Giuliani To Conservatives: I'll Pick Your Kind Of Judges

AP:

Rudy Giuliani assured a conservative legal group Friday that if elected president he would appoint federal judges who adhere to their principles. He also praised a judge who declared the capital city's gun ban unconstitutional and ridiculed efforts to eliminate the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance.

In a speech marking the 25th anniversary of the Federalist Society, Giuliani spelled out a conservative legal agenda in which he cited Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts as models for the judges he would appoint to the federal bench.

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Comments

[Gary47]

He's just gwb the 3rd. Many of the repub voters lap it up. But their time is over. America is waking up and remembering liberal its values.

[photochick]

Oh boy. I certainly hope that the rest of the country discovers what us New Yorker's found out a long time ago -- this man is the opportunist extrodinaire; the king of pander. He will take whatever side and I mean WHATEVER side he thinks will do him the most good. If he's a mayor of New York City -- he'll take a more "liberal" approach; if he's running for President and the conservatives are looking for someone -- well, that's who he will become. Please America -- take a good look before you make the biggest mistake of your life -- yes, an even bigger mistake than the GWB years.

[fact finder]

this man is pure evil. Or should I say this demon in human form is pure evil.

[Kungfublood]

Who better than Rude Mr G. the king of slavering spittle to pick the next round of lick spittle judges?

[Janco54]

So - all you Dems who say you aren't going to vote - say you're not going to vote for the Democrats because you see them as "weak" and "spineless" - this is what you will have to answer for if you follow through with that threat. Nothing less than the destruction of our Republic through the judiciary and the birth of imperial rule.
And all the blogging and bitching in the world isn't going to make it any better.
Not being a Hillary fan myself, if she is the Dem nominee - I will most certainly make that vote.
Rudy as Pres will make the last 7 years look like a walk in the park by comparison.

[gakabani]

Fascism is up and running in this country of ours. The rich get richer and they, by selection process, provide the lower classes with options of their liking. They win any way you see it. Dems or Reps are just the same political garbage this country needs.

Yes, oil is close to $100 per barrel and the markets are shaky! Chine is dumping the dollar and so is Saudi Royals and the kind.

Russia, China and the EU have a surplus and we have shit to show for. Our economy is driven by oil to sustain the parity of our economy.

No wonder the US invaded Iraq!

[NotaBeliever]

We see Senator Clinton already campaigning to win over the Republicans in the generals. And we see former Mayor Giuliani campaigning vigorously to win over his own party's extremists in the primaries. One of them is being relatively smart, and one will have totally alienated the opposition if/when he does manage to get his party's nomination. How does he convince the nation he won't be another GWBush if he campaigns on GWBush's shoulders?

[pleeezzze]

What Rudy Tutie proposes is , 4 more years of BIAS BIGOTRY !!!!!!!!!!

[VOTER]

Rude Rudy to Conservatives:

" I will protect you like I protected the brave

firemen of NYC on 9/11. It wasn't my fault their

radios didn't work. Truly, their bravery is the reason

they stayed behind. YOU BELIEVE ME, DON'T YOU?"

This just in:

NYC FIREMEN WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON MONDAY. FAMILIES OF DECEASED 9/11 FIREMEN TO JOIN THEM.

[bushdoescrack]

what a fucking transparent liar. rudy will cater to anyone at any time to get any vote.

[StillAmused]

He'll pick their kind of judges, tongue-kiss Pat Robertson, defeat the Klingons, nuke Iran, subject Judith Regan to "enhanced interrogation"... and do it all in restraints, safely tucked away in a secure psych wing at Bellevue -- with all the other droolers who think they're president.

[Mutineer]

Practical Question #3: When you marry your cousin, are your in-laws really your in-laws?

[DMcD]

What a cheap pandering whore of a man -- he's presidential material alright.

911 // 911 // 911

[robbor]

Giuliani.

some people need a hummer to feel big.

for others its bling.

viagra doesn't work for Giuliani. for him, the only thing that's going to inflate his pud is to become president. that's his goal and he'll promise anything to anyone to get it. he wants to lie in bed, arms tucked behind his head and whisper " i am president, my god, i AM president, "

[MsLiz]

This is truly bizarro world. Rudy is willing to say anything to get the nomination. First he spoke to the NRA. Then he kissed Pat Robertson's ring Now he is warmly received by the Federalist Society. They seemingly are not bothered by his pro-choice, pro-gay rights, anti-gun past.

I agree with two of the premises of the Federalist Society, that "the separation of governmental powers is central to our Constitution," and that the duty of the judicial branch is "to say what the law is, not what the law should be." The third, "the state exists to preserve freedom," is Republican speak for protecting the wealthy from the unwashed masses.

The neo-cons want activists judges when it suits their agenda: Terri Schiavo, Bush v. Gore, etc. Bush's lawyer, Ted Olsen, is Rudy's contact at the Federalist Society. If elected president, Rudy will probably give Ted Olsen a plum job as a reward. The thought of Ted Olsen in power raises the hairs on the back of my neck.

Separation of Powers has been truly trashed by the Bush administration which has usurped the powers of the other branches.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Olson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Society