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Judging Obama
Patterico's Pontifications —
... Northwestern Law School Prof. Steven G. Calabresi analyzes the “extreme left-wing” judges he thinks a President Obama would appoint: ...
Obama Will Make the Supreme Court Liberal for Decades
Stop The ACLU —
This is one of the most important reason you need to get out and vote for McCain! The net result is that the legal left will once again have a majority on the nation’s most important regulatory court of appeals. The balance will shift as well on almost all of the 12 other federal appeals courts. Nine of the 13 will probably swing to the left if Mr. Obama is elected (not counting the Ninth Circuit, which the left solidly controls today). Circuit majorities are likely at stake in this presidential election for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eleventh ...
The courts under Obama
Betsy's Page —
Stephen Calabresi , a law professor at Northwestern, writes of what the courts might look like after four to eight years of an Obama presidency. Obama has told us of what he is looking for in judges he would appoint. Speaking in July 2007 at a conference of Planned Parenthood, he said: "[W]e need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom. The empathy to understand what it's like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old. And that's the criteria by which I'm going to be selecting my judges." Consider how ...
Obama's 'Redistribution' Constitution
USS Neverdock —
The courts are poised for a takeover by the judicial left.
Abbreviated Pundit Round-Up
Daily Kos —
... Steven G. Calabresi, as a professor of law, should know better than to take a snippet from a quote and twist it to suit his own purposes. Oh, never mind...he's the co-founder of the Federalist Society. ...
Awwwww …
Jules Crittenden —
[image] « AndrogyNazi Awwwww … SPOOKY: An eighth grader’s... More great holiday decorations, this time from Newton, Mass., which if you’re not familiar with it is part of the Cambridge Triangle … Cambridge, Newton, Brookline … a sort of Volvo zone where people’s common sense, free speech rights, that kind of thing, mysteriously drop off the radar screen. Boston Herald : A children’s Halloween window painting contest in Newton may have some Republicans on edge after a restaurant window was decorated with tombstones engraved with the names of John McCain, Sarah Palin and President Bush. The eye-catching painting, on the window of the ...
Like, It Could Get Worse?
The Mahablog —
I always cringe when I hear someone say, “It can’t get any worse.” That’s absurd; it can always get worse. I don’t think “worse” has a floor, unless you count the End of the Universe. And maybe there’s a “worse” beyond that that’s unreachable by human understanding. But let’s leave that for another post.
It is beginning to sink into the rightie hive mind that they could lose the White House as well as more seats in Congress. And they are flapping about frantically trying to warn us of how dangerous it would be to elect Barack Obama.
Like, it could get ...
And You'll Be Forced To Marry a Box Turtle!
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Steven Calabresi waxes hysterical and ludicrously implausible: If Mr. Obama wins we could possibly see any or all of the following: a federal constitutional right to welfare; a federal constitutional mandate of affirmative action wherever there are racial disparities, without regard to proof of discriminatory intent; a right for government-financed abortions through the third trimester of pregnancy; the abolition of capital punishment and the mass freeing of criminal defendants; ruinous shareholder suits against corporate officers and directors; and approval of huge punitive damage awards, like those imposed against tobacco companies, against ...
Obama's Judicial Philosophy Comports With Redistribution of Wealth
A Blog For All —
Yesterday's revelations about Sen. Barack Obama's legal philosophy relating to the redistribution of wealth should be a warning sign to anyone who thinks that Sen. Obama will not engage in a massive shift in how the government does business and sticks its nose into your personal business and affairs. Obama clearly believes that the Warren Court was insufficiently radical for his tastes, and that experience may have soured him on the idea that the courts could be used to further his agenda of redistribution of wealth. Obama has been tied to that agenda for years, as audio interviews have repeatedly shown, although the media isn't willing to highlight that particular ...
More Obama and the Courts
The Corner on National Review Online —
[image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Tuesday, October 28, 2008 [image] More Obama and the Courts [Mark R. Levin] Excellent piece re Obama and the Constitution by Professor Steve Calabresi, a former colleague of mine in the Meese Justice Department. 10/28 11:22 AM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us ...
