Cheney tells Limbaugh: Miers a 'Conservative'
We'll see how conservative Miers is. I'm not holding my breath.
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Cheney tells Limbaugh: Miers a 'Conservative'
NewsMax.com Wires
Monday, Oct. 3, 2005
Despite misgivings among some Republicans over the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, Vice President Dick Cheney promises that her "judicial philosophy" is in line with conservative beliefs.
"I've worked closely with her for years," Cheney told radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh Monday. Limbaugh has expressed his own concerns about the nomination.
"She believes very deeply in the importance of interpreting the Constitution and the laws as written. She won't legislate from the federal bench.
"I'm confident that she has a conservative judicial philosophy that you will be comfortable with, Rush.
"And the President has great confidence in her judicial philosophy."
Asked why the president didn't select a nominee with "known quantities," Cheney responded:
"The president sat down and looked at all the options and all the alternatives and spent a great deal of time on this himself. He's convinced Harriet will do a great job on the Court, as am I.
"And I think you'll find when you look back 10 years from now that it will have been a great appointment."
Rush countered by asking "why we need to wait 10 years, when Bush could have nominated someone we would know about right now?" He suggested that the White House might have wanted to avoid a fight with Democrats at this time.
Cheney answered: "We've never backed off a fight, with this Congress or any other Congress."
Pointing to Miers' legal resume, Cheney said the charge that her nomination smacks of "cronyism," due to her long association with Bush, "makes no sense at all."
Cheney was also asked about remarks by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), who said President Bush is the "Bull Connor of this generation" to the American black population, and that Cheney might be too sick to do his job.
Said Cheney: "It struck me that Charlie was having some problems. Charlie's losing it."
posted by Oyarsa | 5:46 PM
1 Comments:
*laughs*
Let's certainly hope we haven't been "Soutered"! Considering all the major cases this Court is likely to consider, I'd rather have people on the court who believe in interpretting the constitution traditionally, without discovering "new" rights or the so-called "fluidity" of the constitution.
We are precariously close to having courts which will totally usurp the legistlative branch (and in some cases, they have been, to a point, as when judges strike down laws passed in a constitutional manner as "unconstitutional". No wonder half of the U.S. sees a Judicial Activism crisis.
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