McCain castigates Obama on judges
Republican John McCain criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for voting against John Roberts as U.S. chief justice, reaching out to the Christian right on one of their chief concerns: the proper role of judges in government.
Conservatives contend that federal judges have upset the constitutional balance of power among the courts, the Congress and the presidency by making far-reaching decisions, such as one in 2005 that let cities seize people's homes to make way for shopping malls.
"My nominees will understand that there are clear limits to the scope of judicial power, and clear limits to the scope of federal power," McCain said Tuesday in a speech at Wake Forest University.
McCain, the eventual GOP nominee, promised to appoint judges in the mold of Roberts and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, saying they would interpret the law strictly to curb the scope of their rulings. While McCain didn't mention abortion, the far right understands that such nominees would be likely to limit or perhaps overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
Obama, on the other hand, voted against Roberts and Alito. So did Obama's rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, but McCain focused on Obama.
"Senator Obama in particular likes to talk up his background as a lecturer on law, and also as someone who can work across the aisle to get things done," McCain said. "But ... he went right along with the partisan crowd, and was among the 22 senators to vote against this highly qualified nominee."
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Posted By: glimps @ 05/06/2008 8:08:36 PM
Comment: Old Mccain Must have beed Medicated to talk smack about Obama...
Mccain sucks like all Repblicans nothing new...
Posted By: voter1977 @ 05/06/2008 3:55:19 PM
Comment: I can see how McCain would be worried. Because there are no Conservative Justices on the Court:
Alito (Bush II), Roberts (Bush II), Thomas (Bush I), Scalia (Reagan)Kennedy (Reagan), Souter (Bush I), Ginsberg (Clinton), Breyer (Clinton).
Yeah, the court really needds more strict constructionists. Are you kidding me. We are lucky to have any rights at all at this point. I'm surprised the court hasn't struck down the Civil Rights Act, the ADA, eliminated Habeas altogether.
Posted By: Debunked @ 05/06/2008 1:42:01 PM
Comment: This article ends with a quote from Howard Dean, Why? I don't know. He is NOT worthy of his position and whatever voting record McCain has, I am sure it is more impressive than Obama's. Dean also stated that bringing up Wright is "race baiting". He needs to stop the nonsense! This is just his way of saying that we are going to scream racism should anyone bring him up!The issue of Wright is judgment and Obama himself said it was a legitimate issue! The race card is getting old and MORE and MORE people are getting sick of it being used towards almost anyone who does not agree with Obama! Whites who oppose Obama are racist, blacks who oppose him are "sell outs"! WHATEVER!
However, I have my own little theory as to why McCain decided to blast Obama on this decision even though according to the article, Clinton voted the same as Obama! Now personally, I think he should criticize both of them being that he finds it necessary to criticize anyone on this issue. However, McCain and his surrogates are going to attack Obama on alot of issues dealing with his judgment being that Obama based his campaign on judgment. But it is not just that, many people think that the Republicans would rather run against Clinton because Obama would be tougher to deal with. I think the general concensus is that this is not true however it is becoming evidently clear that any attack against Obama would be viewed as the Republicans being racists by Obama supporters! However, the republicans need to fight back and let them know that they are NOT going to play the fake race card and that it is getting OLD!!!
However, I feel that more conservatives are embracing Clinton a bit more---NOT because they like her---LETS BE CLEAR THAT MANY DON'T--but in the end, if McCain were to lose, they would much much rather for Clinton to become President than Obama! Just my two cents!