Comments on: Reid: Gonzales Qualified for High Court

By: bryan

bryan — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:13:20 +0000

I think he passes the non-litmus-test litmus test the Democrats have for supreme court nominees.

By: Jim Rhoads (vnjagvet)

Jim Rhoads (vnjagvet) — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 23:32:17 +0000

Is there some "reverse English" in this story? Daring the Pres to make an appointment against the grain of his more conservative supporters? Ya think?

By: Cadillac Tight

Cadillac Tight — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 23:29:34 +0000

Cronyism

Man, am I out of touch with the far right (of which I'm occasionally accused of membership) - my problem with Alberto Gonzalez has absolutely nothing to do with abortion, or with his mythical ability to transform himself into David...

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 22:40:55 +0000

The President doesn't pick nominees solely on whether they're "qualified"; I don't see why the Senate should be limited to considering that sole factor. Checks & balances ... That said, how someone who thinks the Youngstown case is simply irrelevant to executive wartime power, can even be said to be qualified to be a Supreme Court justice, is beyond me. But that was no bar to his becoming AG, it seems.