Comments on: Conservatives Promised Gonzales Will Not Be Nominated to Supreme Court

By: The Queen of All Evil

The Queen of All Evil — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:14:02 +0000

Tokenism It Is Not

President Bush has nominated conservative jurist John Roberts to the Supreme Court.

I guess those who thought it...

By: Just Me

Just Me — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:35:40 +0000

Except that I am not real into overlooking qualified males to find the female either.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:28:35 +0000

I hope it's not a novel idea to us here that prejudice can be subconscious, and that a bunch of guys asked to pick nominees will have a tendency to pick a bunch of guys.

That to me is the argument for tokenism---the need to make 2 of 9 justices women (when what % of judges & lawyers are female? surely more than 22%?) forces us to notice the qualified females who might otherwise be overlooked.

By: Just Me

Just Me — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:54:43 +0000

I am not super into the political correctness that seems to pervade the nominees-it seems that forever more the O'Conner seat is going to be reserved for a woman.

Personally I would just like to see the most qualified person nominated, whether it is a man or a woman. Although I admit to being happy that it isn't going to be Gonzalez, and I will be even happier if he never gets the nod.

By: dw

dw — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:11:40 +0000

I think the Democrats are succeeding in making The White House think a woman has to replaced by a woman, a black by a black.

Uhh... so you're blaming the Dems for Clarence Thomas? After all, he did replace Marshall.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:58:49 +0000

Well, in my opinion Alberto is not ready, yet. There is no doubt it is brilliant, but I think he needs to needs to have more of a track record with clear experience.

But then again, we could all be very surprised.

By: Gay Orbit

Gay Orbit — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:01:09 +0000

No Court For Gonzales

Conservative groups have been told that Alberto Gonzales will not be the president's pick for the Supreme Court:The message has filtered out to conservative activists that Gonzales, whom many activists believe would be too liberal on abortion and raci...

By: Ramblings' Journal

Ramblings' Journal — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:49:43 +0000

SCOTUS nominee to be announced tonight at 9P ET

Fifth Circuit Judge Edith ClementThe White House is asking for television time tonight at 9P ET to announce and introduce to the nation his choice for the Supreme Court seat being vacated by retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.Current scuttlebutt is...

By: Rick DeMent

Rick DeMent — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:09:20 +0000

I think the Democrats are succeeding in making The White House think a woman has to replaced by a woman,

Ahhh .. Laura Bush was one of the people who mentioned that O'Connor's replacement should be a woman, I missed the part where she became a Democrat.

By: Paul of York

Paul of York — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:27:02 +0000

I hope they added "ever" after Gonzales won't be nominated.
I think the Democrats are succeeding in making The White House think a woman has to replaced by a woman, a black by a black. It's the Democrats idea, not conservatives and we should do our own thinking, we should be beyond tokenism.

By: Zsa Zsa

Zsa Zsa — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:58:03 +0000

It is too bad that in the year 2005 we are dealing with reverse discrimination!... I have seen this kind of thing happen all to often in the work place!
My friend didn't get a particular job because he was not a gay male!... Well meant I am sure...BUT... it doesn't seem right! It defeats the concept of discrimination laws! The most qualified person for the job becomes unimportant!...I compare it to going to a surgeon! Would you prefer a well qualified surgeon or one that was chosen because of their gender , race. or sexual preference!...Hmmm....

By: McGehee

McGehee — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:51:53 +0000

I wouldn't say "we're" not past tokenism -- but I've long had the impression that the permanent population of official Washington (i.e., below the political appointee level) runs a fairly consistent 30 years or so behind the rest of the country.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:44:30 +0000

I hear you on tokenism, but I noticed that when Rehnquist's possible replacements were being considered, the lists I saw were all-male.

This became amusing when O'Connor announced and the same lists got retitled without any changes to the lineup, and then overnight a couple of women appeared.

Either (a) there are no women of sufficient caliber to make a list of Rehnquist replacements, or (b) we're not past tokenism yet.

By: Danny Carlton: codenamed "Jack Lewis"

Danny Carlton: codenamed "Jack Lewis" — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:29:30 +0000

Gonzales out of the running

From The Hill: White House officials have assured select conservative leaders that they will not nominate Attorney General Alberto Gonzales...

By: the musings of Brandon Jaynes » Not Gonzales to SCOTUS

the musings of Brandon Jaynes » Not Gonzales to SCOTUS — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:15:21 +0000

[...] Outside the Beltway has a blog entry stating that conservatives have been promised that Bush’s pick to the Supreme Court will not be Gonzales. [...]