Congress has stalled ratification/approval of many of GW Bush’s appointments to federal judgeships, in some cases, the stalling has lasted for years, Congress failing to give an up or down vote, failing to give any vote at all.
Now BHO will have quite a slate of appointments to make.
Recollect that the first words out of Obama’s mouth when Rick Warren (Saddleback Church) asked him which Supreme Court justice he would not have appointed…”Clarence Thomas”.
The entire process of using appointments to judgeships as a political tool and winding up with clearly agenda driven judges who will gladly subvert their duty of interpretation of the law and “legislate from the bench”…is one of the more subtle and appalling nails in the coffin of our system of government. Colin Powell, the guy who endorsed BHO at the 11th hour (didn’t want to be left out of the DC social circuit) more or less admitted that he couldn’t bear any more Roberts or Alito type appointments to the SC (w/o naming them, of course).
Many of this go round’s Presidential contenders (especially the final two) seemed quite happy to ignore the nation’s immigration laws in the name of “compassion” or something. (I guess since Slick Bill got away with perjury in 2 cases, state and federal, “the law” doesn’t mean much anymore)
The Hispanic bar in the state of Arizona has gotten through a measure where legal documents can no longer describe someone arrested who is found to be in the country illegally as an “illegal immigrant”. What shall we call them now ? …”Our good friends from Mexico (unfortunately) caught with one hand in the cooky jar and one hand holding a gun” ?
