[Some good may come of the controversy.] It's beneficial for everyone to cope with these issues, ... Active citizen involvement is critical for a healthy democracy. |
Bush may be aiming now for the political choice - a choice that's calculated less to mold the Supreme Court jurisprudence, and more to mold his political fortunes and those of his party. |
denigration of the president. |
giants who change the philosophy of law and have spoken about changing ideas. |
He is a man who is not tortured by doubt over the correctness of his judicial philosophy. |
He will not be blunderbuss and say the president has carte blanche, ... On the other hand, he is not going to ignore national security. He will pay deference, but not blind deference. |
He's living in a time warp. The great irony is Bush inherited the strongest presidency of anyone since Franklin Roosevelt, and Cheney acts as if he's still under the constraints of 1973 or 1974. |
Here, insofar as there is discrepancy, it is not like the others that are politically neutral, ... Here, it is patently likely to favor one candidate or another. |
I think the administration is misreading the Senate and the public, because you end up losing more if your credibility is strained and people think you're playing them for dupes. |
I've talked with him for hours. His philosophy is pretty solid. I would be stunned if John ended up resembling a Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in his approach to constitutional interpretation. |
If you're schooled in just the executive branch, you're inclined to think Congress is pretty stupid -- they get things wrong a lot and all smartness lies in the executive branch, ... starting point would be to give very strong deference to the president in the field of foreign affairs. |
It creates an aura for an ordinary person where maybe they will think twice about the privacy of their Internet searches. |
It makes it easier for Roberts, tougher to fill O'Connor's seat, |
It makes it easier for Roberts, tougher to fill O'Connor's seat. |
It seems to me he is conceding that there are other NSA surveillance programs ongoing that the president hasn't told anyone about. |