Irony: John Yoo opposes Sotomayor as "results oriented"


	Irony: John Yoo opposes Sotomayor as "results oriented"

masbury

5-27-2009 3:30 PM

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masbury says:

The one who wrote torture opinions on demand for the Bush/Cheney regime worries that Sotomayor might be influenced by things other than the Constitution. Ah, the irony!

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5-28-2009 3:45 AM

darkeforce

Bush's two choices for the supreme court use politics more than the Constitution to craft their opinions, but it's bad if there's the slightest suggestion that a non-conservative might act similarly.

I smell a double standard; S.O.P. for the GOP.

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