President picks moderate as first judicial nominee

Smart appointment and a good start - middle of the road. Much better than the last administration's unwavering hard right choices

Dont know this guy, sounds like he is ok. But our greatest danger has been that the neo-cons, under George War Steal Bush, who have combined with right wing churches, would get control of our judiciary.
And then America's worst nightmare will come true - we become a theocracy, and that leads to being a monstrosity that is just a variant clone of the nation(s) that gave us 9/11.

What we need to do is insure that the promise of America is true for the new victims of the right, our gay citizens who also deserve equality under our laws.

The only problem is that, thanks to those "unwavering hard right choices" that the last administration made, we now have an overall judicial system that tilts strongly to the Right. Therefore, appointing "Moderates" now does NOT restore balance; it maintains the status quo. I voted for Obama, and I still support him. However, I am becoming increasingly unhappy with his invariable "middle of the road" choices. Those offerings to the Hard Right have NOT lessened their resistance to his efforts--and they won't. Mr. President, PLEASE throw us Liberals a bone! Perhaps in the area of Gay Civil Rights? My Web site tells my story of having to move to a blue state from a red one: larrygarlandnyc.com (see "Essays" under the "Prose" tab and look for "A Gaggle of Geese, a Flight of Fancy").

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Larry from Tennessee, but living his dream in NYC

The media's use of words is a powerful factor in their putting a slant on news. Have you heard the term extreme left-wing lately? I guarantee hardly ever from the mainstream media. Extreme right-wing? Far more often. Now here we have the word "moderate" applied to a pretty left-wing candidate. RThe conservative Judicial Confirmation Network has written::

"1. President Obama's first nominee to the federal appeals courts -- specifically the appeals court based in Chicago -- is an ultra-liberal named David Hamilton who is a former fundraiser for ACORN and former leader of the Indiana chapter of the ACLU. He was nominated to the district court bench by President Clinton even though he had no judicial experience and was rated as "not qualified" by the ABA.

"2. As a district judge, (Hamilton) has issued extreme rulings, among them invalidating an Indiana law requiring the registration of sex offenders. He ruled that the use of drug-sniffing dogs was no different than invading the privacy of a residence by using a thermal imaging device. He has shown consistent hostility to good faith law enforcement efforts, taking an extremely expansive view of criminals' rights.

"3. He also prevented an Indiana law from being enforced that required information and a waiting period before an abortion. This law was functionally identical to the requirements outlined in the U.S. Supreme Court's Casey decision."

Good to see the leftwing fruitcakes chime in first...

PS - The words "moderate" and "Obama" do not mix. The guy is a far left socialist.
And the judge pick is a pro abortion zealot. Far from "moderate."

Let's hope these appointments will be rescinded once we find out he's not a U.S. citizen.

Show us the birth certificate... What's so hard about that?

The right wing churches of this country are the ones that have done the most for
this country. SteveMD sounds like one of those guys who does'nt even know that
the laws that pertain to the Constitution are the back bone of America. It is when
Judges get off course and start injecting their own "opinions" into the law that we
have problems. Many of the laws passed today are not centered on the good for all. What happened to morality and decency? That must be taboo to Steve. Perhaps he would like to live in some foreign country where there is "real freedom"
I hope this Judge will be morally concerned in matters of the court.
JH, concerned citizen.

Dont know this guy, sounds like he is ok. But our greatest danger has been that the neo-cons, under George War Steal Bush, who have combined with right wing churches, would get control of our judiciary.
And then America's worst nightmare will come true - we become a theocracy, and that leads to being a monstrosity that is just a variant clone of the nation(s) that gave us 9/11.

What we need to do is insure that the promise of America is true for the new victims of the right, our gay citizens who also deserve equality under our laws.

the right wing churches gave us George Bush which gave us economic collapse and Iraq
They gave us homophobia. Thousands of gay kids commit suicide due to their so called god.
They want to take control of womens bodies
They justified slavery as per the bible.
They want to turn us into a christian version of saudi arabia.
They are absolutist. They gave us the hatred of tthe Jews. Which hitler leveraged to gain total power. btw he was born a catholic.
We have the right tto be free of the church influencing our politics, the right to be free from their ideas, and to live totally free of their doma

This guy's no moderate. Look beyond the headlines.

I would hardly call this guy a "moderate". Wake up folks. Check out his judicial history and please tell me you are not relying on the terribly biased media to provide accurate information to you.

Sounds good to me.

Sounds good to me.
I have always voted for Republicians nut no more since Bush has nearly destroyed pur country.

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