Monday, September 12, 2005

Roberts Day One

Joe's Dartblog rounds up MSM/leftist idiocy from the opening of Senate hearings on the John Roberts nomination. Other good sources include Howard Bashman and Tom Goldstein. Hands down, the killer quote thus far is Senator Rum Blossom's (D-Mass.) statement about hurricane Katrina on the floor of the Senate last week:
As a nation, we must be sensitive to this inequality -- sensitive as we respond to Katrina, and sensitive, too, as we select now Justices for the Supreme Court. That's a critical question for Judge Roberts. Can he unite America for the future?
Teddy: The Chief Justice of the United States isn't a politician. Supreme Court rulings normally are zero-sum games, not endless soccer-style free kicks.

The judiciary was empowered to review and decide "cases" and "controversies," picking winners and losers. Justice O'Connor was a terrible jurist because she was a uniter. Judge Roberts is right for the job in part because he won't hesitate to divide.

2 comments:

MaxedOutMama said...

The more I think about it the more the "uniting the country" thing fries my grits. The job is to decide not unite. The school desegregation cases caused endless rage and ranting. Would the honorable senators feel that was improper because it was divisive?

I really know they are all just on the same playbook of talking points assembled by focus groups, but I am so, so tired of this crap. How can one respect a Senate in which these mealy-mouthed inanities are mouthed with such grave portentousness?

Cry havoc and unleash the dogs of war, I say. I hope Bush nominates the most conservative person he can find for O'Connor's seat.

@nooil4pacifists said...

Me too--headlines as a substitute for actual thought. These folks have no concept of what a Constitution means or a judge does.