Friday, November 8, 2013

Obama: "we are remaking the courts"

".. at a fundraiser in Texas last night, President Obama said his administration is “remaking the courts.”
Here’s the full quote for context via a WhiteHouse.gov transcript:
We were able to reform our financial system so that the likelihood of taxpayer-funded bailouts is a lot less than it was. We were able to expand funding for young people going to college. We were able to expand national service for young people who want to serve. We fought long and hard for consumer protections that weren’t there before.
As Lisa mentioned, we are remaking the courts. I know that we’ve got some lawyers here, and here in Texas sometimes people feel a little frustrated about the pace of appointments here in Texas. But you should know that in addition to the Supreme Court, we’ve been able to nominate and confirm judges of extraordinary quality all across the country on federal benches. We’re actually, when it comes to the district court, matching the pace of previous Presidents. When it comes to the appellate court, we’re just a little bit behind, and we’re just going to keep on focused on it.
Twitchy

11 comments:

Icepick said...

But you should know that in addition to the Supreme Court, we’ve been able to nominate and confirm judges of extraordinary quality all across the country on federal benches.

Anyone want to bet on whether these appointments will work out better or worse than his Cabinet Secretaries? Or healthcare.gov?

Note that I'm not saying work out well, I just mean work out better or worse than the other things. This is like an over/under bet, meaning it's kind of tough.

But I'm going to take the under on both counts. Eventually, one way or another, the website will get fixed. (Possibly by getting rid of it completely.) The Cadinet appointees will go away soon enough, too. But these judges might be on the bench until my three year-old is older than I am now (45). That's a REALLY long time to fuck things up repeatedly.

Icepick said...

Which makes me wonder: What's the next order of severity up from cluster fuck?

The Dude said...

Democrat governance.

Icepick said...

Here's your REAL story of the day:

Pledge loses testicle in fraternity hazing incident

rcocean said...

If Obama ever gets a chance to put another Kagan on the SCOTUS, the new court will make Earl Warren's SCOTUS look like a bunch of right-wing extremists.

For example, you could kiss you Gun rights goodbye.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

I somehow doubt that Obama would do well at the Prime Minister's Question Time.

ricpic said...

Hey, elections have consequences. Americans in their wisdom elected a marxist not once but twice? Americans are going to have marxism imposed on them by marxist judges long after Obama is gone.

Michael Haz said...

Shorter Obama: "We don't need no stinking Constitution!"

Guildofcannonballs said...

The first comment from Icepick's link about a guy losing a testicle:

If he wasn't a democrat when this happened, he is now.

6-Beggars-Signed-Up at 7:15 PM November 08, 2013

Icepick said...

Stories about young men demolishing their own testicles are always good for a laugh. (And yes, the young man is responsible for wanting to be a member of a frat. He should have known what he was in for.)

edutcher said...

This is what the Lefties always do.

Willie was no different.