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Racial Bigots
November 7, 2001/To: Senator Durbin
"The groups singled out three--Jeffrey Sutton (6th Circuit); Priscilla Owen (5th Circuit); and Caroline [sic] Kuhl (9th Circuit)--as a potential nominee for a contentious hearing early next year, with a [sic] eye to voting him or her down in Committee. They also identified Miguel Estrada (D.C. Circuit) as especially dangerous, because he has a minimal paper trail, he is Latino, and the White House seems to be grooming him for a Supreme Court appointment. They want to hold Estrada off as long as possible." [The above notes are from internal communications of the minority party (that 's Democrats, to you in Rio Linda) concerning Presidential judicial appointees. Notice how these liberals don't bother to look to the qualifications of the appointees, but GASP!!, oppose one because he's ... GASP!! a Latino!! Let's just see if this lovely bit of news will be re-played during the campaign next year, especially in Hispanic markets. This type of Democrat hypocrisy just might be shoved right up their collectivist arses!]
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'Bigots" is right,
you've just got the WRONG political party and their so-called "leadership" confused there SuperFella!
You find some obscure, little piece of a so-called "memo" that supposedly shows how the democrats are acting like "bigots"?? when opposing the radicals that Bush boy has attempted to put in the Federal Court system. Let's examine the REAL T-R-U-T-H about these jerks he's trying to force down the throat of the American people! ################################### Bush Nominates Right-Wing Extremists Priscilla Owen: Chooses special interests over average Americans Owen, nominated to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, has a long career as a conservative judicial activist, opposing reproductive rights, environmental protections, and workers' rights. As a lawyer in private practice, Owen did virtually nothing but represent big oil companies, and she continued to favor big business on the Texas Supreme Court. (Owen can thank Karl Rove for her election to the Texas Supreme Court; he received $228,000 for campaign services.) Owen has consistently opposed the claims of injured and harassed workers and voted in favor of corporations that sold defective products. Owen also voted against environmental regulations and abortion rights. When Bush White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales was a justice alongside Owen in Texas, he wrote that her dissent on an abortion-related case constituted "an unconscionable act of judicial activism." Owen was rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2002 but renominated by Bush in 2003. Miguel Estrada: Keeping secrets from the Senate Miguel Estrada, nominated to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (frequently considered the stepping stone for a seat on the Supreme Court), has failed to provide adequate answers to questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee and provide the committee with records from his work in the Solicitor General's office. Estrada is a member of several right-wing activist groups and stated that he had not personally considered Roe v. Wade -- a ridiculous statement from a former Supreme Court clerk. Prominent Hispanic groups including the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus oppose Estrada's nomination. Jeffrey Sutton: Restricts anti-discrimination laws Sutton, nominated to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, has strongly supported restricting the ability of Congress to address discrimination against minorities and the disabled. Sutton has also written in favor of declaring the Violence Against Women Act unconstitutional. Carolyn Kuhl: Career extremist Carolyn Kuhl, nominated for a lifetime appointment to the powerful 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, is a former official in Reagan's Justice Department with a long record of opposing reproductive rights, civil rights, and environmental protections. Kuhl supported tax breaks for Bob Jones University despite its ban on interracial dating, a position opposed in a letter signed by 200 of her colleagues. She wrote what a former Solicitor General called "the most aggressive memo" advocating the reversal of Roe vs. Wade in a case before the Supreme Court. Prominent environmental groups, in a letter to Senators, have warned that Kuhl's record on environmental protections puts Americans at risk. ######################################## And there you have it. Another feeble attempt by the neo-con, radical right-wingers to try and show that the Democrats are the "bad guys" has been exposed for what it is! NOTHING BUT LIES AND DISTORTED INNUENDO from the extremists in the Republican party! When will you EVER learn, SuperFella, that there ARE some of us out here that can actually "think" for ourselves and see through your veil of insidious, unscrupulous, radical, extremists right-wing views that are disguised as inaffective attempts to convince others to adopt your type behavior and outlook??? Nice try, but it ain't gonna work this time!
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Extremist?
The only thing extreme here is your mental derangement! As the Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, Janice R. Brown, another Presidential appointee, received 78% of the popular vote (that's from all voters, for your Rio Lindanistas), andyou're going to label her a right wing zealot? The little memo was written by your pathetic party of panderers.
