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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 07:51 PM Jul 2014

Christie's 'judge problem' will be a lingering concern among conservatives if he runs for president

http://news.yahoo.com/christie-s--judge-problem--will-be-a-lingering-concern-among-conservatievs-if-he-runs-for-president-212804833.html

Before Chris Christie embarked on a tour of Iowa this week in a trip that renewed speculation about his presidential ambitions, the conservative advocacy group Judicial Crisis Network released a set of web videos accusing Christie of failing to do as much as he should have to appoint conservative judges to the state Supreme Court during his years as New Jersey’s Republican governor.....

“New Jersey’s Supreme Court has been one of the most activist courts in the nation,” a narrator says in one of the JCN videos, which was posted on a website the group created, ChristieBadOnJudges.com. “The court’s liberal rulings have wreaked havoc on state finances, driven away business and jeopardized jobs. … Over and over, Gov. Chris Christie promised he would fix it — remake the court with judges who respect the rule of law. Over and over, he broke his promise.”...

“It will definitely be a big issue if he wants to move forward to run for president,” Vander Plaats, who heads an Iowa religious conservative group called the Family Leader, told Yahoo News. “Any presidential candidate will have that area of their experience fully dissected, and they’re going to be questioned about this. If Christie’s going to run for president, he’s going to have to address that issue.”...

“To see a record as abysmal as Gov. Christie’s record in the state of New Jersey, I guarantee you that will be a red flag for most voters in the state of Iowa, but also most voters in the Republican primary,” Santorum said, speaking of his possible future rival in an interview with Yahoo News.


I don't think Krispy has much of a problem with judges. Most of them live and work in New Jersey, so they don't cross the GWB.
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Christie's 'judge problem' will be a lingering concern among conservatives if he runs for president (Original Post) KamaAina Jul 2014 OP
There are only two kinds of judges -- lawless liberal activists rocktivity Jul 2014 #1
Can tell republicans do not like him. Romney 'used' him once & never met /w him again. Sunlei Jul 2014 #2

rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
1. There are only two kinds of judges -- lawless liberal activists
Wed Jul 16, 2014, 08:13 PM
Jul 2014

and those who respect the rule of law? Got it.

Either they don't have enough sense to be properly embarrassed, or this is actually a stealth plot to make Christie look more moderate.

P.S. Consider the source...

“To see a record as abysmal as Gov. Christie’s record in the state of New Jersey, I guarantee you that will be a red flag for most voters in the state of Iowa, but also most voters in the Republican primary,” Santorum said, speaking of his possible future rival in an interview with Yahoo News.

...Of the state Supreme Court nominees he has proposed to the legislature, the Democratic-majority judiciary committee has approved just three...Christie got three new Republicans on the Supreme Court...successfully making it a more conservative court than the one he inherited...(But) that explanation won’t hold up in the long term, Santorum said.

“So if we have a Republican president and a Democratic Senate, then we’re going to get the same kind of nominees? I don’t think that flies,” Santorum said. “You fight. That’s where you’re there to do. You fight to get people who are good judges who will decide cases, not legislate from the bench.”



rocktivity

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
2. Can tell republicans do not like him. Romney 'used' him once & never met /w him again.
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 01:10 PM
Jul 2014

I think its the Christie 'wild child'. The Romney family cult doesn't want their 150? clan of children exposed to Christies wildboy.

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