Edith Clement Nomination: All things considered, is it good or bad?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

Remember when voting, folks, there is absolutely no chance we're going to get a liberal on the bench with Bush in office.

With THAT in mind, comparing her to other potential and realistic nominees, is Clement possibly being nominated a good thing or a bad thing?

On edit, if it's bad, which of the potential and realistic SCOTUS nominees WOULD you like to see happen?

[WCGreen]

1. Stealth candidate....

Has not had to rule on any controversial issues in her court....

She is a member of all the major right wing think tanks and prominate in the Federalists.

In the mold of Scalia and Thomas

[LSparkle]

4. But she claims Roe is "settled law" which isn't bad

I'm just afraid this mess is going to take focus off Rovegate -- if she's even slightly acceptable, we ought to just say "no problem" and keep pummeling Chimpy on KKKarl. (Get him in a weakened position before he has to nominate Rehnquist's replacement.)

[dobegrrrl]

8. Settled law

My understanding is that she ruled that way only because she had no choice - the Court of Appeals cannot over turn the SC. She may take a different view and probably will if (WHEN) confirmed.

[LSparkle]

10. Yeah, and I've done some checking into the Federalist Society

and if she's part of that pod ("and I choose my word carefully"), then that's NOT a good thing....Made me consider deleting my post. I'm now inclined to think she's a stealth nominee.

[WCGreen]

11. Let the Special Prosecutor do his job....

That will happen regardless of what goes on in the SC....

BEside, you are right. It really makes no difference since this president doesn;t give a shit what anyone inside or outside of his party thinks...

[genius]

2. She's a Federalist. That's really bad.

[Goldmund]

3. I'm not getting your "Yes"/"No" options

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. Sorry for the typo...

corrected.

[quiet.american]

6. Sounds like it could be really, really bad

I don't know much about Federalism, except that they're heavily referred to in David Brock's "Blinded by the Right," and my recollection of those involved with the Federalist movement is that they seem to be, er... insane.

A quick Google search brought this up:

Federalism is about the architecture of our federal and state-based system of government. The term describes a fluid balance between the power of states and the power of the national government. At issue is whether the national government will be able to address matters vitally important to our entire country. If the Court has its way, the country could return to a pre-civil rights movement, pre-New Deal, even a pre-Civil War vision of "states' rights" jurisprudence, rendering the national government impotent to act in many areas of domestic concern.

Much more detail here:
http://www.legalmomentum.org/issues/fed/index.shtml

[malaise]

7. Worry more about Luttig

that looks like the plan. Conservative media have been trying to paint him as 'balanced'
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2005/06/chief-justice-luttig.html

[Connie_Corleone]

9. Clement is only a rumor right now.

I'll wait until 9:00 pm to give my opinion. Bush might pick someone else.

[senseandsensibility]

12. You mean he might

read someone else's name picked for him from the teleprompter? :) I find it hard to believe the chimp could pick his nose, let alone a nominee.

[underpants]

13. Apparently NOT Clement

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1940232