If you can, set aside your zombie-like devotion to the special interest groups that control the Democrat party, and instead review the comments from the American Bar Association regarding the respective appointees. To a person, they are exceptionally qualified, are brilliant jurists well within the mainstream of American jurispurdence. For example, a jurist would actually GASP!! propose that a private college be given tax breaks, and you raise the issue that they are opposed to inter-racial dating? Have you ever heard of the 1st Amendment, allowing people and institutions to have free thoughts that may not meet your standards? Or has your Collectivist Party apparati cancelled that right as well? And in your research-laden efforts, did you ever come across on the volumes of records that previous employees of the Solicitor General's office, who later were Presidential appointees, had to produce for Senate Judiciary Committee hearings? Here's a hint: the answer is no. This is all a flimsy ploy by Leaky Leahy (remember him: the Democrat who leaked highly classified secrets to the press?) to discredit Estrada. And you're going to call the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund a "prominent" Hispanic group? Who, outside of Puerto Rico, has ever heard of them? I could go on and on, but you probably need to lie down, as sitting up and reading may be too much of a strain.
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Why,Scout! I`m surprised at you! Surely you must have been apprised of the fact that this entire list is comprised of "Neanderthals" (The Chapaquidac Kid),and "Lemons" (Her Hillaryness)
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Gimpy :
If you think leftists who have turned the Supreme Court into something it was never intended to be, are not extemists, then what the hell are they ??? PUH-LEASE !!!! Larry
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"Qualified, brilliant, and
well within the mainstream of American jurisprudance"----------------in WHOSE opinion? YOURS??? Gimmie a break.
If ANYONE needs to "lie down"..it's YOU. Are you SURE your meds are not in dire need of re-evaluation??? You want some MORE "P-R-O-O-F " which shows how some of these dingbats are viewed by their "contemporaries" and/or their "peers". You asked for it! ****************************** Estrada Nomination Withdrawn in Face of Strong Opposition Organizations Opposed to the Confirmation of Miguel Estrada Forty-nine national, regional and state organizations have declared their opposition to Miguel Estrada's confirmation to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability Rights AFL-CIO Alliance for Justice American Association of University Women Americans for Democratic Action California branch of the League of United Latin American Citizens Coalition of Immokalee Workers Community Rights Counsel Congressional Black Caucus Congressional Hispanic Caucus Earthjustice Farm Labor Organizing Committee Farmworker Association of Florida Feminist Majority Friends of the Earth General Board of Church and Society, The United Methodist Church Labor Council for Latin American Advancement La Raza Lawyers Association of California LaRed Latina Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund MoveOn.org National Abortion Federation National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. NARAL Pro-Choice America National Council of Jewish Women National Employment Lawyers Association National Fair Housing Alliance National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association National Farm Worker Ministry National Organization for Women National Partnership for Women and Families National Women's Law Center Natural Resources Defense Council People For the American Way PCUN (Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste/Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United) Planned Parenthood Federation of America Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Sierra Club Society of American Law Teachers Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project United Auto Workers United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries United Farm Workers of America United States Hispanic Leadership Institute William C. Velasquez Intitute Working Assets A number of individual Latino community leaders have also announced their opposition to Estrada's confirmation. Read their letter and names. Statement By Latino community leaders Against the Nomination of Miguel Estrada to the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals America?s working families look to the federal courts to protect our rights at work, to stop unfair labor practices by employers, and to ensure that employers respect laws regarding fair pay and equal treatment on the job. Of all the federal courts, none?other than the U.S. Supreme Court?is more important to working people than