Comments on: Federal judge rules Obama’s executive amnesty orders unconstitutional

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:33:30 +0000

“Even odds beats a sure loss every time.”

At the Supreme Court level, over the last 50 years or so it had seemed like Republican-nominated members split evenly between conservatives and people who “grew in office”. I think that with the Federalist Society and the emergence of a more systematic originalism, the recent Republican-nominated judges throughout the system are increasingly stably conservative.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:55:20 +0000

Roy, do you think people moved to Eric Cantor’s district to remove him? The GOP establishment had to throw everything it had (including turning to dems in the primary) to get Pat Roberts re-elected. I don’t think it is impossible for the tea party to do the same in reverse (focus resources, align with dems) to get rid of Boehner.

By: Roy

Roy — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:41:23 +0000

“Make it clear to Boehner… We’ll get a tea party challenger to primary him.”

In order to do that, you will have to live in or move to his district. Ohio’s 8th district is just north of Cincinnati and wraps around the west and north side of Dayton. Are you willing to move to a place like Hamilton or Springfield, Ohio in order to accomplish your goal?

(I once lived there 35 years ago and it is a very nice part of Ohio. You could do a lot worse.)

People easily forget that congressmen are elected locally, not nationally.

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:56:06 +0000

The obama administration says that the judges do not have the power or standing to decide what they decided…

(but thats ok… obama is using memoranda, executive orders and various other equivalents to rewrite how our government works)

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:43:22 +0000

Who do the GOP ‘centrists’ appeal to? The left? The right? They piss off both sides. Great strategy for building a ‘conservative’ consensus. The GOP leadership is not going to change stripes, so let’s vote them out the same way that Cantor was voted out when he came out in favor of immigration reform. Make it clear to Boehner that he will not be Speaker next term. We’ll get a tea party challenger to primary him. If that fails, we’ll vote for the dem candidate. No way is he staying. We’re not going to vote dems in everywhere, but we’re going to vote out the current leadership.

By: SDN

SDN — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:44:41 +0000

Of course, for Republicans to get the chance to appoint judges, they have to have the stones not to throw away the nuclear option.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 05:26:07 +0000

You’re on the money, parker. It has to come from the grass roots and we aren’t ever going to get perfect candidates or office holders. And the work never ends. There will always be those who want to expand the role of government. Always! They never sleep. If we want less government, we have to work to make it happen.

By: parker

parker — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:28:01 +0000

Rinos are dem lite. Primary them. It takes money from people like us, attending meetings, and knocking on doors. That is what put Joni Ernst in tom harkins senate seat. It ain’t over until its over.

By: Doom

Doom — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:03:43 +0000

J.J.,

The problem with lower courts is that the supreme court can overturn anything they do. They don’t even have to hear the whole case, they can simply overturn and send it back down. My point wasn’t that lower courts aren’t important, either, simply on balance not as important. Further, Republicans seem to be able to fit conservative justices in, in the lower courts. So, the question begged, was what their problem was with getting reliably conservative judges on the s.c. I am suggesting that they don’t want them, honestly. They are just dem lights.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 02:08:08 +0000

You are correct on the judges. In fact, I’ve been voting Republican for the judges issue since 1988. Both Bushes did ok judge wise, but each also oversaw and sometimes championed the expansion of government and the reduction of freedom.

Now another Bush is making noise. I’ll stay home this time.