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Originally posted by bilmore
Really? So, you actively oppose all of the judicial filibusters, as a misuse of the system?
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I don't have a problem with the process there. Your side does, which is why it's thinking of changing the rules re filibusters, just as it changed other procedures relating to judicial nominations.
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You were aghast at the Torreccelli replacement? At Jefford's switch?
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Aghast? No. It certainly didn't smell right. OTOH, the principle of giving voters a choice is a strong one.
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You honor - not just accept, but honor - the SC's decision in Bush v. Gore, because it is the court's role to decide such controversies? Cool.
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I'm not sure what you mean. I think it was wrongly decided on the merits, and that the Court reached out to decide a matter that should have been settled in the state court. Exactly how does this make me a hypocrite or a cynic?
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Face it. You, like most everyone else, are consistent mainly to your own desires. You have made substantive arguments, and you have made process arguments, the choice of which has depended on how you wanted an issue to go and which argument served your needs.
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When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail to you. I have other tools.
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Your definition of a cynic seems to be "one who disagrees with me".
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What I just said.
