But President Obama, who will choose the nominee, focused not on volatile ideological questions but on personal character, saying he wanted someone with "empathy" for "people's hopes and struggles." Los Angeles Times
Is this not a little strange coming from a "Constitutional law expert" ??
Souter's tenure on the court was marked by a willingness to vote outside political party lines, marking him as an independent thinker. ABC News.
What do electoral politics and party lines - or "empathy" have to do with the constitutionality of a law or a previous court decision.
Stay safe!
I hope you cover the AIPAC conference in your later blog posts. It should be an interesting event to keep an eye on.
Posted by: John | 01 May 2009 at 07:37 AM
what a disaster
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3709270,00.html
Posted by: eakens | 01 May 2009 at 12:13 PM
Taking the liberty to use this as open thread:
Is this not a little strange coming from a "Constitutional law expert" ??
What do electoral politics and party lines - or "empathy" have to do with the constitutionality of a law or a previous court decision.
Posted by: rjj | 02 May 2009 at 11:30 AM
Maybe Obama is looking for a few more judges like the one that just dismissed the AIPAC case...
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/05/01/1004853/lawyers-credit-obama-team-for-dismissing-aipac-case
And the beat goes on....
Posted by: charlottemom | 02 May 2009 at 05:48 PM