Those opposed to the Roe v Wade abortion decision are “the far right” in the vernacular of the Associated Press. In a dispatch datelined from Winston-Salem, North Carolina where John McCain delivered an address Tuesday castigating Barack Obama for voting against the confirmations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, as he pledged to name non-activist judges, reporter Libby Quaid wrote:
McCain, the eventual GOP nominee, promised to appoint judges in the mold of Roberts and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, saying they would interpret the law strictly to curb the scope of their rulings. While McCain didn't mention abortion, the far right understands that such nominees would be likely to limit or perhaps overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
An excerpt from the top of “McCain castigates Obama on judges,” posted at 6:39 PM EDT on Yahoo, to which the MRC's Justin McCarthy alerted me:
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Republican John McCain criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for voting against John Roberts as U.S. chief justice, reaching out to the Christian right on one of their chief concerns: the proper role of judges in government.Conservatives contend that federal judges have upset the constitutional balance of power among the courts, the Congress and the presidency by making far-reaching decisions, such as one in 2005 that let cities seize people's homes to make way for shopping malls.
"My nominees will understand that there are clear limits to the scope of judicial power, and clear limits to the scope of federal power," McCain said Tuesday in a speech at Wake Forest University.
McCain, the eventual GOP nominee, promised to appoint judges in the mold of Roberts and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, saying they would interpret the law strictly to curb the scope of their rulings. While McCain didn't mention abortion, the far right understands that such nominees would be likely to limit or perhaps overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion....
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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Rove V Wade will not be overturned no matter what
May 6, 2008 - 22:33 ET by Dee Bunkthe best we can hope for are limits and without conservative judges partial birth abortion will be overturned and any state laws about abortion will be disallowed.
Most dems, including Obama know that it won't get overturned after this many years yet they still act as if it will to get moderates riled up. Most people would be appalled if they realized that they people Obama would put in would have no limits on it at all.
Far Right? Or Far left?
May 6, 2008 - 23:21 ET by CobraMan"While McCain didn't mention abortion, the far right understands that
such nominees would be likely to limit or perhaps overturn the Roe v.
Wade decision that legalized abortion."
McCain didn't mention abortion, but the AP sure did. That makes me wonder: Do they mean the Far Right or the Far Left? It seems to me that it's the Far Left that is worried sick that Roe Vs Wade might be overturned and that they will do anything they can to prevent that from happening, up to and including adding things that were never said in the speeches of Republicans just to stir up the abortion supporters.
As far as the rest of the citizens are concerned, I bet most of them would side with McCain on the issue of appointing strict constitutionalist judges over “living Constitution“ types.
Have you seen some of their garbage?
May 7, 2008 - 06:25 ET by GrannyGrump42Like this stupid ad put out by a bunch of abortion fanatics in New York, claiming that if he became President, McCain would "criminalize women":
http://realchoice.bl...
No sense of reality whatsoever. Far lefties are like prepubescent kids who, when told to clean their rooms, run screaming to their friends about how "Mom just wants to RUIN my life!"
Didn't McCain
May 7, 2008 - 02:05 ET by sarcasmoVote FOR Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Now there's a conservative credential!! (Prediction: Lots of testosterone-filled election year talk about Constitutionalist judges, followed by another attempt at a Harriet Myers style justice if he thinks he can get away with it.)
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
sarc - voting for a judge
May 7, 2008 - 08:22 ET by Dee Bunkdoesn't mean you want them or approve of them, only that they are qualified. There are many things to not like about John McCain, but his votes on Judges are not one of them. He has shown great professionalism in that regard. He was key to getting Roberts and Alito confirmed.
Ginsberg was confirmed 96 to 3 and Bryer 87-9. The President gets to pick S.C. judges and that is how it's supposed to work. I hope, now that the Dems have made the process so partisan that the Republicans will follow suit because even though it's not right, Republicans have to stop letting the Dems get away with stuff like that with no consequences.
I don't see how we can say he'll pick conservatives
May 7, 2008 - 08:33 ET by sarcasmoAnd I'm not that thrilled by any of 'em with the exception of Justice Thomas, lately. I'd say the process is totally political with 0 qualification element at this point, anyway, and I don't trust any of the three likely choices to appoint judges who value freedom. It's depressing.
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
Sarc - It is very depressing but if McCain pulls it out somehow
May 7, 2008 - 08:42 ET by Dee BunkI won't worry about judges anywhere near as much as with Obama.
What votes have Roberts and Alito made that make you unhappy with them?
None, yet.
May 7, 2008 - 09:01 ET by sarcasmoBut I'm not looking forward to them when they do happen, considering the sorry state of Federalism these days. Let one of them write an opinion that admits, or at least hints-at, the existence of the 9th and 10th Amendments to limit the size and scope of government power and I'll be less-nasty, but right now I'm a fan of exactly one Justice, and he'd probably get more heat from me, if I had time to read more. As this article says, "The real legal challenge facing libertarians isn't judicial activism; it is defending individual rights from the liberals and conservatives who seek to take our liberties away."
