Supreme Court Musings
I seem to be having a bit of writer's block today. It seems like there is so much going on: the new supreme court nominee, additional bombings in London, and China kind of sorta revaluing the Yuan, but I do not feel a great desire to write about anything specific. I do not even have anything from my personal life that I feel would be of interest.
However, I ultimately decided I would do some general meandering on the supreme court nominee, Judge John Roberts Jr. Suprisingly, this nomination has not caused any extreme amounts of angst in me. He looks like a good guy and has a solid business background (socially I am liberal and fiscally I border on conservative).
He very well may be the stealth candidate that the social conservatives are looking for. Other than a statement that he appeared to help author regarding the overturning of Roe v. Wade, it does not seem like there is much to pin this guy down on in regard to ideological thoughts and issues. He is Catholic, which always calms me down (although Scalia is also Catholic), but for some reason, I tend to believe Catholics are a little more open minded and socially aware than their evangelical Christian cousins (despite what their fire breathing pope says). However, I could be wrong. The Dobsons and Sheldons of the world seem to be happy with the choice and that does worry me.
Before I had time to properly do any research on this fellow, I read only the blip about his long ago stance on Roe v. Wade. I called my boyfriend and started ranting about the direction this country is taking. I had given up - I essentially told him that the religious right could have the court and do what they will. "Go ahead and reverse Roe v. Wade and see how it feels when your daughters are dying in alley ways from botched illegal abortions" was one of my comments. Ok - a little dark and severe (and my boyfriend basically told me that). I can only hope that Roberts most recent statements on Roe v. Wade hold true - that is the "settled law of the land," and he does not bring his socially conservative thoughts to the bench (like Scalia does).
Still not sure why I do not feel a "fire in my belly" regarding this. Have I given up? I guess I ultimately realize we will get no liberal nomination and maybe Roberts is not as bad as what could be forced down our throats. The scariest thought is - am I just sick of fighting?
However, I ultimately decided I would do some general meandering on the supreme court nominee, Judge John Roberts Jr. Suprisingly, this nomination has not caused any extreme amounts of angst in me. He looks like a good guy and has a solid business background (socially I am liberal and fiscally I border on conservative).
He very well may be the stealth candidate that the social conservatives are looking for. Other than a statement that he appeared to help author regarding the overturning of Roe v. Wade, it does not seem like there is much to pin this guy down on in regard to ideological thoughts and issues. He is Catholic, which always calms me down (although Scalia is also Catholic), but for some reason, I tend to believe Catholics are a little more open minded and socially aware than their evangelical Christian cousins (despite what their fire breathing pope says). However, I could be wrong. The Dobsons and Sheldons of the world seem to be happy with the choice and that does worry me.
Before I had time to properly do any research on this fellow, I read only the blip about his long ago stance on Roe v. Wade. I called my boyfriend and started ranting about the direction this country is taking. I had given up - I essentially told him that the religious right could have the court and do what they will. "Go ahead and reverse Roe v. Wade and see how it feels when your daughters are dying in alley ways from botched illegal abortions" was one of my comments. Ok - a little dark and severe (and my boyfriend basically told me that). I can only hope that Roberts most recent statements on Roe v. Wade hold true - that is the "settled law of the land," and he does not bring his socially conservative thoughts to the bench (like Scalia does).
Still not sure why I do not feel a "fire in my belly" regarding this. Have I given up? I guess I ultimately realize we will get no liberal nomination and maybe Roberts is not as bad as what could be forced down our throats. The scariest thought is - am I just sick of fighting?
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