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**emily** · 11-13-2005, 04:31 AM

In reading about the recent Supreme Court nomination it occurred to me that conservatives always fear that their nominations will move to the left ...i.e. Justices Kennedy, O'Connor and Souter ...more than liberals ever fear that their nominations will move to the right.

What could be the reason for this? It seems strange. Hmmm....

Maybe a life-long appointment insulated from politics allows judges to truly interpret the original intent of the Constitution, as it should be applied today.

The reason why conservatives fear judges moving to the left. Is that we have seen many liberal judges legislate from the bench. Meaning re-writing existing laws in order to effect their own personal opinion, & not the law. We don't want that. Nor should democrats. We saw this happen in the Florida Supreme court in the election year of 2000. This court was actually re-writing election law. That is why the U.S. supreme court had to step in & stop them. As we see they could have in effect, turned the outcome of a Presidential election. As we have learned Al Gore never won the count for the state of Florida. Those votes have been counted at least 5 times & he has never won a count.

Other judges have imposed other critical things to this nation. We need judges who will follow the law, not write the law. And this is what conservatives fear.

11-13-2005, 04:31 AM	#16
emily Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 428 Senior Member	In reading about the recent Supreme Court nomination it occurred to me that conservatives always fear that their nominations will move to the left ...i.e. Justices Kennedy, O'Connor and Souter ...more than liberals ever fear that their nominations will move to the right. What could be the reason for this? It seems strange. Hmmm.... Maybe a life-long appointment insulated from politics allows judges to truly interpret the original intent of the Constitution, as it should be applied today. The reason why conservatives fear judges moving to the left. Is that we have seen many liberal judges legislate from the bench. Meaning re-writing existing laws in order to effect their own personal opinion, & not the law. We don't want that. Nor should democrats. We saw this happen in the Florida Supreme court in the election year of 2000. This court was actually re-writing election law. That is why the U.S. supreme court had to step in & stop them. As we see they could have in effect, turned the outcome of a Presidential election. As we have learned Al Gore never won the count for the state of Florida. Those votes have been counted at least 5 times & he has never won a count. Other judges have imposed other critical things to this nation. We need judges who will follow the law, not write the law. And this is what conservatives fear.
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