Tausch, sounding more and more like a Senate candidate, weighs in on Sotomayer
Tausch at Concord Tea Party June 24
Following on the heels of this week's latest anti-Obama, andti-"stimulus" mailing from STEWARD of Prosperity's Fred Tausch, the Nashua businessman weighs in on the Sotomayer Supreme Court nomination:
SENATORS MUST REJECT SOTOMAYOR’S JUDICIAL ACTIVISM
CONCORD, NH – STEWARD of Prosperity founder Fred Tausch, of Merrimack, released the following statement today as the Senate Judiciary Committee launches hearings on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court:
“Chief Justice John Roberts opened his confirmation hearings by saying that a judge should act like an umpire – applying rules but not making them. Senators must bear that in mind as they examine and evaluate Judge Sotomayor’s long record of judicial activism. With the nation’s highest court having reversed her reasoning in six out of seven opportunities, Committee members will be hard-pressed to deny that she doesn’t inject her personal views into her rulings.
“Senators have a solemn ‘advice and consent’ duty that charges them with the important job of evaluating the President’s judicial nominees. If their intention is to put the Constitution first and protect the Supreme Court from becoming an extra-legislative body, they will reject Judge Sotomayor’s nomination.”
I'm wondering where our present Republican Senator stands on this-- My bet is he acts like a well-behaved politician seeking not to make waves or ruffle feathers (as usual) and follows the tired mantra of "giving the President his pick." You know-- like the Dems have always done.
Also, does anybody know if the presumptive favorite of the GOP country club crowd, Kelly Ayotte, would be bold in this instance and take a stand against an activist judge like Sotomayer?
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Posted by: Pete G. | July 14, 2009 6:59 PM