Thursday, May 28, 2009
Orrin Hatch Says Sonia Sotomayor
"May be an activist judge."
Sen. Orrin Hatch said Tuesday Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor may be an "activist judge," and that just because he voted previously to confirm her to other courts doesn't mean he will vote for her now.
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When Hatch was chairman of the Judiciary Committee 11 years ago, he (and Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah) voted to confirm Sotomayor to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals — even though other Republicans held up her nomination for a year. Hatch also earlier voted to confirm her as a federal district-court judge.
But he told MSNBC that does not necessarily mean he will vote for her now.
"In 1998, I did vote to confirm her, because I believe in giving the president (Bill Clinton at the time) due deference, especially for circuit courts of appeals nominations. But now we are talking about the most important court on earth. We're talking about the court of last resort," Hatch said.
Orrin Hatch. Maybe he's not The Chief Apologist for The Republican Party?
Who knew Mr. Hatch possessed such gusto? I mean, Hatch is the person I call The Chief Apologist for The Republican Party. And he has double-duty, doing the work of The Second-In-Command Chief Apologist for the Republican Party who was Arlen Specter who defected from the Republican Party and rejoined the party of his roots, The Commiecrat Party.
Hatch has plenty of time to reverse himself and his words and become a cheerleader for Sotomayor. If he does, it will surprise me nyet. It's not difficult for me to imagine him saying to his fellow Republicans, "She's not so bad. It could be a lot worse, guys. We need to show bipartisanship and support her."
Well, for the time being, congratulations Senator Hatch. I hope you have the courage and cahones to vote against Sotomayor when the time comes.
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Labels: Arlen Specter, Liberal Hysteria, Orrin Hatch, RINO, Sonia Sotomayor
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