While speaking to a gathering of abortion rights activists, Sen. Obama underscored what he believed to be an important factor in determining the viability of a Supreme Court justice:
"We need somebody who's got the empathy to recognize what it's like to be a young teen-aged mom."
No Senator, we need judges who can understand the pronounced meaning of our Constitution and apply that reading to the cases brought before the Court. Compare the pandering patois of Obama to the well-informed and common sense approach of Chief Justice John Roberts, given during his confirmation hearings.
"Somebody asked me, you know, 'Are you going to be on the side of the little guy?' And you obviously want to give an immediate answer. But as you reflect on it, if the Constitution says that the little guy should win, the little guy is going to win in court before me. But if the Constitution says that the big guy should win, well, then the big guy is going to win, because my obligation is to the Constitution. That's the oath. The oath that a judge takes is not that 'I'll look out for particular interests.' ...The oath is to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States, and that's what I would do."
Roberts v. Obama?
ReplyDeleteRoberts would crush him, in the same way he made fools of the entire Senate during his confirmation hearings.
Obama's only chance of doing anything serious is to hang on to Hillary's skirt as her VP--not that I think that is a real possibility.
Yes Mr. Obama, let's throw out our rule of law for your unprincipled, emotional mumbojumbo! And to think that this guy used to be a law professor. Strike that: I am not actually surprised.
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