You Be The Judge
Contrary to the often-hysterical fears of conservatives, the far left does not control the judiciary.
Not even close.
In fact, they lose far more cases than those in which they prevail.
It’s just that the national media underplays or occasionally even censors the left’s judicial defeats, while running their victories up flag poles in the hope that Joe and Jane Casual Voter will salute. And many conservatives allow the liberal media to set their daily moods; sometimes even to affect their decisions whether to participate in the electoral processes.
Not even Clinton’s appointees snort the leftist lines in all instances.
Not by a long shot.
In fact, a huge percentage of Clinton’s post-1994 appointees either are Zell Miller-style Democrats or Giuliani/Cohen-style Republicans.
Case in point:
A US federal judge ruled that random bag searches on the New York subway were constitutional, dismissing a lawsuit brought against the city by a civil rights group.
In his ruling, District Judge Richard Berman concluded that the invasion of privacy inherent in the searches was justified by the importance of preventing a terrorist attack.
The New York Civil Liberties Union, which had sought to end the searches on the grounds that they violated the constitutional rights of passengers and were ineffective, said it would appeal the ruling.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg welcomed the judge’s decision.
(Emphasis added.)
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FYI: President Bush has nominated and the Senate has confirmed over 150 federal trial court judges, in addition to 40 or so appeals court judges. Now, they’re not all as far right as Scalia or Thomas. But they’re certainly not to the left of Clinton appointee and bane of the NYCLU’s existence, Richard Berman.
And Prez Bush still has three years remaining within which he can stack the federal courts.
— Jayson