Obama’s Qualifications: Someone Like Souter, Believes In ‘Right To Privacy,’ Empathizes With The Powerless
Obama’s Qualifications: Someone Like Souter, Believes In ‘Right To Privacy,’ Empathizes With The Powerless
Associate Supreme Court Justice David Souter “plans to retire at the end of the term in June.” The Wall Street Journal explained Souter’s legacy, writing, “Justice Souter was no liberal trailblazer,” but in recent years, aligned with the more liberal Justices on the most divisive issues including executive power, capital punishment, and race. While speculation is rampant about who Obama will name as Souter’s replacement, a more productive question at this stage is what attributes Obama will look for in a jurist.
From his time in the Senate and statements during the Democratic primary, Obama appears committed to nominating someone who recognizes that the Constitution provides Americans with an inherent right to privacy, someone who can empathize with the “less powerful,” and perhaps someone who understands “what it means to be on the outside.” Watch Obama explaining his ideal nominee during a Democratic primary debate:
Obama’s statements echoed his earlier opposition to Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts.
More recently, during the 2008 general election campaign Obama struck a slightly more conservative tone by warning that the “activism” of the Warren Court, which played a significant role in expanding civil rights and liberties in 1950s and 1960s, would not be appropriate today. He told the Detroit Free Press in October 2008 that he would look to nominate judges who took after Souter or Justice Stephen Breyer:
Q: [W]hat justices would you use as models for your pick?
OBAMA: Well, it depends on how far you go back. I mean, Justice (John) Marshall was pretty good. Warren himself, Brennan, (Thurgood) Marshall. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that I think their judicial philosophy is appropriate for today. … In fact, I would be troubled if you had that same kind of activism in circumstances today. [...]
I think that Justice Souter, who was a Republican appointee, Justice Breyer, a Democratic appointee, are very sensible judges. They take a look at the facts and they try to figure out: How does the Constitution apply to these facts? They believe in fidelity to the text of the Constitution, but they also think you have to look at what is going on around you and not just ignore real life.
Several weeks later, Obama said in a debate with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) that he “will look for those judges who have an outstanding judicial record, who have the intellect, and who hopefully have a sense of what real-world folks are going through.” Using the example of Lilly Ledbetter, Obama elaborated:
OBAMA: For years, she had been getting paid less than a man had been paid for doing the exact same job. And when she brought a suit, saying equal pay for equal work, the judges said, well, you know, it’s taken you too long to bring this lawsuit, even though she didn’t know about it until fairly recently.
I think that it’s important for judges to understand that if a woman is out there trying to raise a family, trying to support her family, and is being treated unfairly, then the court has to stand up, if nobody else will. And that’s the kind of judge that I want.
Conservatives will likely take issue with anyone that Obama nominates. Even before Obama was sworn in, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) declared that he planned to filibuster any Obama Supreme Court nominee that he viewed as “too liberal.”
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The fillibuster threat has no teeth and no basis.
By the time the nomination rolls around into Congress, the Dems will have 60 votes for cloture.
Sux to be a Repub, don’t it?
May 1st, 2009 at 10:33 amI believe President Obama will nominate a woman. I support that.
I also believe we need someone to offset Scalia & Alito. Scalia must recuse himself from any input on this, given the fact he’s joined at the hip to Big Dick.
My hope is that the candidate will be a true Constitutional Law scholar, cognizant of the plight of ‘2nd class citizens’, aware & against corporate control and, above all, fair & reasonable.
May 1st, 2009 at 10:37 amObama’s Qualifications: Someone Like Souter, Believes In ‘Right To Privacy,’ Empathizes With The Powerless
– - Oh, then it’s a no-brainer; he has to pick Sen. John Cornyn of Texas.
(cough.)
May 1st, 2009 at 10:39 amNote to Minnesota SC, Hurry up and get Al Franken on the floor of the Senate, then we can get popcorn and watch the reichwing whinefest through its excruciating process…
May 1st, 2009 at 10:43 amI nominate Jonathan Turley for SCOTUS
May 1st, 2009 at 10:43 amIt won’t matter who Obama picks, the repugs will fight against it, just to be obstructionist. He could nominate Ku Klux Rove and the right would still try to deny the choice. Because, that’s how they roll.
May 1st, 2009 at 10:43 amMaybe with a few new appointees we won’t have to look forward to the supreme court appointing future presidents in states where the candidates brother has a hand in overseeing the election process .
May 1st, 2009 at 10:46 amWhat could be more activist than that ?
Conservatives will likely take issue with anyone that Obama nominates. Even before Obama was sworn in, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) declared that he planned to filibuster any Obama Supreme Court nominee that he viewed as “too liberal.”
