Monday, May 05, 2008

Judges, our jurisprudential nannies

Who said this, and what was he/she talking about?
“We need somebody who’s got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it’s like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it’s like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old . . ."
That would be Obama. And he wasn't talking about the head of a non-profit organization, or the Pope, or even a charismatic presidential candidate. We'll let Obama tell you what he was talking about:
— and that’s the criteria by which I’ll be selecting my judges.”

So much for the rule of law.

As Jonah Goldberg put it, "Supreme Court justices are supposed to decide what the written law requires, not pick winners and losers based upon some sense of noblesse oblige. That’s why all of those statues of Lady Justice show her standing blindfolded, not bent over kissing the boo-boos of the unfortunate and the downtrodden."

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