tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post112022867697489295..comments2023-07-01T08:55:59.065-05:00Comments on City of Brass: Gonzales for SCOTUS: the perfect is the enemy of the good...Aziz P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11825546047253660903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post-1120561109789862492005-07-05T05:58:00.000-05:002005-07-05T05:58:00.000-05:00I think Gonzales would seek and follow a new boss ...I think Gonzales would seek and follow a new boss on the Supreme Court, he went along to get along all his career. <BR/><BR/>I don't know what your parameters for a realistic scenario are, but if you can elaborately defend torture in one job, I think it's likely you can in another.Thomas Nephewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01019400893103077252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post-1120407702955795602005-07-03T11:21:00.000-05:002005-07-03T11:21:00.000-05:00I agree that filibustering is not ideally speaking...I agree that filibustering is not ideally speaking a limited resource, but pragmatically speaking, it is. I am not convinved that Gonzales' torture memos authorship would neccessarily mean the same threat. I mean, SCOTUS addresses these issues from a different perspective than does the AG in teh Executive Branch. Is there a scenario you could construct - a realstic one - that would demonsrate how Gonzales would be a threat?<BR/><BR/>Also, keep in mind that as a SCOTUS justice, Gonzales would not be bound to anyone. As AG, he did what he did for his boss. Thees a different dynamic at work.Aziz P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11825546047253660903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post-1120334503419567722005-07-02T15:01:00.000-05:002005-07-02T15:01:00.000-05:00I'd want Democrats to filibuster Gonzales, too -- ...I'd want Democrats to filibuster Gonzales, too -- no need to "reserve" what should be a perfect right anyway. If a Supreme Court nomination isn't an 'extraordinary circumstance,' I don't know what is. And torture is not less of a critical subject than abortion.<BR/><BR/>Bush has to do better than Gonzales.Thomas Nephewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01019400893103077252noreply@blogger.com