That’s funny… A Republican still thinks he’s relevent…
As far as Obama’s choice – too bad John Edwards hadn’t behaved himself better. Otherwise, he would have been ideal.
May 1st, 2009 at 10:48 amObama’s Qualifications:
Must believe in a women’s right to kill her baby!
That’s it…in a nutshell.
May 1st, 2009 at 10:49 amIf you want to see the citizens of Wingnuttia go absolutley out of their minds, someone should start the rumor that Obama is considering naming George Soros to Souter’s soon-to-be vacant SCOTUS seat! Now that would be entertaining to watch!
May 1st, 2009 at 10:50 amShould I post u tube videos of all the thing that Mr Obama said during the campaign and than done the opposite of ? There’s plenty out there .
May 1st, 2009 at 10:53 amI’ll spare you but offer instead this article which describes as disingenuous Obama’s answer on the state secret privilege .
http://www.1115.org/2009/04/30/presidential-prevarication-still-alive-and-well/
Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
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RealityCheck Says:
Must believe in a women’s right to kill her baby!
Killing a baby is illegal, you dipsh*t loser.
I suppose the tissue blob…that is carried full term…and then it’s head is punctured in the womb…and it’s brains sucked out…is not a baby…RIGHT?
Moron
May 1st, 2009 at 10:54 amDon’t hold your breath waiting for the Republicans to chant:
Up or down vote! Up or down vote!
I only wish they’d actually gone nuclear when they had the chance, and gotten rid of the filibuster once and for all. Not many people saw this day coming, and so soon, too.
I did.
May 1st, 2009 at 10:54 am….
poor reality christ.
bad day, eh?
:)
May 1st, 2009 at 10:57 amDr. Hussein Matt Says:
RealityCheck Says:
I suppose the tissue blob…that is carried full term…and then it’s head is punctured in the womb…and it’s brains sucked out…is not a baby…RIGHT?
Not according to the bible. Why do you care if a woman gets an abortion? How does that effect your life?
You are a moron to make that statement and you must be an abortion quack Doctor Death.
May 1st, 2009 at 10:58 amTell me Einstein…why should you care if a murderer is put to death?
“I suppose the tissue blob…that is carried full term…and then it’s head is punctured in the womb…and it’s brains sucked out…is not a baby…RIGHT?
Moron”
No, it’s a fetus. You can call it a baby all f-kin’ day long, but it’s not a baby until it’s born.
Hey, how’s that anti-abortion issue been working for you lately? Any closer to outlawing abortion? Aren’t you getting just a little tired of being the Republicans’ butt-boy? They’re just using you, in case you hadn’t noticed, for fundraising, and for voting in neocons who start useless, expensive and deadly wars of choice. Is killing brown people pro-life? I wouldn’t be a bit surprised.
Moron.
May 1st, 2009 at 10:58 amHow does Obama’s saying he would appoint justices who respect privacy rights square with his broken promise and vote on FISA ?
May 1st, 2009 at 10:59 amReality Chick,
May 1st, 2009 at 10:59 amIf the “blob” of tissues was carried out “until full term”, then it would be delivered either vaginally or via c-section, and thus would be termed a “baby”.
You can’t abort an already born being, silly!
That would be murder.
RC, do you have an issue with established law in this Country? How about answering me this simple question:
May 1st, 2009 at 11:00 amIf the Republican Party had control of both Houses, the Presidency, the Attorney General’s office AND the Supreme Court for six years why didn’t they overturn Roe v. Wade when they had the chance? I’ll give you my opinion, the Republican Party has NO INTENTION of ever overturning Roe v. Wade. It is simply a wedge issue that they employ to keep the religious zealots afraid of librals and guarantees them a voting block.
Oh, I disagree, joe. I think the trolls get chubbies when they see an opportunity to smear the president as a “baby-killer”. It’s what they live for — they don’t have to make sense or offer real-world solutions to difficult problems. They just have to throw a tantrum and their job is done.
It’s like they were designed for this work.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:01 amRealityCheck said:
“You are a moron to make that statement and you must be an abortion quack Doctor Death.”
Didn’t Jesus say something about risking the fires of Hell just for calling someone a fool? I do believe he did.
Something else about judging other people and risking judgment on your own azz.
Moron? I think the epithet fits.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:02 am… like i said: DISTRACTION.
the guy hasn’t even formally announced…
let’s get back to the REAL work ahead (this is a no-brainer):
HEALTH CARE. ECONOMY. EDUCATION. ENVIRONMENT.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:02 amWell Dr. Matt, in all fairness, I did use the term “vaginally”, which probably has flustered Reality Chick all to hell, since he’s never actually seen one outside of the internet!
May 1st, 2009 at 11:02 ammk3872 Says:
By the time the nomination rolls around into Congress, the Dems will have 60 votes for cloture.
