Invasion Of The Constitution Snatchers: Bush Judges Scare The Halloween Out Of Me

[RedEarth]

It’s Halloween, so I’m going to scare the bejeezus out of you.

* Judge William Pryor, U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. A former Alabama attorney general, Pryor went to court to defend notorious Chief Justice Roy Moore’s 2.5-ton Commandments monument in the state judicial building, telling a rally that God had chosen Christians “to save our country and save our courts.”

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Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that Bush “has transformed the nation’s federal appeals courts, advancing a conservative legal revolution that began nearly three decades ago under President Ronald Reagan.”

“On Oct. 6,” The Times noted, “Mr. Bush pointed with pride to his record at a conference sponsored by the Cincinnati chapter of the Federalist Society, the elite network for the conservative legal movement. He noted that he had appointed more than a third of the federal judiciary expected to be serving when he leaves office, a lifetime-tenured force that will influence society for decades and that represents one of his most enduring accomplishments. While a two-term president typically leaves his stamp on the appeals courts – Bill Clinton appointed 65 judges, Mr. Bush 61 – Mr. Bush’s judges were among the youngest ever nominated and are poised to have an unusually strong impact.”

The newspaper added, “Republican-appointed judges, most of them conservatives, are projected to make up about 62 percent of the bench next Inauguration Day, up from 50 percent when Mr. Bush took office. They control 10 of the 13 circuits, while judges appointed by Democrats have a dwindling majority on just one circuit.”

http://blog.au.org/2008/10/31/invasion-of-the-constitution-snatchers-bush-judges-scare-the-halloween-out-of-me/