Re: [Marxism] An analysis of the DP convention that works better than Cockburn's, in my opinion

["farmelantj@xxxxxxxx" <farmelantj@xxxxxxxx>]

The typical rejoinder to that is that while
Democratic senators might vote for almost
any candidate submitted for the Supreme
Court, Democratic presidents can be expected
to submit better candidates than Republican presidents.
However, a perusal of the history of the
Court suggests that even here things are
not so simple.  Some of the most progressive
members of the Court have been appointed by Republican
presidents. The most notable example being
Earl Warren, who was appointed by Eisenhower.
Likewise, Harry Blackmun was appointed by Nixon,
and David Souter by the elder George Bush.

One of the most reactionary members of the
Court, Byron White was appointed by JFK.
White, in fact, was a segregationist and
pretty much an open racist.

Jim F.

-- Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ruthless wrote:
>The biggest challenge, I find, in asking people to support non-DP
>candidates is the Supreme Court appointment issue.

It *is* true that McCain will nominate terrible people, but on the 
other hand the DP has done nothing to block these nominations. In 
fact, John Roberts--one of the worst of the lot--got 78 votes for and 
only 22 against. The 44 Democratic Senators split down the middle. 
While the DP might not have mustered enough votes to block the 
nomination, you really have to wonder what point there is in voting 
for a party that has so many of its Senators finding Roberts acceptable.  


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