You are of course assuming that Specter will be voting with the Democrats by that time. I’m not so sure that’s going to happen. He has voted with the conservatives in every vote since he supposedly became a “Democrat”.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:02 amIs killing brown people pro-life?
Once again I see the outrageous name calling starts…because someone disagrees with your right to commit murder. Why is my being against abortion/murder of a baby…make me a racist? EXPLAIN IN DETAIL!
As far as calling a baby a fetus…it is called late term abortion…which means the BABY has come to FULL term and is ABLE TO LIVE outside the WOMB. That is the reason they SUCK THE BRAIN…out BEFORE the BABY pops out…so they call use a LOOPHOLE to say it isn’t MURDER!
MURDEROUS MORONS!!!
May 1st, 2009 at 11:03 amRealityCheck sez:
“Tell me Einstein…why should you care if a murderer is put to death?”
So I gather you’re anti-abortion…but pro-death penalty? Is that the prerequesites for being ‘pro-life’ these days? Do brown people count, or can our soldiers kill and torture and many of those sub-humans as we like?
Are you pro-death penalty? It’s so hard to tell; you’re one of the worst writers and communicators I’ve tried to decipher here on the Internets Tubes.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:05 amSeveral weeks later, Obama said in a debate with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) that he “will look for those judges who have an outstanding judicial record, who have the intellect, and who hopefully have a sense of what real-world folks are going through.”
I suppose that means that Harriet Meiers won’t be getting a second shot at nomination, huh?
May 1st, 2009 at 11:05 amRUCeriousMaggot! Says:
Note to Minnesota SC, Hurry up and get Al Franken on the floor of the Senate, then we can get popcorn and watch the reichwing whinefest through its excruciating process…
Sorry, it’s not going to happen before this vote. The MNSC has decided they are too busy to hear the case until June. And then, considering how long it took the other court to rule, it will probably be another couple of months before they will rule on the case. After that, Coleman will take it to the Supreme Court. We won’t see Franken seated until Fall or Winter of this year.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:05 amMedia Matters Action Network asks if Republicans in Congress will “remain consistent” with their 2005 position that filibustering judicial nominees is unconstitutional.
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Oh, please — of course they won’t. In fact, they’ll fight tooth and nail for their right to filibuster, and they will threaten to filibuster anybody President Obama appoints.
Personally, I think Harry Reid should call their bluff and make them do it. But since that’s not going to happen, I think it’s important that no appointment be made until Franken gets seated.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:06 amRealityMissed says:
Nuts know their nutshells.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:06 amYou’re going straight to Hell, RealityCheck. You’re the one calling ME a moron.
Jesus said so.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:06 amA Patriotic Anopheles Acting Says: I nominate Jonathan Turley for SCOTUS
Wouldn’t that make Pat Buchanan’s head explode? Buchanan mockingly referred to Turley as “chief justice” because Turley was making mincemeat out of Buchanan on the topic of torture (on Maddow or Olbermann, I forget which) just last night.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:07 amRealityCheck Says:
As far as calling a baby a fetus…it is called late term abortion.
And most late term abortions are performed to save the life of the mother. So, reality, if your wife was likely to die if she took the pregnancy to full term, what would you do? Let her die and probably lose the baby too?
May 1st, 2009 at 11:08 amDaddy-O Says:
You’re going straight to Hell, RealityCheck. You’re the one calling ME a moron.
Jesus said so.
You are a MORON…Jesus doen’t mind if you call someone by name.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:09 amAnd abortion IS evil. Just ask any woman who’s had one.
That doesn’t mean it would be the fairest thing to outlaw it. Far from it. It just means that, yes, everyone knows what an abortion is, and it’s the last choice in 99.999999% of women facing that choice. It is legal for very good reasons, which you don’t happen to agree with.
You got nothin’ to add to this ages-old discussion but your own outrage, judgmentalism and Rush Limbaugh anger to go on these days, RealityCheck. That must suck balls…
May 1st, 2009 at 11:09 amReality Missed says:
Welcome to grade school.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:11 amSince when is “boldly typing” and labeling someone a MORON NOT name calling?
May 1st, 2009 at 11:11 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
RealityCheck Says:
As far as calling a baby a fetus…it is called late term abortion.
And most late term abortions are performed to save the life of the mother. So, reality, if your wife was likely to die if she took the pregnancy to full term, what would you do? Let her die and probably lose the baby too?
Total BS…there is a thing called a C-Section. BSBSBSBSBS
Dr. Hussein Matt Says:
RC, again, MORON, why do you care if a woman gets an abortion? How does that effect your life? Please detail this….
…and Dr Death…why do you care if a murderer is put to death? Same thing. If you care about one life…you should care about them all.
