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Originally posted by bilmore
I have to wonder about this guy, and why Bush wants to expend so much political capital getting him in (unless the expenditure is more aimed at "don't fuck with me".)
I simply can't get good info on this guy - the two presses are so politicized, there's simply no good factual record I've found. I've seen him excoriated for saying the U.S. should be following the bible, but, at the same time, I see the hard-core christers are pissed at him 'cuz he fought to get Moore (the 10-commandments judge) dumped for disobeying the higher court. So, I have to wonder if our "news" system isn't so totally fucked that none of us operate, ever, on the same premises. Scary thought.
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I watched his confirmation hearing. The rub, from what I can tell, is that he is a pretty religious catholic and the line of questioning on the left focused on whether he could divorce his beliefs from what is required under the law. He said he could and that he understood that Roe was the law of the land and would follow law until the Supremes say otherwise. He also had the opportune moment to enforce the ruling against Moore, further evidencing his commitment to the rule of law. I have not seen any other critisms of him.
I think we are rapidly approaching a watershed moment in US history, as the rule of law is on a collision course with 1st amendment religious rights. I think the FAR LEFT believes that devout religious adherence should be a disqualification from the bench (and perhaps public service as a whole), while the FAR RIGHT believes that these are necessary qualifications. We also see this in the this in the gay marriage debate, where the right of gays to marriage is directly contrary to the teachings of most religions.
These are but two examples of my predicted 2nd US Civil War (though I don't expect a shot to be fired). The age old capitalist/socialist tension is also becoming more pronounced, and we are quickly becoming more and more (at least) 2 countries living within single borders.
The best solution, as I can see it, is a third political party, uniting the liberatarian wing of the GOP with the the socially moderate, fiscally conservative wings of the Democratic party, and Rudi would be the perfect candidate.
