President says he wants scotus with 'empathy'..orrin hatch calls that 'code word' for activist judge

[spanone]

fuck you orrin hatch

they are already attacking a non-choice

empathy....–noun
1. the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
2. the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself: By means of empathy, a great painting becomes a mirror of the self.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. Yeah Hatch is already coming up with language to justify opposing any nominee.

Sounds like "activist" is going to be it, for now.

"Empathy" is about the least controversial term Obama could have used. Oh I suppose it's actually necessary they be a hard hearted asshole.

[spanone]

2. again orrin proves he belongs to the 'party of nothing'

[polichick]

3. Anything other than a right-wing toady is an "activist" judge to people like Hatch.

[Deja Q]

4. Orrin can shove it up his own hatch.

[otohara]

5. That's All They've Got

what a pathetic bunch of losers.

[lunatica]

6. I had my saturation fill of Orrin when he went after Bill Clinton and Monica

Probably just penis envy.

:puffpiece:

[spanone]

8. Obama could call for a republican supreme court justice and orrin would call it code words

he's a partisan and not much more

[KittyWampus]

7. So Hatch advocates against empathy?

[Turbineguy]

9. Activist Judge

code for somebody who follows the law.

[cali]

10. Leahy says the conservatives on the court are

activists.

[Turbineguy]

12. One man's fish

is another man's fowl.

[MADem]

11. When Orrin says shit like that, I always wonder how he and Ted Kennedy can be such good friends.

It defies expectations. It's like the "old days" in DC, and it's surprising that their friendship has lasted so long.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/25/opinion/main4892654.shtml?source=RSSattr=Opinion_4892654

[hedgehog]

13. You mean someone who might understand that forcing a girl to strip to her underwear

to ensure she's not concealing ibuprofen might be a little traumatic?

[SoCalDem]

14. "Strict constructionist" is NOT code language, Orrin?

Using the republican rationale is like using a 220 year old map to try and get from point A to point B..

".....travel south east for 2 days, until you get to the stand of willow trees by the bank of the river, and then by canoe past the Indian settlement, then go east for 3 days until you reach the fort..."

[tekisui]

15. It is called Judicial Review. It is the Justices' duty.

[hewitt]

16. Laura Ingraham called

Obama's desire for an empathetic justice "just loony." That comment crystallized the difference between Democratic and Republicans for me. So, it's "loony" to believe that court decisions affect ordinary people? And the repubs wonder why they are now a marginalized, regional party?

[spanone]

17. loony, the very words i would use to describe ms ingraham

[TankLV]

18. That's rich coming from idiots who don't bat an eye at people speaking in "tongues" crap...

not to mention the MAGIC UNDERWARE...!!!

[Maru Kitteh]

19. It really wouldn't matter what he said now, would it.

No matter who he picks, THEY are going to cry "activist," so my feeling is, I hope he just goes ahead and picks a flaming liberal ACTIVIST. Let them cry.

[spanone]

20. i'm with you. NO ONE will satisfy the party of no.

[Odin2005]

21. Empathy is anathema to sociopathic robber barons.

[frebrd]

22. The first thing that popped into my mind........

when Obama said the word "empathy":

Oh, oh here we go! "Activist judges, blah, blah, blah!"

[malaise]

23. Nothing coming out of that hatch matters

Dems won - Dems will pick the judge and they can't do jackshit.

[sakabatou]

24. Orrin hatch needs to open a dictionary for once