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However far out on the fringe we may find ourselves, at least Ty has received an answer to his questioned boundaries of the 2nd amendment.

Ty, I doubt Penske will ever truly answer your question about flamethrowers, if only because he carries one in the trunk of his car.

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No. It's the "as long as it's legal, it's moral, if it's done by a Republican, and the 'legal' part really isn't all that necessary either" camp.

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I'm sorry, Ty, but this is bullshit. There is no way you took Bush at his word.

Substitute "them" for "us", okay?

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One point of concern, Edith Clement is so low on my list because I am concerned she may be a stealth Souter.

Her bio is:

Born in Birmingham in 1948. Received her bachelor's from the University of Alabama and her law degree from Tulane. She worked in private practice, specializing in maritime law, in New Orleans from 1975 to 1991, when President George H.W. Bush nominated her to the U.S. court for Louisiana's eastern district. She served until 2001, as chief judge in the final year, before being nominated by the second President Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She has drawn less criticism than some of the other potential nominees but has also been less in the public eye.

Biggest concern is that her initial presidential patron was GHWB a man whose legacy is Souter, new taxes and allowing Saddam to stay in power. Not a ringing endorsement.

Further,

She has stated that the Supreme Court "has clearly held that the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution includes the right to have an abortion" and that "the law is settled in that regard."

I am not sure if that means that she wouldn't be for narrowing Roe or the right appropriately, but it's stealthy. I pray Bush stays the course and goes with Janice Rodgers Brown or Edith Jones (or a darkhorse like Priscilla Owens).

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OTOH, a good sign appears, like a talking burning bush on the mount:

Still, Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said that Clement's record raises "seriously troubling" questions about her commitment to protecting personal freedom. "Unless she was able to put those concerns to rest in Senate hearings, pro-choice Americans would oppose her nomination," Keenan said.

Anything NARAL's against I am for.


Sean Rushton, director of the conservative Committee for Justice (search), said that while his group is "ready for it to be any minute," making the announcement next week would give liberals like Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., a little less time to push public opinion.

Hey Sean, two words,

MARY JO KOPECHNE.

Bring to a lather, rinse, repeat.

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Done.

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In HIPAA, protected health information remains protected health information, even if the patient authorizes disclosure.

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Senator Barbara Boxer appearing on Fox News this afternoon was asked about the 'Gang of Seven' deal not to Filibuster nominees unless it is Extra-ordinary circumstances; declared that "with the right to privacy and Roe v Wade on the table this is an Extra-ordinary circumstance and the Filibuster is on the table".

We are going to war. Bring it on you hag!

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In my book, "nefarious" is sending your unqualified, partisan lout of a husband on the taxpayers dime to drink "sweet tea" "poolside".

"Nefarious" is telling someone you are CIA during a "heavy makeout session" on a third date.

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Some more info:

• B.A. - University of Alabama, 1969
  J.D. - Tulane University 1972
  1973-1975 Law clerk for Judge Christenberry, U.S.D.C. E.D. La.
  1975 - 1991 Jones, Walker, Waechter, Potivent, Carrere, & Denegre (law firm), specializing in maritime law
  1991 - Nominated to the Louisiana Eastern District Court
  2001 - Nominated to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  
  
  Strong advocate of the federalist revolution
  
  Favors limitation of Congressional power
  
  Conservative jurist
  
  Has a narrow view of plaintiff "standing" - making it harder for plaintiffs to seek a remedy from the courts
  
  Has authored several opinions that show a lack of regard for jury awards for pain and suffering
  
  Has been criticized by fellow jurists for substituting her own view for those of trial courts and juries
  
  Longtime member of the The Federalist Society, a conservative legal group
  
  Wrote an opinion arguing that parts of the Americans with Disabilities Act was unconstitutional as applied to state and local governments. Justice O'Connor's judgment on a similar case was the opposite. The case O'Connor and the Supreme Court ruled on was well known because the disabled plaintiff had to climb up the County Courthouse steps for a court appearance because there was no handicap access to the building. He refused to climb again, and was arrested for not appearing in court. O'Connor and a majority of the Supreme Court held that the disabled deserved equal access to the courts.Tenn. V Lane; "Jurors Side with Disabled in Lawsuit" - MSNBC
  
  
  Notable cases:
  
  Re Monumental: she authored a dissent that would denied class certification for to a group of African Americans who wanted to sue 180 insurance companies for charging them more than white customers for the same insurance policies.
  
  Brown v. Parker Drilling Offshore Oil Corp: she vacated a jury award for a man who had been injured working on an offshore rig. He injured his back in the incident, and because he had not told his employer prior to his hiring that he had been treated at an emergency room previously for a back injury, Clement felt that the company owed him nothing for injuries incurred on the job.
  
  Volger v. Blackmore: wrote the majority opinion drastically reducing the award to the family of a mother and daughter who died in a car accident, in part, she asserted, because there was not enough evidence that the daughter had experienced pain and suffering before dying. ( A fellow Fifth Circuit Judge criticized her for violating the deference to jury verdicts rule).
  
