Comments on: Jeffrey Toobin On The Supreme Court

By: LarryD

LarryD — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:13:01 +0000

The decision was 7-2, that Florida should follow it’s own election laws.

That such a decision is considered partisan, only reveals the sense of entitlement among the “progressives”.

By: Itsme

Itsme — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:10:25 +0000

stevesturm #8:

aphrael: it was reading Woodward’s book that caused the gloss to start fading.

It was a good ‘un. As I recall, some of the anecdotes about Douglas were pretty entertaining. Burger’s mediocrity came shining through.

By: craig mclaughlin

craig mclaughlin — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:52:35 +0000

“Toobin is a moron.

He’s the most under-qualified, unimpressive talking head to have come out of the OJ Simpson TrajedyTV era.”

Yes, he is. And yes, he is. I can still remember the night Bush v. Gore was handed down, Toobin was on the court house steps, live, trying to read the decision and hosing it completely. Hours later he was still trying say on ABC that Gore won. I think I’ll give the book a pass; there are too many good books out there to waste time on bad ones.

By: kishnevi

kishnevi — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:18:10 +0000

Speaking as one of those Florida Democrats who voted for Gore in one of the recount counties, and who thinks Bush has been an absolute disaster as president–I think Scalia was absolutely right. SCOTUS found itself with the opportunity to bring the whole circus to a halt, and the prospect that no one else would be able or willing to bring the circus to a halt–so it did what needed to be done.
I’m glad at least one of the justices has the sense to acknowledge that.

By: stevesturm

stevesturm — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:37:20 +0000

aphrael: it was reading Woodward’s book that caused the gloss to start fading.

By: WLS

WLS — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:24:27 +0000

Toobin is a moron.

He’s the most under-qualified, unimpressive talking head to have come out of the OJ Simpson TrajedyTV era.

By: nk

nk — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:53:34 +0000

I agree with Steve #2. As good judges as they may be before they are appointed, they quickly become delegates to a permanent constitutional convention once they are appointed. However, I do not fault them. I fault the self-seeking assholes in the Congress and the state legislatures who use the courts for everything on which they do not want to take responsibility. Which means I fault us, the voters, for sending those self-seeking assholes back to office term after term.

By: aphrael

aphrael — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:44 +0000

stevesturm: I take it you’ve never read The Brethren, Bob Woodward’s inside look at the Burger Court?

By: Christoph

Christoph — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:43:18 +0000

Are you sure you’re not oversimplifying?

By: DRJ

DRJ — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:42:28 +0000

The paradox Bush v. Gore is that the justices’ gift of the presidency to a conservative sent the Court in its most liberal direction in years.

Toobin betrays his bias with one word.