16-02-2016, 11:24 PM
Sounds suspiciously like the plot to a Dan Brown novel.
I think there might be "beaters" out there in the bushes trying to make conspiracy noises to delay a re-appointment.
Here's what Chief Justice Rehnquist, the original arch-conservative/Federalist poster-judge, had to say about presidential appointments at the end of a term (which, by the way, politicians have been moaning about since Thomas Jefferson):
"...presidents do nothing more than to seek to appoint people to the Court who are sympathetic to his political or philosophical principles. There is no reason in the world why a President should not do this. One of the many marks of genius that our Constitution bears is the fine balance struck in the establishment of the judicial branch... If nothing else, the public will, in the person of the president of the United States - the one official who is elected by the entire nation - have something to say about the membership of the Court and thereby indirectly about its decisions. Surely, we would not want it any other way." The Supreme Court (2001)
I think there might be "beaters" out there in the bushes trying to make conspiracy noises to delay a re-appointment.
Here's what Chief Justice Rehnquist, the original arch-conservative/Federalist poster-judge, had to say about presidential appointments at the end of a term (which, by the way, politicians have been moaning about since Thomas Jefferson):
"...presidents do nothing more than to seek to appoint people to the Court who are sympathetic to his political or philosophical principles. There is no reason in the world why a President should not do this. One of the many marks of genius that our Constitution bears is the fine balance struck in the establishment of the judicial branch... If nothing else, the public will, in the person of the president of the United States - the one official who is elected by the entire nation - have something to say about the membership of the Court and thereby indirectly about its decisions. Surely, we would not want it any other way." The Supreme Court (2001)
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."