  Planned Parenthood of Houston v. Sanchez: upheld a Texas statute that restricted the distribution of federal family-planning money to any organization that performed abortions or participated in abortion-related activities.

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BS.

I'd love to see how much money the Dems raked in over the last few days in response to the "Dear Voter...Rove should be arrested...signed John Kerry" letters that have been flooding in-boxes around the nation.

eta: I misread "years" for "days" in your initial post

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W should nip that in the bud and fire Rove right now.

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Good. That would be utterly fantastic.

Because then we go nuclear, Luttig or someone comparable goes in as the next Justice, and Estrada, et al all get a new vote on the Appellate slots.

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She could be worse. Stay the course W, stay the course!

PTL!

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What with Abe Fortas having been filibustered, surely the GOP isn't going to pretend that filibustering a Supreme Court nominee is unprecedented, etc.

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Cool. Where did he stay? Tell me about the Four Seasons Niger and the featherdown beds that he slept in while there.

Was she reverse cowgirl at the time? C'mon, Slave -- your sources must know this too.

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I'm going to try saying this for the third time, since you don't seem to have paid attention the first two times. Niger is a pit. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, and most of it is sand or dirt. The kind of pools you find there are not the kind of pools that you want to lounge next to. No one could confuse Niger with St. Bart.

Moreover, Plame didn't "send" Wilson anywhere.

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On that filibuster:

Do the Dems have enough balls to pull a (what I would call a) TRUE filibuster and shut down all Senate business - or would they pull a filibuster lite, as usual?

Gotta love homophobia. I guess the kid isn't gonna grow up to be gay after all.

I hope the motherfucker fries.

ETA: nope Just second degree murder

Says the motherfucker's grandmother: ``Ronnie ain't never did nothing bad,'' she said. ``But you know how the devil is. He takes the good ones.''

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Like a lightbulb going off, Wilson's name magically appeared on a piece of paper.

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That's like asking whether you have the balls to stop you car like Fred Flintstone instead of putting your foot on the brakes.

When Republicans blocked Clinton judges, I don't recall any conservatives saying, "that's not ballsy enough -- let's seem them do an old-skool filibuster."

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Not in general, but I haven't seen anything on the Rove question to indicate what he did was immoral.

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That's just a matter of bad tactics on the part of the DEMs. And frankly, I think they have been winning lately. See SS and the Fristing of the GOP on the fillibuster issue.

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As I recall, the GOP had the Senate at least half the time, so a filibuster would hardly be necessary.

I guess your answer is no.

I know you love the word "smear". When can we expect the "smearing" from the Left? 9:03 EST? Or will they have the decency to wait until 9:04 EST?

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What's so special about 9:04?

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LOL, I just got this email 2 minutes ago:

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Didn't this have bipartisan support?

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It's so hard to tell when you're kidding after your advocacy of state-sanctioned rape.

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Thanks for the link!

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It's hard to acknowledge any moral authority from someone who supported the state sanctioned murder of Terri Schiavo.

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The wonderboy of the right wrote a book, which is full of insights like "For liberals, premarital sex is less morally repugnant than smoking or hunting."

Fuck yeah, Virgin Ben.

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Check and see when Breyer and Ginsburg were consented by the Senate, and who controlled the Senate at the time.

Your answer is still no, though not for the reason you think. Ty's point is valid.

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Depends on what you're smoking.

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I get bombarded pretty regularly by the RNC, asking me to have a lunch with Cheney or some such stuff for only a few thousand dollars dedicated to the defeat of those old meanie heathenous Democrats, even though I've never given a dime to the RNC.

As you've no doubt gathered, I'm more sympathetic to the Democratic Party, yet I've never been solicited by the stuff that so clearly intrudes upon your solitude.

You should check your surfing habits, or something.

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She suggested his name; it wasn't her decision to send him.

I suggested that Bush nominate Mike McConnell (#4 on Penske's list!) to the Supreme Court, but that doesn't mean it's my call.

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Slave's obviously given more money to the Democrats than we have.

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Partisan hack! Partisan hack!

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Yes! Indeed! I believe that we are bridging the ideological divide, in part, because, when push comes to shove, you reject the racially and ideologically divisive and marxist politics of personal destruction of Kleagle Byrd, Manslaughterer Ted and the ex-Rapist-in-Chief.


Ebony and ivory.........

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Slave's kitchen is in the Four Seasons Niger!

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Isnt't that the best type? Closet conservative.

The game now is all about insider information. Find someone who is a closeted conservative (or liberal) whose record reflects mainstream views. Meanwhile, get confident that your line to the clerks and so forth reveals a better view of the person (obviously the intelligence sources screwed up on Souter). Her saying Roe is the law of the land is pretty unremarkable, which is why Edith Jones's dissent was so remarkable. No circuit court judge should think otherwise--they're not in a position to overrule it, so why bother saying otherwise?