I am consistent…as I am against the death penalty…MORON.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:11 amRalph, “It’s like they were designed for this work” That wouldn’t be a very ‘intelligent design’ now, would it?
May 1st, 2009 at 11:11 amRealityCheck Says:
Tell me Einstein…why should you care if a murderer is put to death?
Do you have any idea how many people on death row have since been found innocent of the charges against them?
Even if you can be 100% positive that a person committed murder, I still don’t understand why you would support killing that person. I thought that “pro-life” meant that you respect the sanctity of life. How does being in favor of killing a human being square with respecting the sanctity of life?
May 1st, 2009 at 11:12 am“You are a MORON…Jesus doen’t mind if you call someone by name.”
My name isn’t Moron. And you know it.
Y’know, I’d take you a bit more seriously if you had the slightest idea of what you were talking about…
But you flout the word of Jesus right in my face. You ignore his command to love and pray for not just your family and fellow Christians, but your enemies.
When was the last time you prayed for an abortion doctor, RealityCheck? When was the last time you prayed for Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein’s everlasting soul?
You have no idea what you’re talking about–the very definition of moron.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:13 amDr. Hussein Matt Says:
your inbred terrorist hick.
More words of wisdom from Dr Death. He loses the argument so he resorts to name calling.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:13 amA Patriotic Anopheles Acting Says:
I nominate Jonathan Turley for SCOTUS…
Bingo! That’s the name I’ve been trying to think of all morning!! Thanks!!
May 1st, 2009 at 11:14 amAlso… as Reality Missed said:
This also implies that Reality Missed speaks for Jesus. Which I believe is a no-no as well.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:15 amReality Chick Cries:
And most late term abortions are performed to save the life of the mother. So, reality, if your wife was likely to die if she took the pregnancy to full term, what would you do? Let her die and probably lose the baby too?
Total BS…there is a thing called a C-Section. BSBSBSBSBS
You know, you’d be taken more seriously in your “debate” if you would take your hands away from your ears and stop singing ” LA LA LA LA”.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:15 amI’m just so embarrassed for Reality Chex mom.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:15 amralph the wonder locust Says:
joe cantwell Says:
….
poor reality christ.
bad day, eh?
Oh, I disagree, joe. I think the trolls get chubbies when they see an opportunity to smear the president as a “baby-killer”. It’s what they live for — they don’t have to make sense or offer real-world solutions to difficult problems. They just have to throw a tantrum and their job is done.
It’s like they were designed for this work.
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well if he wants to move in under
our tent – and he might as well because
he’s here all the time – then i say he’s more than welcome.
reality christ’s a funny kind of a guy,
know what i mean?
:\
rc, this is for you dude.
dig it.
:)
May 1st, 2009 at 11:16 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
. How does being in favor of killing a human being square with respecting the sanctity of life?
Dang goober…you must have missed the part where I wrote I was against the death penalty. I guess you are not as smart as you think you are Moron?!!?
May 1st, 2009 at 11:17 amRealityCheck sez:
“I am consistent…as I am against the death penalty…MORON.”
And you consistently flout the word of Jesus by continuing to call me a moron. Risking the fires of Hell. And convincing no one of the righteousness of your cause. Man, that’s some extra-stupid stupid on display right there, folks.
My favorite: “You are a MORON…Jesus doen’t mind if you call someone by name.”
I guess He told you this himself?
ha ha
I’m done here. I believe I’ve mined this for all the pure comedy GOLD that’s buried here. Then again, maybe not.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:17 amGoober and moron, the vocabulary growth is staggering.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:17 amHmmm…
May 1st, 2009 at 11:18 amB.O. can now have his “ENCHANTED MOMENT”…and put forth another BABY KILLER…for nomination. That is if his TELEPROMPTER agrees with him?
May 1st, 2009 at 11:19 amProud Says:
Serious question. I am hearing that Obama may consider Jennifer Granholm for the SCOTUS seat. I know he will choose a liberal justice, that is his right as President, but I would like to know if anyone else has heard if this is for real or just an internet rumour. She would be terrible, I would actually prefer George Soros as a justice over her.
—
i like her.
:)
May 1st, 2009 at 11:19 amRUCeriousMaggot! Says:
A Patriotic Anopheles Acting Says:
I nominate Jonathan Turley for SCOTUS…
Bingo! That’s the name I’ve been trying to think of all morning!! Thanks!!
I really respect Turley and love his legal assessments. My problem with Turley is that he’s a Libertarian. I’m not sure how that would color his legal decisions.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:20 amAs a christian, I don’t want the govt to tell me abortion is immoral or whatever, I believe it is something I shd discuss with my spiritual leaders, parents and loved ones
If the federal govt do all the work, then what am I paying tithes for?
