Rudy on Appointing Conservative Judges
The other day I suggested that it would be a good idea for Rudy Giuliani to more clearly commit to appointing judges with a conservative judicial philosophy. Well, apparently when I say “Jump,” Rudy says “How high?”:
As President, I will nominate strict constructionist judges with respect for the rule of law and a proven fidelity to the Constitution – judges in the mold of Justices Scalia, Thomas and Alito and Chief Justice Roberts.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
(h/t omegapaladin.)
Oh, yes, that’s the ticket. And once he’s president (hint: not in this lifetime!), what makes anyone confident that he’d stick to such a promise?
Dana (1f5458) — 7/18/2007 @ 8:09 amWe Democrats couldn’t ask for better ammo.
Andrew J. Lazarus (7d46f9) — 7/18/2007 @ 8:51 amCan you make GWB turn conservative?
Rodney A Stanton (072f66) — 7/18/2007 @ 9:30 amI must admit, even though I’m supporting Burge, that was a damn fine presentation Guiliani put on.
km (910b19) — 7/18/2007 @ 10:51 amSorry, I’m still not buying it.
James (93ffb1) — 7/18/2007 @ 11:23 amwhat makes anyone confident that he’d stick to such a promise?
A conservative majority in the House and in the Senate?
ras (adf382) — 7/18/2007 @ 12:09 pmBTW, I include the House in my previous comment as a means of exemplifying political pressure in general, not just limited to the Senate confirmation per se.
ras (adf382) — 7/18/2007 @ 12:10 pmOnly because you hate the idea of people actually basing decisions on the Constitution.
Scott Jacobs (90eabe) — 7/18/2007 @ 12:48 pmSome people may be disappointed by this Giuliani quote but I’m not:
DRJ (bea74b) — 7/18/2007 @ 1:10 pmWell, apparently when I say “Jump,” Rudy says “How high?”:
Well, take charge – tell him to quit wasting time with questions and just start jumping; you’ll let him know if its high enough.
Tom Maguire (b338c4) — 7/18/2007 @ 1:34 pmDRJ,
Unfortunately in today’s political atmosphere that’s the response you’ll get from any candidate, right or left. “Of course we’re not going to politicize the court!” It’s a sentence with words but no meaning.
Andrew is wrong. It’s only ammunition for people who believe in a “living” constitution, i.e. judiciocracy. Those people aren’t going to vote for Rudy anyway.
Eric (605286) — 7/18/2007 @ 2:09 pmPat;
Better you tell him ‘how high’ than Bernie Kerik.
Rude will continue to falter because of the closeted skeletons. They will hound him to Baskerville Hell.
Semanticleo (4741c2) — 7/18/2007 @ 3:25 pmGiuliani is simply lying. The acid test of whether someone would nominate Scalias and Thomases is whether he would appoint justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade. But Giuliani has refused to say that Roe was wrongly decided, and in fact he said three months ago that there’s a constitutional right to have an abortion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZe1j4csMq8 Why is anyone buying this?
Alan (082341) — 7/18/2007 @ 6:33 pmAnother thing I dread is finding out where Giuliani’s judicial appointees will stand on the Second Amendment. My guess is they’ll vote to repeal it, just like Giuliani would.
Now, I actually followed the link, and Giuliani once again said he’d nominate “strict constructionists.” What else has he said about strict constructionists? Has he said anything specific about how they’d deal with the worst Supreme Court decision in the last hundred years?
He’s said they might go either way on it. Oh, that’s real Scalia-like… NOT. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on3TfHi2Xl4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVtJZYF84WE
And watch his face as he answers the question whether he’d ever appoint a judge who opposes abortion rights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqvJ5u_qJwI&mode=related&search=
I can’t imagine any other candidate taking that long to answer the question or doing it so unconvincingly.
Alan (082341) — 7/18/2007 @ 6:50 pmBased on nothing more than my paranoia: I believe Giuliani to be a Trojan horse for Hillary Clinton whose job is to hurt the other Republican candidates, by dirtying them up and taking the money that otherwise would go to them, and that in the event he gets the nomination he will throw the race to her just like he did in the New York Senate race.
nk (37689a) — 7/18/2007 @ 7:23 pmOut of the 75 judges Rudy appointed while mayor, 6 were Republicans (probably of the Bloomberg stripe at that). I guess we can all count on similar type of “constructionist appointments” when he becomes President. Can you say Souter kiddies?
Thomas Jackson (bf83e0) — 7/19/2007 @ 12:45 pm