democrats wrote the rules for how SCOTUS nominees should be examined during his confirmation hearings. It was disgusting and dishonorable, I thought at the time and still believe. Barack Obama also wrote some rules about how SCOTUS nominees should be examined. His plan is to laud them like the judicial scholars they should be and then vote against them. He did that with Alito and Roberts. Personally, I am torn about how the Republicans should proceed with Obama's nomination. On the one hand it would be just if they behaved the way Democrats and Obama himself behaved -- but it would be impotent justice indeed since they don't have the votes to make justice sweet. On the other hand, Republicans have a chance to do it right. I hope Republicans stick to Constitutional issues exclusively, and do not delve into Ms. Sotomayor's personal life and habits the way the Democrats did with Thomas. I hope they don't patronize her like Obama did with Roberts and Alito, and then vote against confirmation. I hope Republicans expose any Constitutional irregularities in her voting and writing record, but if they find none then they should just go ahead and confirm her. If they find that she is likely to misinterpret the Constitution according to her own biases, then they should fight her with everything they have. And Republicans should be public about this. They should make it plain that Democrats treated Republican SCOTUS nominees poorly and were not treated in kind by Republicans.