Comments on: Obama proposes up or down vote on judges https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/obama-proposes-up-or-down-vote-on-judges/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:07:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ron Miller https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/obama-proposes-up-or-down-vote-on-judges/comment-page-1/#comment-141194 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:07:35 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=27120#comment-141194 No, MJS, it still makes no sense.

]]> By: DensityDuck https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/obama-proposes-up-or-down-vote-on-judges/comment-page-1/#comment-141190 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:52:21 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=27120#comment-141190 Hugo, it might be an uncommon case, but that doesn’t make it any less meaningful that someone who filibustered an appointment is now claiming that filibustering is bad.

]]> By: Yeaah https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/obama-proposes-up-or-down-vote-on-judges/comment-page-1/#comment-141189 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:30:13 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=27120#comment-141189 @mjs You mean anyone who does not follow right wing ideology to the letter?

]]> By: mjs https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/obama-proposes-up-or-down-vote-on-judges/comment-page-1/#comment-141186 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:45:31 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=27120#comment-141186 I’m surprised I would have to explain…..

This phrase refers to the elites, the progressives, the cognoscente–all of whom believe they know more than the folks of middle America.

]]> By: Ron Miller https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/obama-proposes-up-or-down-vote-on-judges/comment-page-1/#comment-141160 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:55:02 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=27120#comment-141160 MJS, what does “think they are superior” have to do with the price of tea in China?

]]> By: RRA https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/obama-proposes-up-or-down-vote-on-judges/comment-page-1/#comment-141159 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:55:00 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=27120#comment-141159 Wouldn’t Sen. Obama’s “no” vote fall into the “down” category of “simple up-or-down vote”?

]]> By: Hugo S. Cunningham https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/obama-proposes-up-or-down-vote-on-judges/comment-page-1/#comment-141154 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:42:07 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=27120#comment-141154 [Obama is]
>the only sitting president in American history who has voted to filibuster a judicial nomination

A little bit misleading. Before Obama, the last ex-Senator to become President was Richard Nixon in 1969. The modern era of Senatorial disputes on USSC nominations did not start until 1969.

]]> By: mjs https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/obama-proposes-up-or-down-vote-on-judges/comment-page-1/#comment-141148 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:22 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=27120#comment-141148 Only “those who think they are superior” would position Alito as outside the mainstream of middle America.

]]> By: Nicholas https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/obama-proposes-up-or-down-vote-on-judges/comment-page-1/#comment-141147 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:32:59 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=27120#comment-141147 You have lost all credibility for saying that Alito is “well within the mainstream”. The only stream he’s in the middle of is a stream of bad reasoning and extremism. That’s not the kind of stream which makes for good judging.

]]> By: shg https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/obama-proposes-up-or-down-vote-on-judges/comment-page-1/#comment-141139 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:16:52 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=27120#comment-141139 Comparing a Supreme nominee to district and even circuit nominees is, well, a bit disingenuous. As to whether Alito is “well within the mainstream,” everyone is entitled to their opinion, no matter how outlier it may be.

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