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Predictable talking points "ALERT!"

May 26, 2009 11:12 am ET by Media Matters staff

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Flashback: Allen on GOP response to possible replacements for Souter: "[I]t doesn't matter what name is out there, you're going to hear that they're a 'liberal' and 'activist' "

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    • Author by seeryer (May 26, 2009 11:21 am ET)
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      She was appointed by a Republican president to the court of appeals. Hopefully that will be included in their smears of her.
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    • Author by magnolialover (May 26, 2009 12:34 pm ET)
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      Let's see if we can define "activist" jurist as per the conservatives...

      Activist Jurist (Judge): One who does not rule on issues as conservatives would like for them to rule.

      It's really that simple. I'm sure if the court were to overturn Roe V Wade, somehow that wouldn't be activist, that would just and right, never mind obliterating you know, many years of precedence. I'm pretty sure that republicans would have called say, de-segregation activist, and they probably did. I'm just too lazy to look it up right now.
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      • Author by twseattle (May 26, 2009 1:17 pm ET)
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        The supreme court giving themselves the right to appoint the president in 2000 never even enters their minds. I know that fits your qualifications but in Minnesota they can't seat a senator after eight months because of bending over backwards to placate republicans.
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