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Bush nominates Alito to Supreme Court
Topic Started: Oct 31 2005, 05:11 AM (766 Views)
Rick Zimmer
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Jolly
Oct 31 2005, 01:06 PM
What I support is legislative intent.

One man, one vote. Representative democracy, a functional republic.

I believe our Founding Fathers were quite wise in letting elected bodies enact the laws that govern us, since this lends itself to inertia, except in times of crisis. Inertia in lawmaking is not a bad thing...yes, sometimes it precludes us from doing the "right thing", but it mostly keeps us from hastily lurching into the wrong.

Ruling by judicial fiat is more akin to dictatorship, or monarchy, two forms of government which we hopefully will never experience...

Do you feel the Court has the right to determine the Constitutionality of a law? If so, each judge must then interpret the Constitution in some way to make such a determination, even if the judge is interpreting what he/she believes the original intent was.

Thus, we are right back to judicial activism. You simply want judges who interpret based on your view of things. But interpret they must do.

(And, of course, the entire concept of your one-man, one-vote theory was imposed by judicial fiat on the states by the Warren Court, if I am not mistaken, and was considered judicial activism in the extreme at the time.)
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Oct 31 2005, 12:55 PM
Rick Zimmer
Oct 31 2005, 12:52 PM

I am not sure how anyone can decide this guy is qualified at this point, unless they simply are viewing this through ideological glasses.

I am not sure how anyone can decide this guy is unqualified at this point, unless they simply are viewing this through ideological glasses.

After all, he has already made it through a round of Senate approvals for his 3rd Circuit appointment.

I haven't expressed any opinion about his qualifications. I am waiting for him to go through the process.

The type of judge I might accept on an appellate court is completely different from the type of judge I might accept on the Supreme Court.
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