Barrett Says She Shouldn’t Give Opinions On How She Would Decide Cases Before They Are Presented To Her – IOTW Report

Barrett Says She Shouldn’t Give Opinions On How She Would Decide Cases Before They Are Presented To Her

This is the logical answer to all of the Senate’s questioning, and I’m unsure why any judge would answer it any other way.

To avoid politicizing the court, shouldn’t a judge be judged on how he or she has rendered past decisions? Why encourage litigants to bring forth cases because they feel the “time is right” for their agenda?

17 Comments on Barrett Says She Shouldn’t Give Opinions On How She Would Decide Cases Before They Are Presented To Her

  1. If I express a view on a precedent…it signals to litigants that I might tilt one way or another in a pending case.

    Now that she’s answered such a question once, when she’s asked about other decisions she should answer every time:

    Senator, that’s an improper question, as you know perfectly well. Quit wasting everybody else’s time grandstanding for your sound bite.

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  2. They -the Democrats- want to get her to say something show something biased so they can call for her recusal if a similar case comes before the Court.

    A smart move on their part if it works, but not one that can be used against a smarter person.

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  3. Diane F is a gasbag, old hag, wasting everyone’s time. If we had a real Press, she might hesitate to be so patently stupid on national TV.
    But here we are and thar she blows.

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  4. “Senators, senators. Really now. Come on man. Amy ain’t going to play that time delaying stupid game. You have earned the privilege of playing by your own party’s presidents. You remember the Pelosi rule – you have to pass me first to find out what thoughts are within me or aka the Biden rule; as Joe says, you’ll find out what I think after I am elected, confirmed to SCOTUS”, Amy Barrett. “Ewww, that sourpuss facial expression is very unbecoming Sen Feinstein. Oh wait, did you just have a Jerry Nadler booboo doodoo incident, too?

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  5. @JDHasty – during the 0bamacare discussions in 2009 we had the last of the so-called ‘Blue-Dog Democrats’. Not that we would agree with their principles, but at least they could be reasoned with.
    They were driven out by their own party. None remain – they cannot get reelected to Congress because their own party will destroy them in the primaries.

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  6. The workflow of questioning is:

    1) Demand candidate to answer how they rule on a political issue;
    2) Candidate says they won’t do that,
    3) Democrats demand they respect “stare decisis” on their preferred court ruling.
    4) Candidate says “See my previous answer”
    5) Democrats bang highchairs, fling feces, call the candidate a woman hating, homophobic, KKK racist. And likely drug dealing rapist who stalks their victims to this day.

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