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Talk About a Dodged Bullet

author Posted by:Sebastian on date May 30th, 2008 | filed Filed under: Government

I may not always be a huge fan of Justice Kennedy’s juris prudence, but holy crap did we dodge a bullet when the Democrats in Congress rejected the nomination of Robert Bork.

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tag3 Responses to “Talk About a Dodged Bullet”

  1. David Codrea Said,
    May 30th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    I’m surprised no one brought up his statist position on the Second Amendment:
    http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2005/10/replace-miers-with-bork.html

    This guy would indeed have been a disaster. And it’s distressing to hear how many rue his “mistreatment” on the grounds that he is a “conservative.”

    That label without qualification always produces more knee-jerk sloganeering than thoughtful analysis–and does untold damge when not discovered until power has been bestowed…

  2. Sebastian Said,
    May 31st, 2008 at 12:09 am

    No kidding. There’s not much I thank the Democrats for in this world, but this is one of them. To me Bork is as frightning as any living constitutionalist, because he would have the judicial branch abrogate its duty to act as a check against the other two branches and worship at the altar of two wolves and a sheep deciding what’s for lunch. We’ve had more than enough of that for one century.

    There’s a big difference between judges making up law and making up rights out of thin air, and completely shirking their obligation to enforce the words and meaning of the constitution.

  3. Oldsmoblogger Said,
    June 1st, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    So it’s not just the Ninth Judge Inkblot doesn’t understand? Where did he go to law school, Faber College?