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Originally Posted by slavdogg
can u name "activist" judges republicans nominated to a SC ?
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How about the 5 who voted in the majority in Bush V Gore?
That was the most activist thing the judicial branch has done in this country in it's entire history.
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Originally Posted by GatorB
I believe the judge she is replacing sides on the liberal side more often than not and he was appointed by George HW Bush. Explain that one.
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1) George H.W. Bush wasn't a conservative ideologue. He nominated Souter because he knew it would be an easy confirmation. After watching the Robert Bork confirmation fiasco shortly before, he didn't want to go through that with his first appointment.
2) Souter was really an unknown in terms of ideology. One of the reasons he was easy to confirm.