Patterico's Pontifications

7/30/2006

Roberts and Alito Misled Us

Filed under: Buffoons,Humor,Judiciary — Patterico @ 8:26 am



Sen. Tedward Q. Kennedy writes in the Washington Post: Roberts and Alito Misled Us:

I was, er, promised four bottles of, er, Chivas and two, er, hookers if I voted for these right-wing extremists. I did not get my payment.

No, Sen. Tedward, you did not — but then, you didn’t vote for them.

(Roberts tally here, Alito tally here. Kennedy voted “nay” on both.)

P.S. Yeah, he actually writes with the “er” inserted. I think the Post left them in to show that it was written by him and not some staffer.

P.P.S. If you’re looking for a sincere response to Kennedy’s tripe, which doesn’t make up quotes like I just did, go here.

5 Responses to “Roberts and Alito Misled Us”

  1. Where is Dr. Laura when you need her. This guys obviously crying out for help,even that phony Dr.phil could probably help,who knows.That room his son was in is available.

    jainphx (286767)

  2. I have to say Pat those comments are not in keeping with you usual character of someone who disagrees with respect..

    [Kennedy doesn’t deserve respect. — P]

    charlie (e583c4)

  3. Having read the piece written by Senator Kennedy, it fills me with outrage that the idiotic voters in Massachusetts keep sending him back to represent them. They deserve to be stripped of representation in the Senate if Kennedy and Kerry are the best they have to offer.
    Kennedy’s stand for civil liberties rings hollow to me. Please someone show me a reference in the Congressional Record where he tried to introduce legislation to protect individual property rights after the Kelo decision. Wait, it did not happen. Civil liberties mean nothing to Kennedy when it comes to increased tax revenues.
    Now let us take a brief look at the law behind the case of Rapanos v. United States. The Clean Water Act (CWA) specifically refers to navigable waters of the United States. Why does it do that? The only way to make the CWA constitutional was to couch it within the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. From there it has been stretched wafer thin to cover any body of water that might eventually feed into a navigable body of water. No matter whether or not a law is for the good of the people, if it goes beyond constitutional limits, it should not be enforced. Quite possibly, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito believed that the United States’ case stretched the law too thin. Kennedy’s lack of scholarship does not allow the reader the chance to see a possible alternative point of view. Is it possible that Kennedy believes the legislative and executive branches can go beyond constitution when it supports his ideology?
    The bottom line is that Kennedy does not want to “rubber stamp” the nominees who share judicial philosophy with the President. He wants the President to present nominees that share judicial philosophy with Senator Kennedy. Considering the Senator’s past, I’m not sure I would trust a judicial nominee that had a mindset similar to Mr. Kennedy’s. The Senator certainly cannot claim the moral high ground with a straight face.

    Steve (7d7719)

  4. Diver:

    “The administration’s tactics succeeded in turning the confirmation hearings for Roberts and Alito into a sham. Many Republican senators used their time to praise, rather than probe, the nominees. Coached by the administration, the nominees declined to answer critical questions.”

    The tactic was taught by one of your favourite Justices: Ginsburg

    LaVallette (05c870)

  5. That should be “Swimmer” not “Diver”. Has not even got the the moral courage to be a “diver” in the circumstances.

    LaVallette (05c870)


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