May 06 2008
McCain promises more extremist judges
In a rather obvious and blatant attempt to kiss up to the radical right wing of the Republican party, John McCain promised today that if he is elected he will appoint extremist right wing judges like John Roberts, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas…
McCain pledges more conservative judges
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. John McCain moved to shore up his support among conservatives by pledging Tuesday to nominate strict-constructionist judges to the federal bench.
“It will fall to the next president to nominate hundreds of qualified men and women to the federal courts, and the choices we make will reach far into the future,” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said during a speech at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.
“My two prospective opponents and I have very different ideas about the nature and proper exercise of judicial power,” he said, referring to Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
“We would nominate judges of a different kind, a different caliber, a different understanding of judicial authority and its limits.”
(Not to be intentionally mean about it, but does John McCain really need to worry about making choices that will reach far into the future?)
The adults responded:
Responding Tuesday to McCain’s claims, Obama campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor said, “The Straight Talk Express took another sharp right turn today as John McCain promised his conservative base four more years of out-of-touch judges that would threaten a woman’s right to choose, gut the campaign finance reform that bears his own name, and trample the rights and interests of the American people.
“Barack Obama has always believed that our courts should stand up for social and economic justice, and what’s truly elitist is to appoint judges who will protect the powerful and leave ordinary Americans to fend for themselves.”
Meanwhile, Clinton campaign Policy Director Neera Tanden responded by saying, “We won’t take lectures on the right way to approach the Constitution from Sen. McCain, who voted for extreme conservative judges like Justice [Clarence] Thomas.
“In an effort to pander to conservative voters, Sen. McCain has signaled his intention to appoint right-wing judges who are committed to rolling back women’s rights and civil rights, elevating the interests of big business over the rights of workers and consumers, affirming executive branch power grabs, and undermining our common core freedoms.”
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said McCain has a “radical, right-wing judicial philosophy.”
Throughout this campaign I have heard people speak of finding an excuse to not vote for this or that candidate. If you were still searching for a reason to not vote for John Sidney McCain III, he gave it to you today.
2 Responses to “McCain promises more extremist judges”
Yeah, they sure hate that Judicial Activism when it’s not handing the presidency to their guy!
There isn’t anything wrong with conservatist judges as long as they are looking only at the law when making their decisions. Unfortunately, it is hard for any individual to check their political leanings at the door (both liberals and conservatives). So far, John Roberts has done a pretty good job, even though he is an evil “conservative.” If there are more judges like that out there, I wouldn’t mind them being appointed. Unfortunately, the media can easily predict which way any judge will go with good accuracy since their political views do impact their rulings.