Friends don't let friends vote third party
The Reaction —
By Carl The fear-mongering of this article aside, there's an important consideration for all progressives: to make sure that Barack Obama not only wins the Presidency, but that his coattails are long and enveloping: Although two seats on this court are vacant, Bush nominee Peter Keisler has been denied even a committee vote for two years. If Barack Obama wins the presidency, he will almost certainly fill those two vacant seats, the seats of two older Clinton appointees who will retire, and most likely the seats of four older Reagan and George H.W. ...
Noonan for Obama’s Press Sec’y?
The Anchoress —
After the veep debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin, Peggy Noonan looked like the sad lady at the end of the bar when she peered up at Brian Williams and said “she killed.”
One might have thought that Noonan, a avowed conservative and loyal keeper of the Reagan flame, would have been pleased with Palin having “killed” in the debate, but no - that was not the impression Noonan gave.
A pal of mine who writes for a “prestigious” magazine - they’re all prestigious in their own minds, I guess - confessed to me that he was puzzled by Noonan’s seeming dislike of Sarah ...
Fretting About Obama's Judges
TalkLeft —
Steven Calabresi can't believe readers will take this Wall Street Journal opinion piece seriously ... can he? One of the great unappreciated stories of the past eight years is how thoroughly Senate Democrats thwarted efforts by President Bush to appoint judges to the lower federal courts. If only. Did Democrats block the nomination of William Pryor or Priscilla Owen or Janice Rogers Brown? Spare me. [more ...] The president's ability to radicalize the courts with right wing ideologues was hampered in the last two years, but the damage had already been done. Let's not even talk ...
Courtside
The Corner on National Review Online —
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 [image] Courtside [John J. Miller] If you're not thoroughly depressed, you obviously haven't read Steve Calabresi's piece in the WSJ today about Obama and the courts. Mark L. linked to it earlier and I'm doing it again ...
Hewitt Award Nominee
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
"If Mr. Obama wins we could possibly see any or all of the following: a federal constitutional right to welfare; a federal constitutional mandate of affirmative action wherever there are racial disparities, without regard to proof of discriminatory intent; a right for government-financed abortions through the third trimester of pregnancy; the abolition of capital punishment and the mass freeing of criminal defendants; ruinous shareholder suits against corporate officers and directors; and approval of huge punitive damage awards, like those imposed against tobacco companies, against many legitimate businesses such as those selling fattening food," - ...
Another "Obama is SCARY!" Piece
Hoffmania! —
Steven Calabresi at WSJ Online: If Mr. Obama wins we could possibly see any or all of the following: a
federal constitutional right to welfare; a federal constitutional
mandate of affirmative action wherever there are racial disparities,
without regard to proof of discriminatory intent; a right for
government-financed abortions through the ...
WSJ: 'Obama's 'Redistribution' Constitution'
Hyscience —
Clearly, nothing less than the very idea of liberty and the rule of law are at stake in this election, and letting Obama replace justice with empathy in our nation's courtrooms is just plain nuts.
Townhall.com Staff: What's Hot Wednesday?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
What are the most popular stories around the web this morning? Townhall does the surfing so you don't have to. CNN: Obama Breaks Promise on Campaign Finance Los Angeles Times: McCain Accuses Times of Suppressing Obama Video Slate: Presidential Race Politico: Why McCain is Getting Hosed in the Press US News & World Report: Blame McCain Not Palin for Struggles Wall Street Journal: Obama's 'Redistribution' Constitution Chicago Tribune: Latest in Jennifer Hudson Family Case: Murderer Had Help Time Magazine: Against All Odds, McCain Still Sees a Final Comeback New York Post: Cloris Might be 'Young' Again ...
October 29 roundup
Overlawyered —
District court tosses $5.2 million punitive damage award against TASER in closely watched case [CalPunitives, Feral Child]
You mean demanding that opponent submit to a “PET brain scan” is vexatious? [The Briefcase, Stemple v. Dunina, Ohio]
Election’s implications for federal courts [NLJ, NYT, Steven Calabresi @ WSJ]
Don’t even think of using “the cash machine legal clinic” as your slogan if Louisiana implements tough new lawyer-ad rules [New Orleans City Business]
Our long national slide toward “election by litigation” ...
