McCain Blasts Obama On Judicial Activism
By
pparets
on May 6, 2008 at 12:03 pm
In a speech today at Wake Forrest University, Republican presidential nominee John McCain came out swinging against Senator Barack Obama. McCain, who heaped praise on Chief Justice John Roberts for his conservative, strict-constructionist leadership of the high court, blasted Obama for being one of 22 senators who voted against appointing Roberts to the Supreme Court.
Continuing his attack on Obama and making an impassioned plea for judicial restraint, McCain went on to say,
We may be witnessing the opening volley on McCain’s part in what could become a major issue in the fall campaign - the future of the court. At least it should be for any thoughtful conservative.
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/4672
… A justice of the court, as Senator Obama explained it - and I quote - “should share one’s deepest values, one’s core concerns, one’s broader perspectives on how the world works and the depth and breadth of one’s empathy.” These vague words attempt to justify judicial activism - come to think of it, they sound like an activist judge wrote them!
Continuing his attack on Obama and making an impassioned plea for judicial restraint, McCain went on to say,
Somehow, by Senator Obama’s standard, even Judge Roberts didn’t measure up. And neither did Justice Samuel Alito.
We may be witnessing the opening volley on McCain’s part in what could become a major issue in the fall campaign - the future of the court. At least it should be for any thoughtful conservative.
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/4672