And what does the bible stand for?
So Reps shd get over themselves…the same govt that they accuse of mingling in their affairs is the same govt that they want to regulate their private lives….
May 1st, 2009 at 11:20 amI keep asking people if they really do understand their bible or which edited version they are reading
RealityCheck Says:
B.O. can now have his “ENCHANTED MOMENT”…and put forth another BABY KILLER…for nomination. That is if his TELEPROMPTER agrees with him?
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are you going to cry?
:|
May 1st, 2009 at 11:20 amHow many votes do we have for
“someone young – younger than Roberts”
??
RC – you are icky, and not-so-bright.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:20 amI’m beginning to think RealityCheck isn’t a Christian after all…maybe he’s a fundamentalist Muslim? al Qaeda terrorist sympathizer?
Wouldn’t surprise me.
Again, RealityCheck, one last time I’ll ask before you slither away in defeat, with your Mission Accomplished:
When was the last time you prayed for an abortion doctor, RealityCheck? When was the last time you prayed for Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein’s everlasting soul?
May 1st, 2009 at 11:20 amReality called, they want you to stop bastardizing their name.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:20 amMedia Matters Action Network asks if Republicans in Congress will “remain consistent” with their 2005 position that filibustering judicial nominees is unconstitutional.
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Expect the Republican Congresscritters to demonstrate fairness and consistency? Surely they jest!!! The acronym IOKIYAR was coined for a reason…
I don’t know where the person who asked that question has been living for the last eight-plus years (or more) — but one is inclined to suspect that the underside of a rock or an isolated atoll somewhere in the middle of the Pacific must have comprised a feature of his/her residence.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:21 amskanks should off their babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 1st, 2009 at 11:22 amProud Says:
Serious question. I am hearing that Obama may consider Jennifer Granholm for the SCOTUS seat. I know he will choose a liberal justice, that is his right as President, but I would like to know if anyone else has heard if this is for real or just an internet rumour. She would be terrible, I would actually prefer George Soros as a justice over her.
So, why would Jennifer Granholm be “terrible”?
May 1st, 2009 at 11:22 amWhile we are talking about the Supreme Court, what needs to be done is to increase the size of the Court to 11. The constitution provides that the Congress has the right to set the size of the court through legislation. In the 1930s when the court started to block FDRs legistlative agenda, the talk was in the wind about increasing the size of the court. They called that “packing the court”. After that the Supreme Court started to go along with legislation to end the Great Depression the plan was dropped.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:22 amSee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_packing.
I was setting all up to counter RC, but it looks like it’s been pretty thoroughly done.
Nobody does late-term abortions frivolously. I’ve never heard of a case that didn’t have a very good medical reason.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:23 am(YAWN)
Reality Chick’s got nothing.
It’s faux outrage is hysterical, at best.
It’s lack of gestation knowledge is sad.
It’s attempt at humor of OUR PRESIDENT falls flat on it’s face.
But, a positive, it does make for an easy troll bashing fest. With little to no effort, I might add!
May 1st, 2009 at 11:24 amHey Reality Czech care to respond to my comment @26? Or should I assume that you are allready well aware of this and are just carrying on the GOP’s favorite phony outrage?
May 1st, 2009 at 11:25 am…
proud,
are you man enough
to take the test?
:\
good luck.
::
May 1st, 2009 at 11:26 amWhere’d you go, RealityCheck?
Did someone pull into the drive-thru?
ha ha
I was looking forward to hearing about how you prayed for each of your enemies last night at the dinner table. I was looking forward to hearing about how you pray to God to release you from the overbearing judging of your fellow human beings you seem to be addicted to. I was looking forward, more realistically, to a very humorous dance sequence as you twist the logic of your argument into a Gordian pretzel.
<Mix those metaphors, Daddy-O! Put ‘em in the blender, on ‘Puree’!)
Dance, ballerina, dance!
May 1st, 2009 at 11:26 amWait a minute, did Reality Chick just say that an option, instead of “late term” abortion (which is 20 weeks or earlier), is c-section?
May 1st, 2009 at 11:29 amSeriously?
Reality Chick, you may want to google “survival rate” and “premature at 20 weeks”.
As an added bonus, try “long term effects for those born before 20 weeks and survive”.
ElBruce sez:
“Nobody does late-term abortions frivolously. I’ve never heard of a case that didn’t have a very good medical reason.”
Not only that…but no woman goes in for an abortion on a whim. It’s a myth. No woman gets an abortion without the stark reality of it facing her.
It’s still her choice. Not the Pope’s. Not Senator Hatch’s. Not her mother’s. Not anyone’s choice but hers, to be made with the most honest medical advice she can get.