the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. It is in this court that the legal rights of working people are won and lost. President Bush has nominated Miguel Estrada for a lifetime seat on this court. Mr. Estrada is a ?stealth candidate? whose views and qualifications have been hidden from the American people and from the U.S. Senate. Since his nomination, Mr. Estrada has consistently refused to answer important questions about his views and his judicial philosophy. Mr. Estrada also refuses to provide to the Senate the legal memoranda he wrote while working for the Department of Justice. Without more information about Mr. Estrada, it would be simply irresponsible for the Senate to put him on the bench. Moreover, what we do know about Mr. Estrada causes us deep concern. For example, Mr. Estrada has worked to support laws that are used to prevent immigrant laborers from earning a living. Mr. Estrada?s supervisor at the U.S. Department of Justice has said that he ?lacks the judgment? and is ?too much of an ideologue to be an appeals court judge.? Mr. Estrada has expressed troubling views about the role of the courts in our system of government, suggesting in a radio interview that it is wrong for people to challenge unjust laws in court. We fully support diversity in the federal judiciary and we are painfully aware that Latinos are underrepresented on the federal bench. Shamefully, Mr. Estrada is the only Latino who President Bush has nominated in two years to any federal court of appeals. Mr. Estrada, however, has never provided any pro bono legal work to the Latino community; he has never joined, supported, volunteered for or participated in events of any organization dedicated to serving the Latino community; and he has told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus that he believes being Hispanic would be irrelevant in his day-to-day duties on the court. It is also significant that Mr. Estrada?s nomination has been opposed by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund. After a careful review of Mr. Estrada?s record, and in light of his continued refusal to come forward with more information about his views and judicial philosophy, on behalf of the working families of America, we have decided to join these groups and oppose the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Linda Chavez-Thompson Executive Vice-President AFL-CIO Washington, DC Eliseo Medina Executive V.P. SEIU Los Angeles, CA Dennis Rivera President SEIU 1199NY New York, NY Arturo S. Rodriguez President United Farm Workers Keene, CA Milton Rosado President LCLAA Trenton, NJ Miguel Contreras Exec. Sec. Treas. LA County AFL-CIO Los Angeles, CA Christina Vazquez International VP UNITE Los Angeles, CA Maria Elena Durazo President Local 11 HERE Los Angeles, CA Mike Garcia President SEIU Local 1877 Los Angeles, CA Rocio Saenz President SEIU Local 615 Boston, MA Hector Figueroa Secretary Treasurer SEIU Local 32BJ New York, NY Walter Hinojosa Texas AFL-CIO Austin, TX Oscar Sanchez Exec. Dir., LCLAA Washington, DC Rose Rangel SEIU South Pasadena, CA Roberto Jordan UNITE 62-32 New York, NY Maria Portalatin AFT New York, NY Debra Renteria-Styers UAW Macomb, MI Salvador Aguilar USWA Griffith, IN Gary R. Allen IAM Albuquerque, NM Manuel Armenta USWA Arizona Maria Armesto AFT Washington, DC Jose A. Caez IBEW Farmington, CT Joe Calvo UAW Lombard, IL Santos Crespo Jr. AFSCME Brooklyn, NY Dionisio Gonzalez USWA Los Angeles, CA Elsa Lopez AFT Miami, FL Susie Luna Saldana AFT Corpus Christi, TX Angela Mejia CWA Channelview, TX Tony Padilla TCU Rockville, MD Lorenzo Rivera UAW Oxford, MI Johnny Rodriguez UFCW Dallas, TX Jose Rodriguez IAM Ontario, CA Celestino Torres USWA Hayden, AZ Heriberto (Ed) Vargas UNITE New York, NY Baldemar Valasquez FLOC Toledo, OH Armando Vergara UBC South Pasadena, CA Guillermo Zelaya IUPAT Washington, DC Henry Gonzalez UAW South Gate, CA Heny (Hank) Lacayo UAW Newbury Park, CA Jack Otero TCU Washington, DC AI Ybarra Exec. Sec-Treasurer Orange County (CA) AFL-CIO Gerardo Becerra ILA Miami, FL Lawrence Martinez GCIU Washington, DC Rudy Mendoza CWA Santa Barbara, CA Ray Arguello UAW Detroit, MI Jorge Rodriguez SEIU Los Angeles, CA Jimmy Matta Kent Co. WA LCLAA Seattle, WA Tania Rosario Kent Co. WA LCLAA Seattle, WA Patricia Campos Pres., DC Metro LCLAA Washington, DC E.J. Himenez USWA Corpus Christi, TX Apolinar Quiroz USWA Chicago, IL Chuck Rocha USWA Pittsburgh, PA Updated: February 04, 2003 ************************************************* Now for Carolyn Kuhl.....Career Extremist! Executive Summary The nomination of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has generated significant opposition. Throughout her legal career ? as a lawyer in the Reagan Administration Justice Department, in private practice, and as a state judge ? Kuhl has followed a legal philosophy harmful to the rights and interests of ordinary Americans. This