Moving the Goalpost
May 23rd, 2005 at 12:18 pm by Susie
Dwight points out why it’s a bad idea to use these judicial nominees to measure “extraordinary circumstances”:
I can conceive of no set of circumstances in which I would favor a lifetime appointment to the Federal bench for Janice Rogers Brown. As I have noted before, Justice Brown does not believe that the Bill of Rights is incorporated by the 14th Amendment to apply to state and local governments. That, for me, is a litmus test. It should be for you as well.
Reading this at 8:30 PM PDT, I can only say that the use of the phrase “extraordinary circumstances” certainly takes on added meaning.