Jesus hated the hypocrites most of all.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:30 amDRxJapanese Beetle, I think RealityCheck’s response was something like this:
Google? What’s that?
Cheap shot, I know…but it made ME giggle.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:31 amRealityCheck Says
May 1st, 2009 at 11:03 am
As far as calling a baby a fetus…it is called late term abortion…which means the BABY has come to FULL term and is ABLE TO LIVE outside the WOMB. That is the reason they SUCK THE BRAIN…out BEFORE the BABY pops out…so they call use a LOOPHOLE to say it isn’t MURDER!
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“Full term” is 38 weeks of gestation, or nine months. I think you are confusing a “full term” pregnancy with fetal viability, which generally occurs somewhere in the seventh month, but can occur earlier.
Roe v. Wade only affected pregnancies within the first trimester. No fetus is viable outside the womb at that time. The SCOTUS left the matter of abortions after the first trimester up to the individual states, and as a result, states have varying laws concerning late-term abortions. But there is NO state that permits sucking the brain out of a nine-month fetus.
You wanna try to repackage your argument a little better? In case you haven’t noticed, you’re getting creamed.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:32 amObama’s Qualifications: Someone Like Souter, Believes In ‘Right To Privacy,’ Empathizes With The Powerless
You mean, like the detainees denied any rights at Bagram, Mr. President?
Things that make you go, “hmmmm…..”
May 1st, 2009 at 11:33 amProud Says:
This pick by Obama will not change the direction of the court since Souter tended to trend left. But I live in MI and simply put Granholm is not trustworthy, she has screwed up way to many times to list here, if you lived in MI you would understand. A SCOTUS is one of the most important decisions a Pres makes. I just hopes he picks someone for their knowledge and prudence. I also agree that the Right should not try and impede his nominee, confirm and lets move on.
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senator specter?
:)
May 1st, 2009 at 11:36 amWith all due respect, Prod… you haven’t exactly proven your judgment in political matters to be trustworthy around here.
But thanks for your assessment. We’ll take it under advisement.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:37 amedith doesnt need to be at home baking cookies and cleaning she needs to be out s-ucking and f-ucking and topping it off with an abortion! let the female get back to holding up traffic talking on her stupid phone!
May 1st, 2009 at 11:37 amHey, ralph/wonder locust:
I tend to side with Proud’s assessment of Granholm. Ruth Ginsberg, she ain’t. And that’s what I want–a knee-jerk counter to Scalia, Roberts, Thomas and Alito.
It’s necessary. Our nation depends on it.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:39 amProud Says: simply put Granholm is not trustworthy, she has screwed up way to many times to list here
Proud usually “simply puts” in his two cents, without detail or facts to back it up, so just one or two facts about Granholm would be “to” many.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:43 amWe certainly do not need anything like the “activist judges” who created the State Secrets Privilege.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:45 ambazooka, you’re one f-ucked up human being!
/parody off
May 1st, 2009 at 11:47 amOh and she is a female.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:53 amWho is that law professer that is or was on Rachel Maddows show all the time? I liked her.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:53 amI hadn’t heard that the Supreme Court only hears abortion cases. And the fact that Roe vs Wade still stands after the past 8 years really does say how important it is to the Republicans.
Face it, trollies, if the whole abortion thing is your sole criteria for judicial qualification, you got nothing.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:54 amWhy did my posts flip flop?
May 1st, 2009 at 11:54 amIts the time travel thing TP is trying to perfect, makete. Still has bugs.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:56 amThe Supreme Court is far out of kilter. I just hope Obama doesn’t try to capitulate to the wingnuts. He could nominate Atilla the Hun and they’d still filibuster and scream that Atilla is too soft on torture.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:56 amLOL… ok thanks.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:56 amthe life of the mother – air quotes!
May 1st, 2009 at 11:57 amPLCMR ~ SMACK, WHACK, OUCH!!
May 1st, 2009 at 12:02 pmThese are 3 names I’ve heard about more than once (the “frontrunner” per the link has a rather unfortunate last name – I hope she’s not a secret neocon!):
The frontrunner for the nomination is believed to be Elena Kagan, 49, the former dean of Harvard Law School who was confirmed as the nation’s first female solicitor general on March 19. The Senate vote was 61 to 31.
Also mentioned as potential candidates are Diane Wood, 58, and Sonia Sotomayor, 54, both federal appeals court judges.
Kagan has yet to argue a case at the court, so she doesn’t sound like a great choice to me.
I like what I’ve read about Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw, but, there are some saying she’s too old (!) at 54.
May 1st, 2009 at 12:07 pmWe need a real progressive on the court. I doubt we’ll get one.