is particularly true in three areas: women?s rights and reproductive freedom, other civil rights, and access to justice. For example, Kuhl personally and aggressively pressed for the overturning of Roe v. Wade. She was one of the architects of the Reagan Administration?s shameful attempt to reverse long-standing IRS policy that denied tax-exempt status to Bob Jones University and other private schools that practice race discrimination. Both of these extreme positions, as well as several others advocated by Kuhl, were firmly rejected by the Supreme Court. And as a state trial court judge, Kuhl has been unanimously reversed by the California Court of Appeal for a number of rulings harmful to the legal rights of individuals. Kuhl?s confirmation to the Ninth Circuit should be rejected. I. CAROLYN KUHL?S RECORD IN THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION ? Kuhl?s record on women?s rights, including reproductive freedom ? Trying to overturn Roe v. Wade: Kuhl was co-author of ?[t]he most aggressive memo? to the Solicitor General from within the Justice Department urging the Department to file an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court in the Thornburgh case calling for ?outright reversal of Roe.? Kuhl then co-authored precisely such a brief, but the Supreme Court rejected Kuhl?s attack on Roe. ? Seeking to limit sexual harassment protections: Kuhl was co-author of an amicus brief on the side of the employer in the Meritor sexual harassment case. The Supreme Court unanimously rejected the position advocated by Kuhl, which would have made it more difficult for women to prove sexual harassment in the workplace. ? Supporting limits on family planning aid: Kuhl defended Administration rules that sought to breach confidentiality and require family planning clinics getting federal funds to notify parents of adolescents seeking contraception assistance. In the Planned Parenthood v. Heckler case, an appellate court rejected her argument and held that the rules violated the law as passed by Congress. 2 ? Kuhl?s record on other civil rights issues, including promoting tax-exempt status for Bob Jones University ? Crusading for a tax exemption for Bob Jones University: Kuhl was identified as one of a ?band of young zealots? who were the architects of the Reagan Administration?s decision to reverse long-standing policy that denied tax-exempt status to Bob Jones University and other racially discriminatory private schools. This radical reversal of civil rights policy championed by Kuhl ignited a firestorm of criticism and was repudiated by the Supreme Court in an 8-1 ruling in the Bob Jones case. ? Trying to restrict discrimination remedies and end affirmative action: Kuhl was part of the Administration?s effort to restrict court-ordered remedies for employment discrimination. She co-authored a brief in the Sheet Metal Workers case advocating the extreme theory that relief in such cases can be granted only to identifiable victims of discrimination, even when discrimination is intentional and long-standing, barring affirmative action. The Supreme Court again rejected Kuhl?s argument. ? Kuhl?s record on access to justice ? Seeking to curtail citizens? access to the courts: In the words of a high-ranking Administration official, Kuhl ?launched a frontal attack? on the important principle that organizations like the NAACP, the Sierra Club, and the Christian Coalition can file lawsuits on behalf of their members. Kuhl?s effort was opposed even by the Chamber of Commerce and the AMA, and was rejected without dissent by the Supreme Court in the Brock case. ? Testifying against legislation to promote access to justice: Kuhl testified in Congress against proposals to allow veterans to go to court when denied veterans? benefits and other access to justice legislation. She criticized the veterans? rights proposal, claiming that the ?federal courts are not the enchanted land where all wrongs will be made right.? Congress nonetheless later passed a law signed by President Reagan providing for judicial review. II. CAROLYN KUHL?S POST-REAGAN ADMINISTRATION RECORD Kuhl?s record after leaving the Reagan Administration has continued to reflect legal views that are out of the mainstream on important issues, including women?s rights, other aspects of civil rights, and access to justice. ? Kuhl?s record on women?s rights, including privacy, bodily integrity, and reproductive freedom ? Dismissing claim of egregious privacy violation: As a state court judge, Kuhl threw out of court an invasion of privacy suit brought by a woman with breast cancer whose doctor had brought a drug company salesman into the examining 3 room where he witnessed an intimate examination of her. The California Court of Appeal unanimously reversed Judge Kuhl?s decision in the Sanchez-Scott case, holding that Kuhl was wrong on the law, that the woman had a well-established