Wave Maker: Such Facile Mendacity

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Thursday, July 07, 2005

Such Facile Mendacity

Just a few multiple choice questions prior to the impending firestorm over the selection of new Supreme Court justices.

Question: Who said the following:

"It is offensive to suggest that a potential justice of the Supreme Court must pass some presumed test of judicial philosophy. It is even more offensive to suggest that a potential justice must pass the litmus test of any single-issue interest group." —

A. Karl Rove
B. Orrin Hatch
C. Robert Bork
D. Edward Moore Kennedy

The answer is (D), Senator Kennedy, during Sandra Day O'Connor's 1981 confirmation hearings.

Question: Who said the following:

"Justice Owen's consistently conservative legal opinions reflect a judicial activism that falls outside the mainstream of judicial thought."

A. Michael Moore
B. Charles Schumer
C. Hillary Clinton
D. Edward Moore Kennedy

The answer is (D), Senator Kennedy, on his U. S. Senate website.

Question: Who said the following:

"[Judge] Brown has often been the lone justice to dissent on the California Supreme Court, illustrating that her judicial philosophy is outside the mainstream."

A. Edmund G. "Gerry" Brown
B. Arnold Schwartzenegger
C. Former California Chief Justice Rose Bird
D. Edward Moore Kennedy

The answer is (D), Senator Kennedy, on his U. S. Senate website.

And he does it so easily. This is a paradigm for Professor Franfurt's concept of bullshit.

(H/T mASSBACKWARDS, Q&O)

Posted by: Wave Maker / 1:28 PM/ |