“Justice Harriet Miers”. Scared yet, folks? Obama’s pick will never be as competent as compared with how INCOMPETENT Bush’s picks were–and he got TWO.
May 1st, 2009 at 12:10 pmRealityCheck Says:
I suppose the tissue blob…that is carried full term…and then it’s head is punctured in the womb…and it’s brains sucked out…is not a baby…RIGHT?
May 1st, 2009 at 10:54 am
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Right. It’s a fetus. Not a baby. Get over it. If you don’t like abortions, don’t get one.
May 1st, 2009 at 12:13 pmTo all of you who are solidly against abortion (whom I’m sure are mostly male): If men could get pregnant, the abortion controversy would be over……there’d be a clinic on every corner. My advice to you is: Stay out of my womb. If you don’t like abortions, don’t have one.
May 1st, 2009 at 12:14 pmThanks Sites Sesli Sohbet
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You know, I find it endlessly fascinating that the same people who defend and support war, rendition, torture, wiretapping, rape, murder, disease and disasters all of a sudden climb on their moral high horse regarding abortion and seem to think they get to speak from some kind of position of moral authority.
It’s also interesting that all they care about is criminalizing abortion. When it comes to real solutions that have been proven to decrease the number of abortions performed by decreasing the number of unplanned and unwanted pregnancies, they’re suddenly on the other side. Comprehensive birth control and access to contraception saves “babies.” It’s a fact. If you’re not for those things, then don’t expect anybody to believe you when you say you’ve got a real moral concern about abortion.
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Proud Says:
A SCOTUS is one of the most important decisions a Pres makes. I just hopes he picks someone for their knowledge and prudence. I also agree that the Right should not try and impede his nominee, confirm and lets move on.
Are you feeling OK, Proud? This is like the second time in a few days you’ve sounded utterly reasonable/moderate. Has somebody been spiking your beer with the Kool-Ade?
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greggp Says:
We certainly do not need anything like the “activist judges” who created the State Secrets Privilege.
Or who halted a recount in a Presidential election.
May 1st, 2009 at 12:26 pmOh lord, prepare yourself for the craziness to come. Repubs will be going apeshit blocking every single candidate. Could take years to get someone approved.
May 1st, 2009 at 12:31 pmObama should nominate a woman for sure. I would let the ACLU suggest the first one so that at the confirmation hearings Americans could be reminded of how piggish the righties are. This woman could go into great detail about all the rights we’ve lost in the last 30 years but especially the last 8. She could call out Specter on Thomas and Alito and Roberts on Corporatism vs. Democracy. She could remind Hatch about the separation of church and state and Sessions about voting and minority rights. Then she could spray mace in Cornyn’s eyes and kick his pompous ass. Finally, she could tell these psuedo-Fascist jerks in the Senate, Repubs & Dems alike, to get real and quit passing meaningless legislation: do we really need another Senate Resolution noting it’s National Possum Week?
May 1st, 2009 at 12:32 pmI wonder how many children Realitybites has. The wingnuts are always jawing about abortion but if one of their “dates” got pregnant and they were looking at 18 years of child support what would they say. They’re so afraid of having to pay any taxes child support would send them over the edge.
May 1st, 2009 at 12:37 pmElBruce Says:
Churchgoers more likely to back torture, survey finds
The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new analysis.
(my apologies to missmolly)
May 1st, 2009 at 12:45 pmHey, wha’ happened?
May 1st, 2009 at 12:55 pmDid Reality Chick CHECK out?
Or,
Did Reality Check CHICKen out?
DRxJapanese Beetle Says:
Hey, wha’ happened?
Did Reality Chick CHECK out?
Or,
Did Reality Check CHICKen out?
I’m pretty sure he blew a gasket doctor.
May 1st, 2009 at 1:03 pmConservativeForProgress Says:
My GOD you are ignorant. You punkass trolls wouldnt know a braincell from tapioca. Do you enjoy bein this stupid? Do you like people laughing at you because you are a moron?
May 1st, 2009 at 1:54 pmRealityCheck Says:
Just go kill yourself. You are too stupid to add to any discussion. You are too much of a punk to do anything but troll here. The world expects you to do the right thing. Go kill yourself and take some of the stench and stupid away that is all you bring to the table
May 1st, 2009 at 1:56 pmRealityCheck Says:
My GOD did YOU call someone else a moron? You are the stupidest piece of garbage known to man. The bible doesnt say a single word about abortion you ignorant twit. You are so stupid it hurts to read the distilled ignorance of your posts. You are a liar a fool and a punkass troll. Go kill yourself. It is the ONLY thing someone as blatantly stupid as you can do to make the world a better place.
