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AP today 4 am-Republicans and Democrats must find a long-term solution to selecting federal judges, Chief Justice John Roberts says, while blaming both sides for the political gridlock of judicial nominations in the Senate.
"Each political party has found it easy to turn on a dime from decrying to defending the blocking of judicial nominations, depending on their changing political fortunes," Roberts said Friday in his year-end report. "This has created acute difficulties for some judicial districts. Sitting judges in those districts have been burdened with extraordinary caseloads."
I don't agree with Roberts often, but when he is right, he is right. This is not a republican or democrat issue. Both do it. It is also a fairly important issue. We need to get enough judges out there as people do have a right to timely justice. We have to stop playing petty politics with every god damned thing and start working to do what is right. This is true for republicans and democrats alike.
Chief justice urges progress naming judges - Yahoo! News
I don't agree with Roberts often, but when he is right, he is right. This is not a republican or democrat issue. Both do it. It is also a fairly important issue. We need to get enough judges out there as people do have a right to timely justice. We have to stop playing petty politics with every god damned thing and start working to do what is right. This is true for republicans and democrats alike.
The problem was created by the courts. Politically motivated interpretations of the law and the constitution have led to the politicization of the judicial branch. Until judges start strictly interpreting the law as it was written, this will and should continue.
Those Republicans who vote to confirm any Obama judicial nominations must figuratively die a political death. Cooperation means death.
/us_supreme_court_year_end]Chief justice urges progress naming judges - Yahoo! News
I don't agree with Roberts often, but when he is right, he is right. This is not a republican or democrat issue. Both do it. It is also a fairly important issue. We need to get enough judges out there as people do have a right to timely justice. We have to stop playing petty politics with every god damned thing and start working to do what is right. This is true for republicans and democrats alike.
The only way to fix the problem is to stop the source of it. The reason there is partisan fighting is because there is partisan appointing. Democrats and Republicans both appoint judges they believe will be in favor of their agendas and will be hold similar legal philosophies when it comes to rulings. They don't appoint judges based on merit or non-biased review and rulings of the law, they appoint them based on party allegiance and partisan gain. This needs to stop first.
The president has earned the right to pick who he chooses. The only reason to my mind to stop such a pick is that they are somehow actually unqualified, not because they might rule in a way they don't like. This is true even if it's a republican president.
Actually, I rather prefer the courts to maintain the power of judicial review.
The only way to fix the problem is to stop the source of it. The reason there is partisan fighting is because there is partisan appointing. Democrats and Republicans both appoint judges they believe will be in favor of their agendas and will be hold similar legal philosophies when it comes to rulings. They don't appoint judges based on merit or non-biased review and rulings of the law, they appoint them based on party allegiance and partisan gain. This needs to stop first.
Well said. This is why there should be republican judges trying to block democrat judges and democrat judges trying to block republican judges.The problem was created by the courts. Politically motivated interpretations of the law and the constitution have led to the politicization of the judicial branch. Until judges start strictly interpreting the law as it was written, this will and should continue.
Albert keep putting on his scary Halloween costume and telling us that this nation is going to hell on a roller coaster.
Why are some here trying to grease the tracks? Including Albert.
And I think it’s often better to have no judicial review than to have one that subverts the constitution. If they didn’t rely so much on precedent I’d be more likely to agree with you.
What goes around comes around.
Well said. This is why there should be republican judges trying to block democrat judges and democrat judges trying to block republican judges.
Do you remember Miguel Estrada? What happened to his judicial nomination? What goes around comes around.
The problem was created by the courts. Politically motivated interpretations of the law and the constitution have led to the politicization of the judicial branch. Until judges start strictly interpreting the law as it was written, this will and should continue.
So you'd rather have legislators be able to write laws that subvert the Constitution than give judges the power to maintain the Constitution. Okay then.
No, I’d rather have legislators be able to write laws that subvert the Constitution while judges maintain the constitution than have legislators write constitutional laws while judges subvert it.
I complete agree with you. If a judge does not like the way a law is written, then let him resign from the bench and run for Congress. The courts are there to interpret the law, not create it through interpretations containing "artistic license".
That doesn't seem to be any much better at all.
But some laws contradict higher law, and it is up for judges to determine that as well.
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