The Right Scoop- Linky1
“According to a boilerplate quote, President Obama believes McNulty is a “distinguished individual” who “will serve the American people with integrity and a steadfast commitment to justice.”
I see the swamp is now overflowing it’s banks with this appointment.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OQI5D66OXO7X2FE4NVCZC7BAMA Joe
According to Odumbo – HE is the 4th best POTUS
What he says means nothing
- Anonymous
No, he’s wrong. He’s more like a ‘Number 2″
- Anonymous
Obama has done a hell of job destroying our country, so he must have meant the 4th worst President….which would be the 4th best (in his eyes) considering his objectives. He wants to be the so-called best and destroy us altogether.
- Anonymous
Did he really think that the connection would go unnoticed? Chicago/Democrat politics spreading like a plague. All of a sudden, out of the blue he’s the top choice?
- Anonymous
“Did he really think that the connection would go unnoticed? ”
Likely not, but I would suppose there was discussion of the same from the top down and the conclusion was “What are they (the people) going to do about it? Nothing!”
- Anonymous
Sadly, you’re probably right. Frustrating.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OQI5D66OXO7X2FE4NVCZC7BAMA Joe
This is another example of unqualified appointees
- Anonymous
If the judge is as effective as Schumer then the good people of New Jersey are in serious trouble!
- Anonymous
I’ve read a couple of blog posts (elsewhere, not here) that have blasted “Crazy old Newt” for wanting judicial review. Well here’s yet another example of why the ability to review a judge’s record might be a good idea. Who knows how many “court decisions” are aiding, abetting and affecting the decisions made elsewhere – in this case, in the Senate.
Right now we have no clue why certain judicial decisions are being made. Crony capitalism may have an ugly twin sister, the crony judiciary.
- orthodoxyordeath
Judicial review and reform into something like this is one thing. The thing people have a problem with is Newt calling for things like the abolition of the 9th Circuit. None of us have problem with reform in any branches, legislative, judicial or executive.
- Anonymous
Some courts should be abolished. I see nothing wrong with eliminating any court that has outlived its usefulness and is making decisions not based ON the law, but on *interpreting* the law. I think some of these decisions are based on political or personal agendas.
The Ninth Circuit court, which handles the area I live in, is notorious for making questionable decisions. Even members of the court have recognized it has problems as this quote from Wikipedia shows: “Judges from more remote parts of the circuit note the contrast between legal issues confronted by populous states such as California and those confronted by rural states such as Alaska, Idaho, and Montana. Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld, who maintains his chambers in Fairbanks, Alaska, wrote in a 1998 letter: “Much federal law is not national in scope…. It is easy to make a mistake construing these laws when unfamiliar with them, as we often are, or not interpreting them regularly, as we never do.”
Of the 26 active judges on the Ninth Circuit, only two were appointed by a true conservative (Reagan), 7 were appointed by another Republican (GW Bush), three were appointed by Carter, twelve were appointed by Clinton, and 2 by Obama.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit
This Wikipedia entry does outline some of the problems with the Ninth Circuit.
- orthodoxyordeath
This is such a foolish, foolish look at this. So we declare that the 9th Circuit has outlived its usefulness. Fine. Even though, Newt’s example on this (The “In God We Trust” thing) is completely false. Some decisions made by conservatives are politically motivated too. So we declare it has outlived its usefulness, what do we when Democrat get in power again and declares and tries to repeal the existence of the 12th, or 8th Circuit? Again, this is just a bad precedent to set.
The conversation should NOT be abolishing the 9th, it should be investigating corruption and SPLITTING the 9th, because it’s TOO BIG.
Read here: http://thebandofpatriots.com/blog/2011/12/24/motor-mouth-newt-part-3.html
This again, is a stupid point. So what if they weren’t appointed by conservatives? There have been conservative appointed SCOTUS judges like Kennedy that are suspect voters at time.
- Anonymous
Doesn’t pass the smell test.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OQI5D66OXO7X2FE4NVCZC7BAMA Joe
It smells like a NJ landfill – (no offense Gino)
- Anonymous
N.J. landfills can be cleaned up and made into some of the most valuable properties in the country. Witness the Meadowlands. All that is needed in this case is an aware population and a meaningful election. Can be done.
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Our entire system is no longer valid. Our founders knew this would happen. The corruption is beyond fixable.
Ug.
- Anonymous
87 years old now and thinks he’s suited for the position.
good lord.
be honest he feels we owe it to him. - Anonymous
The Judge is 57, Lautenberg is 87.
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This may be a real defining moment for Christie
Let’s see how strong Christie is on this corruption
I hope he puts on his big boy boxer shorts and deals with this aggressively
Frank Lautenberg should be ashamed of himself in thinking this would not be noticed
OR “the people” are really stupid if they say nothing about this cronyism
The arrogance is incredible – IT will make another good anti-Odumbo ad IF the
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He was nominated – not yet appointed?
Does anyone know what the appointment procedure is?
Let’s see who has a pair to object – at 87 years old – this “judge”
may have a short careerSchumer just wanted his sister to have a Happy Hanukkah!
The most DANGEROUS place in the WORLD is the space between Chuck Schumer and a camera
- Linky1
The most dangerous place is between Schumer’s lips-when he opens his mouth to talk.
- Anonymous
Just two examples why term limits are imperative. Frank the Skank and that greasy sewer rat Schumer should have been thrown out on their ass long ago.
- Anonymous
Really……must you offend sewer rats?
- Anonymous
I take your point. How ’bout ‘malignant tumor’ instead?
- Anonymous
Well in defense of sewer rats you did specify “greasy”, so I guess your original comparison is ok. And some malignant tumors are curable so, yeah let’s just stick with the original.
- Anonymous
This is what Communists DO………..why is everyone surprised!
- Anonymous
I’ve read all the comments, and have yet to find any that suggest surprise.
- ApplePie101
I feel like I’m trapped in a horror movie, and looking at that face, now I’m sure of it.
- Anonymous
What would happen if a few of the disingenuous sleazy politicians like Schumer were found face down somewhere in a DC dumpster? Do you think that maybe then the rest of the politicians might start to respect the American people a little more than they do now?
Our politicians sh#t all over us because they don’t fear us. That needs to change! Soon!
- Anonymous
I’m not going to click the LIKE button on your comment because I have far too much respect for DC dumpsters and what deserves to be deposited in them.
When the people fear the government, THERE is tyranny.
- Anonymous
Where do they think they are, Chicago?
- bobemakk
Another Obama trick. Schumer should be impeached and now he has a relative who is a judge. Obama gets worse by the day. I pray he loses his bid for re-election. I prefer Gingrich for president, but will vote for any republican nominated. The Obama regime has dug a hole big enough to drop the entire country into. It doesn’t get any worse than this administration.
- Anonymous
“Yes” men are common in Washington.
If this happens with judgeships, then is there any reason to believe that Lautenberg won’t vote exactly the way Schumer wants him to vote in the Senate?
NY POST – Sen. Charles Schumer’s brother-in-law was quietly nominated this month to a federal judgeship in New Jersey — a move that has some in the Garden State crying political foul, The Post has learned.
Kevin McNulty, who is married to Schumer’s sister, Fran, was named to the US District Court by the White House late on Friday, Dec. 16. According to a boilerplate quote, President Obama believes McNulty is a “distinguished individual” who “will serve the American people with integrity and a steadfast commitment to justice.”
New Jersey’s two US senators, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, followed that up with their own news release heaping praise on the nominee.
What no one mentioned is that McNulty, 57, was the last-minute choice of Lautenberg, who had been leaning toward other candidates until surprisingly submitting McNulty’s name to the White House.
Lautenberg and his aides have given no public explanation for the decision to go with McNulty even though the latter had never been publicly touted as a contender for the job, which carries life tenure and a $174,000-a-year salary.
“No one knows why he did it,” said one person involved in the nomination process. “Everyone thinks it’s all about 2014 and Frank making sure he has Chuck in his corner.” …
People involved in the judicial-nomination process in New Jersey told The Post they believe the surprise nomination was a naked political maneuver by the 87-year-old Lautenberg to stay in Schumer’s good graces. Lautenberg is worried that party elders will try to push him out of his beloved Senate seat because of his advanced age — something that Schumer, one of the party’s top opinion makers and fund-raisers, would be able to stop.
“McNulty came out of left field,” said another source involved in the Jersey judicial politics. “McNulty’s not a dumb guy, but people were just, like, ‘How’d that happen?’ ”
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