May 1st, 2009 at 1:59 pmRealityCheck Says:
Late term abortions are done ONLY for the health of the mother you ignorat pile of dogshite. You are stupid RC. You are always going to BE stupid. You add nothing decent to the world just go kill yourself
May 1st, 2009 at 2:01 pmNaw…I didn’t check out or chicken out. I actually went out to work! Something most of you deadbeat college azzwipes don’t know a thing about. You either get you’re money from Daddy or the government.
That is a liberals way…lazy…murderer of babies…Morons!
May 1st, 2009 at 2:03 pmNeoparasite is back begging us once again to pity him for being such a stupid and pathetic piece of human debris. Some things never change
May 1st, 2009 at 2:03 pmLawrence Tribe
May 1st, 2009 at 2:03 pmRC still thinks having a job is some HUGE accomplishment. I guess as stupid as he is it must be. Did they want fries with that you ignorant piece of garbage? Really the world needs you to do the right thing just go kill yourself. Suck on your tailpipe till you go nightynight. You arent a decent human being and you never will be. You are a liar and a fool and you only torture those forced to be in your putrid presence for even a few seconds. Spare them and us and the rest of the world of the corruption of your soulless ignorant existance and just go kill yourself
May 1st, 2009 at 2:06 pmRHF
I think for RealityPunk Women are those things he keeps in the closet and blows up with a bicycle pump
May 1st, 2009 at 2:15 pmConservativeForProgress Says:
i.e. babies in utero, or partially in utero
No such thing. Until you start using the correct words for things, we unfortunately can’t approve your request to participate in the discussion.
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EmTee Says:
Oh lord, prepare yourself for the craziness to come. Repubs will be going apeshit blocking every single candidate. Could take years to get someone approved.
They’ll get steamrolled like they have on everything else. They might want to have thought twice about opposing multiple Cabinet nominees for being pro-choice. But they overplayed their hand. If it hadn’t been for that, they might have had a shot here.
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RealityCheck Says:
I actually went out to work! Something most of you deadbeat college azzwipes don’t know a thing about.
Wingnut tactic #97: accuse everybody else of being unemployed, give yourself a gold star for being able to hold down a job. Like it’s rare or something.
May 1st, 2009 at 2:38 pmWhy are all the comments numbered “0″?
May 1st, 2009 at 2:41 pmSKdeAnt Says:
Why are all the comments numbered “0″?
Because your browser sucks.
May 1st, 2009 at 3:59 pmThat is a liberals way…lazy
— but then they will b itch about the liberals controlling the media and entertainment and oddly enough labor and so one. Damn you must really blow to get outcompeted by lazy people that don’t work because they are too busy killing babies. What ridiculous I need attention tripe…
May 1st, 2009 at 4:02 pmI’d love to watch President Obama’s nominees make mincemeat out of Republicans in a confirmation hearing. That would be a keeper.
May 1st, 2009 at 5:20 pmdbadass Says:
Classic slapdown. Love it.
May 1st, 2009 at 5:54 pmdbadass Says:
Classic slapdown. Love it.
The only thing dstankass has ever slapped down is his meat on a piece of microwave heated calf’s liver!
May 1st, 2009 at 6:57 pmHi RealityCheck. Want me to make a clown of you this eve? I don’t even own a microwave. You can’t seem to get much right…
May 1st, 2009 at 7:42 pmRealityCheck Says:
You are ignotant RC. Stupid, worthless and it is time for you to do the world the favor they are waiting for. Go kill yourself. Suck on a tailpipe, take one of your guns in the next room and do the right thing, make yourself a raid koolaid cocktail just go kill yourself. Your stupid stinks up this site and the entire world.
May 1st, 2009 at 9:17 pmBy the way RC did your trailertrash whore of a mother ever take a break from blowing syphilitic truckers at the truckstop and tell you who she thinks your daddy MIGHT have been?
May 1st, 2009 at 9:21 pmso, ok… it’s official now…
still, damn… still, it’s a distraction… which could work either way…
the righties will hate whoever he nominates, so they will put up a fight – maybe THAT will keep them occupied while other pressing business is being taken care of…
or, of course, they could screw up the whole thing just on ‘principle’ (theirs) (which is nill)…
i had this notion, that souter might be forced into this, to resign at this time, just for the purpose of uniting the ‘party’… he was supposed to be a conservative but disappointed them so, if he wants out easy he has to make it benefit the righties, a payback, if you will…
i dunno… he seems like a nice guy, with REAL principles, hates DC… so good for him…
i am glad he stuck it out till an obama got to pick a replacement…
May 1st, 2009 at 9:27 pmsesli sohbet sesli chat
May 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 amRealityCheck Says:
The only thing dstankass has ever slapped down is his meat…
Dude, you realize you just referred to yourself as dbadass’ meat.
May 2nd, 2009 at 5:50 am