expectation of privacy, and that her complaint had alleged ?highly offensive conduct.? ? Dismissing rape victim?s claim: Kuhl wrote a 2-1 decision in the Julie R. case against a woman who had been raped by a man who trapped her in a car by parking it against a fence so she could not get out. Despite a vigorous dissent explaining that the car was used ?as a cage to prevent the victim from escaping, thus enabling the motorist to commit the act of rape,? Kuhl ruled that the injury did not result from the ?use of? the car and so the victim?s insurance company did not have to cover any damages. ? Continuing her anti-reproductive choice advocacy: In private practice, Kuhl filed an amicus curiae brief in Rust v. Sullivan on behalf of an anti-choice group in support of the federal ?gag rule? that prohibited family clinics getting federal funds from discussing abortion with patients. Kuhl?s brief attacked the Court?s decisions upholding a woman?s right to choose abortion as causing a ?major distortion in the Court?s constitutional jurisprudence.? ? Arguing in favor of sex discrimination in education: As a private lawyer, Kuhl filed an amicus curiae brief in the VMI case supporting efforts by the Virginia Military Institute, a public all-male college, to continue to exclude women. Several years later, the Supreme Court rejected that position and ruled that VMI?s exclusion of women was unconstitutional. ? Kuhl?s record on other civil rights issues Several articles by Kuhl on employment discrimination and related subjects raise troubling concerns. In one, she specifically opposed affirmative action as a ?divisive societal manipulation? and appeared to criticize the Court?s decision against the position she had advocated in the Sheet Metal Workers case. In the other article, Kuhl disapproved of the erosion of the ?employment at will? doctrine under which employers can fire workers for any reason. She also appeared critical of the effects of laws prohibiting racial, gender, and other discrimination, appearing to lament the fact that ?[e]mployers must act toward employees in the protected classes in such a way that they can explain the fairness of their actions.? ? Kuhl?s record on access to justice, whistleblowers, and related issues ? Trying to limit protection for whistleblowers: In a unanimous ruling strongly critical of Judge Kuhl in the Liu case, the California Court of Appeal reversed her ruling that prevented a whistleblower from getting money relief under California?s anti-SLAPP law, explaining that Kuhl?s decision was an improper 4 ?nullification of an important part of California?s anti-SLAPP legislation.? In the Songco case, Kuhl reduced by more than $4 million the punitive damages awarded by a jury to a whistleblower who had been illegally fired. ? Improperly ruling against citizens? suits: In another unanimous ruling by the California Court of Appeal reversing Judge Kuhl, the court overturned her order in the Truitt case that harmed the ability of an injured railroad worker to pursue a damage claim against the railroad by prohibiting him from using a written statement obtained from a key witness in the case. The court also unanimously reversed her decision in the Laird case dismissing a defamation claim against a Hollywood producer. ? Seeking to invalidate qui tam access to the courts to combat fraud: In private practice, Kuhl urged the federal courts to strike down the qui tam provisions of federal law that allow private citizens to file suit to combat fraud against the government. The federal courts rejected such arguments and upheld the law. Far from demonstrating a record of commitment to ?protecting the rights of ordinary Americans? and to ?the progress made on civil rights, women?s rights and individual liberties,? criteria suggested by more than 200 law professors for evaluating federal judicial nominees, Carolyn Kuhl has tried to turn back the clock on these crucial matters throughout her legal career. Her confirmation to an important lifetime position on the federal court of appeals should be rejected. ************************************ Now that REALLY looks like the kind of folks we want in the Federal Judicial system, huh???? Go take another dose of your meds there SuperFella. You REALLY need them! Anyway, what in the hell are YOU bitchin about. Take a look at THIS for Christs sake! The Senate has only blocked 3.5 percent of President Bush's judicial nominees. This is compared to the Senate, under Republican control, blocking 20 percent of President Clinton's judicial nominees SCORE CARD: Clinton Nominees confirmed = 248 Clinton Nominees blocked = 63 (or 20 %) during 8 years Bush Nominess confirmed = 168 Bush Nominees blocked = 6 (or 3.5%) during nearly 3 ys. Looks like YOUR boys in the Senate (Repubs) were a whole lot more "quilty" of this horseshit than the Democrats are!
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