Can someone enlighten me? please?

[Lost-in-FL]

Excuse my ignorance but why it is bad that a Neo-Con Chief justice is substituted by another neo-con? It is not like they are nominating Pat Robertson. I do not think it would be a big deal, I mean, I'll rather have a more liberal one but what can you expect? Al branches of gov are repub anyways?

[PowerToThePeople]

1. Neo-cons are bad, mmkay.. n/t

[Lost-in-FL]

3. ROLF

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Because the previous one was about to die

and his replacement will be flogging for the corporations for the next 35 years.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Well excuse us for not wanting another neocon

on the supreme court. :eyes:

[Lost-in-FL]

5. My God... so touchy...

;-) :blush:

[Peace Patriot]

6. Yes, you have a point. Reinquist-fascist. O'Connor-sort of centrist.

Roberts replacing Reinquist won't change the dynamics of the Court so much as who O'Connor's replacement will be. Roberts is still bad, though. And can you imagine Bush (or Bush's puppetmasters) appointing a sort of centrist? They're going for it. As much fascist policy locked into place as possible. (Circa 1920s and the Great Crash--FDR had to fight those bastards' Justices tooth and nail, to get the New Deal programs going, with half the country unemployed and starving.)

[Shipwack]

7. In a way, I agree with you, Lost

This swap is not as bad as it would have been replacing O'Connor...

That being said, Rehnquist, while not someone I usually agreed with, at least was competent for the most part, and even occasionally disagreed with the party line.

We haven't seen any evidence of competence from his successor, and we know that Bush values loyalty over brains, so I'll doubt they'll be any surprise rulings.

[pinto]

8. Neo-con seems to have become a vague catch-all label.

Neo-cons are based from the original "Scoop" Jackson hawks from the Viet Nam war days...Cold warriors. Global strategists. Small government advocates, unless government means military spending. Extremists of the movement want to dismantle many federal government programs, including Social Security. Oh, and FEMA.

That said, a SCOTUS appointment is for life. It deserves a thorough and transparent review in the Senate.

[DeadManInc]

9. A lifetime job appointment is a bunch of shit.

These fucking clowns can do whatever they want and we cannot get rid of their fucking dead weight. We the people should get to elect these people, and not some inbred piece of Texas waste. And if they do not do their job, we should be able to fire the bastards!

[BlueIris]

10. You know what I'm hoping someone starts a thread about?

How and under what circumstances a justice on the SCOTUS can be impeached. I believe it did happen once.