Bush Continues Fight For Judicial Nominations

Bush Continues Fight For Judicial Nominations

President Bush made it known yesterday he will continue to fight hard for his judicial nominations. The names of five judges were sent to the Senate that were previously nominated positions within the appealate courts. One of these has been threatened in the past with a filibuster from democrats.

Bucking opposition in the Senate, President Bush on Wednesday nominated five people for the U.S. Court of Appeals, including one whom Democrats have threatened to block with a filibuster.
News that Bush had decided to nominate the conservative jurists came before Bush spoke at a fundraiser for Bob Corker, who faces a tough Senate race against Democratic nominee Harold Ford Jr.

“I need a U.S. senator who understands that we need people on the bench who will strictly interpret the Constitution and not use the bench to legislate,” Bush said.

A White House statement said Bush was nominating Terrence Boyle of North Carolina and William James Haynes II of Virginia to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, Michael Brunson Wallace of Mississippi for the 5th Circuit, and William Gerry Myers III of Idaho and Norman Randy Smith of Idaho for the 9th Circuit.

And oh how the 9th Circus needs some balance. Getting judges that have a originalist interpretation of the Constitution should be of major importance to Conservatives in today’s world of judicial activism. Today’s courts are making sweeping decisions that are changing our lives in ways our founder’s could never have imagined. The dangers of having judges on the bench that want to use international law in their interpretations of our consititution cuts at our very soverignty and dismantles the very power of the Consititution itself.

The nomination of strict originalist to the bench should be one of the primary concerns for Conservatives that are concerned with the dangers of judicial activism in today’s times. Bush may have many flaws, but his record on judicial nominations has been great overall. Everyone who is jumping ship and staying home during these midterm elections to teach the conservatives some kind of lesson should consider how a change in the power balance of the Senate will affect Bush’s ability to appoint the kind of judges we need out there.

Captain’s Quarter’s is on the same page.

It also provides another reminder for conservatives to put aside their diffidence of late and turn out for the mid-term elections. The messaging here is not subtle, and Bush made it explicit in his appearance. He wants a safe Republican majority in the Senate in order to put his stamp on the judiciary, a traditional privilege of the Presidency until the Reagan administration and the nomination of Robert Bork. Harry Reid reacted predictably, calling the renominations “extremely divisive”, although Reid must have dreaded the thought of going through another election cycle with a recent history of obstructionism.

If your concerns are anywhere near as strong as mine are about our current courts, don’t stay at home during the midterms. We don’t need anymore moonbats in the Senate and we need to replace as many as possible that are wearing black robes, bowing to ACLU demands, and legislating from the bench.