OH SHIT! Bush's fantasy a reality
Jul. 1st, 2005 10:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jebbypal Sandra DAy O'Connor announces her retirement
Women, get ready to have all your rights of the past 25 years taken away. This makes the 2006 elections even more important and makes it imperative that the democrats don't lose filibuster power.
ETA from the dailykos:
Possible replacements include Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and federal courts of appeals judges J. Michael Luttig, John Roberts, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Michael McConnell, Emilio Garza and James Harvie Wilkinson III. Others mentioned are former Solicitor General Theodore Olson, lawyer Miguel Estrada and former deputy attorney general Larry Thompson, but Bush's pick could be a surprise choice not well known in legal circles.
Oh, shit! While I'd be glad to not have Gonzales the Inquisitor for an Attorney General anymore, I wonder how anyone would possibly be able to respect the constitutional and ethical authority of the supreme court assuming that he survived the confirmation proceedings.
Not to mention, the confirmation hearings of Bolton leave me scared to contemplate what would constitute a scandal big enough to justify withdrawing a nomination.
Guess we'll find out if god likes liberals and moderates as much as he does conservatives.
Women, get ready to have all your rights of the past 25 years taken away. This makes the 2006 elections even more important and makes it imperative that the democrats don't lose filibuster power.
ETA from the dailykos:
Possible replacements include Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and federal courts of appeals judges J. Michael Luttig, John Roberts, Samuel A. Alito Jr., Michael McConnell, Emilio Garza and James Harvie Wilkinson III. Others mentioned are former Solicitor General Theodore Olson, lawyer Miguel Estrada and former deputy attorney general Larry Thompson, but Bush's pick could be a surprise choice not well known in legal circles.
Oh, shit! While I'd be glad to not have Gonzales the Inquisitor for an Attorney General anymore, I wonder how anyone would possibly be able to respect the constitutional and ethical authority of the supreme court assuming that he survived the confirmation proceedings.
Not to mention, the confirmation hearings of Bolton leave me scared to contemplate what would constitute a scandal big enough to justify withdrawing a nomination.
Guess we'll find out if god likes liberals and moderates as much as he does conservatives.
