Toobin: McCain’s judicial advising coming from ‘ most extreme elements of the conservative movement'

[babylonsister]

Fair warning...

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/19/toobin-mccain-reaching-out-to-the-most-extreme-elements-of-the-conservative-movement/

Toobin: McCain’s judicial advising coming from ‘the most extreme elements of the conservative movement.’»


In The New Yorker, legal analyst Jeff Toobin looks at what the Supreme Court might look like under a McCain presidency:

The question, as always with McCain these days, is whether he means it. Might he really be a “maverick” when it comes to the Supreme Court? The answer, almost certainly, is no. The Senator has long touted his opposition to Roe, and has voted for every one of Bush’s judicial appointments; the rhetoric of his speech shows that he is getting his advice on the Court from the most extreme elements of the conservative movement. With the general election in mind, McCain had to express himself with such elaborate circumlocution because he knows that the constituency for such far-reaching change in our constellation of rights is small, and may be shrinking. … When it comes to the Constitution, McCain is on the wrong side of the voters, and of history; thus, his obfuscations.

New Yorker article here:
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/05/26/080526taco_talk_toobin
(HT: Huffington Post)

[blondeatlast]

1. Some maverick he, eh? Say the opposite, but do as he's told by the trainers...

Scary: It’s difficult to quarrel with Justice Stephen Breyer’s assessment of his new colleagues: “It is not often in the law that so few have so quickly changed so much.”

And they've barely begun.

There has never been an election this crucial, ever.

[babylonsister]

2. The Dems need to hammer in the fact that McCain would indeed be

another *. That cannot be said enough.

[NewJeffCT]

4. It would be a disaster if McCain got to replace Stevens and/or Ginsberg

and the lower courts would be even further stacked with Republic appointees, where they are already the majority on every lower court but one.

[blondeatlast]

3. This needs lots more exposure, but I'm certain that Hillary said a curse word

and Obama forgot his blue tie or something...

[babylonsister]

5. And don't forget the flag pin. nt

[blondeatlast]

6. See? If the m$m don't tell me, how will I know where to channel my false outrage?!

I COMPLETELY forgot the flag pin!

:rofl:

[blondeatlast]

7. This is what the election is really about kick. nt

[DCKit]

8. Not ALL, but it's a huge component.

The idea of endless war in the ME and the eventual, complete economic and social collapse of the West also rank on my list of concerns.