I think our legal system is unbalanced, and (because there was actual punishment of misconduct for once) I think the Duke Lacrosse case was a very bad thing because it got lots of publicity. Most people are going to assume there are consequences for rare instances of misconduct, when most of the time it's the consequences that are rare and the misconduct is all too common. I know from personal experience that the vast majority of prosecutor misconduct is either underpunished or it goes totally unpunished. For the sake of the law itself, the legal system needs to cure itself of this bias. Right now, that doesn't seem to be a priority for anyone in politics.
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
Force McCain to choose a
May 7, 2008 - 08:40 ET by NL207Force McCain to choose a Conservative VP at the convention. make it abundantly clear the conservative vote will stay home if he doesn't.
I doubt McCain will last two years in office. Look at his health. This is a man from afamily of short lifers who was tortured for 5+ years by people that know how to torture a man and aren't afraid to do it. He will be 73 in 2009. Even Ronald Reagan was only 70 at his first innaguration.
Get your Constitutionalist Judges this way.
NL - McCain's mom is still alive and sane
May 7, 2008 - 08:45 ET by Dee Bunkso he may have her genes.
Yes, his mom is still
May 7, 2008 - 08:55 ET by NL207Yes, his mom is still living. He has already outlived his paternal lines.
I look at him. His physical condition says it all. He is elderly. Compare him at 72 to Ronald Reagan at 72. See any differences? I do.
NL - oh yeah - he's elderly all right
May 7, 2008 - 09:02 ET by Dee Bunkand that is why he won't win. He shuffles around like an old man. I really wish he would just step down.
What would happen if he did step down (before the election)?
McCain
May 7, 2008 - 10:36 ET by iveseenitallMcCain may not win, but not because he is too old. He shuffles mainly because of the torture he suffered as a p.o.w. I respect him for that, every time I see him "shuffle". IMHO, the reason he may not win is that he has been, as a politician, disloyal to the party. He's a RINO who trusts some "liberals". He doesn't understand the "liberal" mentality and actually acts like a "liberal' at times. Issues such as immigrant amnesty, open borders, and his own naivite when it comes to the enemy within will be the ones which have done him in if he loses. He just doesn't understand that you can...
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
iveseen - I don't mind his age or his shuffling personally
May 7, 2008 - 11:07 ET by Dee BunkI'm just saying that the public won't elect him. It's like Bob Dole only Bob Dole hadn't alienated as many conservatives. I don't think he stands a chance unless something drastic happens. He is incapable of getting people excited to vote for him. He has his small following and anyone else will be voting against the Dem candidate not for him and it's hard to win that way.
Dee... What happened? I
May 7, 2008 - 11:14 ET by Clear thinkerDee...
What happened? I thought that last night I had you convinced as to why McCain would win.
"Abstain from McCain"
Not really Clear
May 7, 2008 - 11:31 ET by Dee BunkYou just had me believe there is an outside chance and that his chances are slightly better against Obama than Hillary. I'm hoping for what you say to happen even though a McCain Presidency is also a pretty depressing scenario.
We hear every election
May 7, 2008 - 02:26 ET by MidAmericaWe hear every election how the far right fringe out of the mainstream jack booted Republicans are going to do away with abortion and send innocent young women to their deaths by coat hangers in back alley clinics. However, now that obama will be the dems nominee, the msm media has to make 'abortion rights' one of the central themes of this election because they have to give hillarys disappointed supporters a reason to support obama.
Paging Miss Cleo....
May 7, 2008 - 04:16 ET by old croPaging Miss Cleo.....I was wondering what happened to that famous psychic Miss Cleo, now we know......she's an editor for the AP.
I don't consider
May 7, 2008 - 10:24 ET by Mr. PaulI don't consider myself "far right". I am conservative but Far right means I have no concept of reality just as the far left. What is so wrong about having judges that understand what the constitution is all about?
"After eating you should not wipe your hand until you have either licked your fingers or given them to someone else to lick. Sahih Muslim vol.3 book 21 no.5037-5042 p.1119-1120"
McCain at town hall meeting today
May 7, 2008 - 12:26 ET by bigtimerI saw earlier this morning on CNN a question and answer period by McCain at a town hall meeting in Rochester, Mi. there was a very intelligent man that stood up and asked McCain to read a book about the false Global Warming data by Roy Spencer I think he said, then he went to all the places we have oil here...named about everywhere...McCain was short with him and called him my friend, as usual...he said what is your question my friend...so the man replied about drilling here...the majority of the audience clapped loudly...it was great I have looked for a link, can't fine one yet...
He gave a bunch of gibberish for an answer because I know how he has voted, I know his words on the Senate floor over the years about this...he says he is a federalist and it should be up to the states my friends...if Az. wants to drill in the bottom of the Grand Canyon blah blah blah...it was pathetic...he just does not get it...but I heard him barely start to flip flop here...going to be interesting on down the road, as long as more of us regular realists out here question this directly to hm that is...
CNN does not have the link to this yet...I will find it later though if someone else doesn't get it first.
I'm hoping Rush will have a clip of it on his show today.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill