GOP Fears Extremely Conservative 4th Circuit Will Become Just Regular Conservative

Via WaPo:

A growing list of vacancies on the federal appeals court in Richmond is heightening concern among Republicans that one of the nation's most conservative and influential courts could soon come under moderate or even liberal control, Republicans and legal scholars say.

A number of prominent Republican appointees have left or announced plans to leave the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which has played a key role in terrorism cases and has long been known for forceful conservative rulings and judicial personalities.

So much for those so-called crazy liberal activist judges, huh?

Enter Concerned Women for America...they're concerned:

Jan LaRue, chief counsel for Concerned Women for America, said she and other conservatives are disappointed with Bush and Senate Republicans for not pushing harder to fill the vacancies before losing control of the Senate.

"Now all they've done is managed to kick the can down the road, and we've lost the majority," said LaRue, whose group advocates for conservative jurists. "That circuit in the wrong hands could certainly move toward the center-left."

Coming soon to a bench near you: judges who uphold the constitution and not an extreme-right agenda? Here's hoping.

Comments (3) «

The swing back toward the middle has only started.

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SandyH on December 18, 2006 at 02:39 PM

Swing away!

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virgo on December 18, 2006 at 03:14 PM

While the typical right-wing Republican Conservative is whining and plotting and planning on how to ram their ideals and (bad) morals down everyone's throats, they are not keeping on eye on the Mormons who are silently building up their flock and will soon take over the religious majority in America.

So, pretty soon it's not going to be only judges they will have to worry about.

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Rally on December 19, 2006 at 12:44 PM

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