Right Wing SCOTUS
Andrew Suillivan links to this ridiculous article in Salon, which argues that President Bush should not be permitted to appoint any Supreme Court Justices because he didn’t win the popular vote. The left is worried, my friends, and I’m loving every minute of it. Leftie pundits are beginning to give their opinions on what type of person should be appointed to the supreme court, and undoubtedly Michael Moore—who will soon promoting a new movie—will be asked to comment on the subject. I’d like to take a moment to remind you of a quote from Mikey that I first blogged on back on March 26.
George W. Bush is not going to appoint justices who would overturn Roe vs. Wade. He hasn’t done it in Texas, and that’s the only track record we have to look at. He’s appointed moderate justices who have upheld Texas abortion laws. He’s not a right-wing ideologue, he’s a politician, and he’ll do whatever he has to do to get elected. He reads the poll numbers, and two-thirds of the American public is pro-choice. It is part of our American culture, it will never go away. And in fact, all of the Supreme Court decisions lately that have upheld abortion have been because the Republican, Reagan-appointed Sandra Day O’Connor, Bush-appointed David Souter and Ford-appointed Justice Stevens have all been the ones upholding abortion. One of Clinton’s appointees, Breyer, is becoming very conservative. We just don’t know. Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren, and that became the most liberal court of the last hundred years. It’s a guessing game, and I’m not going to make my choice on presidents based on this sort of thing.
With the 2004 elections coming at us at warp speed, Moore will undoubtedly talk about why we need to get rid of Bush. When he discusses the fact that Bush will appoint rabid right-wing idealogues, who want to destroy abortion and reinstitute slavery, we can use the quote above to hang him.
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