Obama Will Seal Leftist Plot To Seize Supreme Court And Federal Circuits
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
We got this and this.
Wall Street Journal:
One of the great unappreciated stories of the past eight years is how thoroughly Senate Democrats thwarted efforts by President Bush to appoint judges to the lower federal courts.
Consider the most important lower federal court in the country: the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In his two terms as president, Ronald Reagan appointed eight judges, an average of one a year, to this court. They included Robert Bork, Antonin Scalia, Kenneth Starr, Larry Silberman, Stephen Williams, James Buckley, Douglas Ginsburg and David Sentelle. In ...
Obama's 'Redistribution' Constitution
USS Neverdock —
The courts are poised for a takeover by the judicial left.
Townhall.com Staff: What's Hot Thursday?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
What are the most popular stories around the web this morning? Townhall does the surfing so you don't have to. Houston Chronicle: UT Poll Shows McCain With Comfortable Margin ABC News: Did Obama's Primetime Pitch Make the Grade? Wall Street Journal: Obama's 'Redistribution' Constitution Los Angeles Times: Allies of Palestinians See a Friend in Barack Obama Politico: McCain Camp Trying to Scapegoat Palin CNN: Rob Reiner's Mom, Had Key Line in 'Sally,' Dies Slate: Don't Worry, Be Happy US News & World Report: 12 Things You Should Know About Aspirin Chicago Tribune: Latest in Jennifer Hudson Family Case: ...
Tenacious Liberalism: Obama Supreme Court Judges
Stop The ACLU —
Cross-posted by Maggie at Maggie’s Notebook [image] If Barack Obama wins the Oval Office, will America be so fed-up with Liberalism after four years of a Democrat President and Democrat-held Congress that we make a significant move back to Conservatism? Oh, if it were that simple. Four years of Obama, Pelosi and Reid will entrench this country so deeply in Liberalism that it may take generations to turn the country around. Within the first year of an Obama Presidency, three Supreme Court justices will likely retire, maybe four, and be replaced with Barack Obama’s vision of political, social and economic justice. I’ve listened to Greta Van Susteran’s ...
Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: If GM, Ford and Chrysler get bailed out...
Doug Ross @ Journal —
[image] • Mitt Romney, writing in the New York Times : Let Detroit Go Bankrupt : "IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye." • American Digest : Jonestown? That's So Over. Isn't It? • WSJ : Obama's 'Redistribution' Constitution raises some important questions about the judiciary in a prospective Obama administration. • Corner : If the 'Employee Free Choice Act' Applied to Presidential Elections... • Don Surber : Gaskets Blown . Alas, poor MoveOns, your little campaign against Joe has failed. • ...
Comment on I Have Seen the Future, and It Doesn’t Work the Way You Think by Dan M.
Comments for Lean Left —
Thanks, Digg, excellent analogy.
Vaguely related to the OP: WSJ is scared that Obama might actually differ from a Republican in his judicial appointments, and it appalled by the possibility (yes, it’s an old link; I just found it.):
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122515067227674187.html
Supreme Empathy?
Wizbang —
Speaking to a Planned Parenthood Conference in Washington, DC, in July 2007, then-Senator Barack Obama made the following observation with respect to the qualifications of Supreme Court justices: "We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom. The empathy to understand what it's like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old. And that's the criteria by which I'm going to be selecting my judges." Some time later, the brilliant Thomas Sowell responded with this common-sense question: Do we really want judges who decide cases based on who you are, rather than on the facts and ...
A nation with two sets of laws
Hyscience —
Having watched President Obama and the Democrats in Congress essentially shred the Constitution and the rule of law in what appears to be obvious attempts to destroy our capitalist system and our individual freedoms, I find Nancy Morgan's warning in her piece, "Demise of the Rule of Law" to be right on target; we all should be very scared, indeed: [...] With Obama's ascension to the highest office in the land, America is quickly turning into two separate and unequal factions - the elites who decide the rules and the peons who are obliged to follow them.
Our political elites are currently crafting a drastic overhaul of a health care system ...
