Comments on: Who heckled Attorney General Michael Mukasey?

By: Who heckled Attorney General Michael Mukasey? « Top Daily Digest Reading

Who heckled Attorney General Michael Mukasey? « Top Daily Digest Reading — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:24:58 +0000

[...] Continued here. [...]

By: Michelle Malkin » Who heckled Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Pt. II

Michelle Malkin » Who heckled Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Pt. II — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:26:00 +0000

[...] the weekend, I wrote about Washington state Supreme Court justice Richard Sanders, an old friend of mine from [...]

By: Pro-Life Libertarian Appreciatiion Day « www.TheReaganWing.com

Pro-Life Libertarian Appreciatiion Day « www.TheReaganWing.com — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:48:29 +0000

[...] he is drawing fire from conservative bloggers, including former Sanders defender and fan, Michelle Malkin. Why? Because he has dared to question the constitutionality of “The Patriot Act” [...]

By: Pro-Life Libertarian Appreciation Day « www.TheReaganWing.com

Pro-Life Libertarian Appreciation Day « www.TheReaganWing.com — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:40:40 +0000

By: Life of the Party

Life of the Party — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:26:39 +0000

Pro-Life Libertarian Appreciatiion Day…

Life of the Party is declaring today–November 24–”Pro-Life Libertarian Appreciation Day” in honor of Justice Richard Sanders of the Washington State Supreme Court. In Washington State, we elect our judges and they are non-partisan positions. But Ju…

By: MacEamonn

MacEamonn — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:08:33 +0000

The major problem I see with Judge Sanders thinking (as well as many of his peers, both left and right) is they can’t seem to differentiate between citizens and legal resident aliens who have Constitutional rights and foreign terrorists, who don’t even have any rights under the Geneva Conventions, (since their activities are outside the laws of war), let alone have rights under the U.S. Constitution.

When judges start to think they have more wisdom than the people and their elected representatives, and that judges are the final arbiters of right and wrong, that is when our liberties and Country are most at risk. There have been more than a few examples of the kind of judicial thinking lately, both in the war on terror and the war on marriage and traditional values.

By: happyscrapper

happyscrapper — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:10:19 +0000

Yes, purplepeep…I am a true dyed-in-the-wool Minnesotan, ragardless of all the loonies up here! I have to get back to the Vikings, now! Quite a fabulous start, don’t you think? Hopefully, they won’t find yet another way to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

By: purplepeep

purplepeep — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:13:16 +0000

happyscrapper said: As we say in Minnesota, I’m not too bad…could be worse.

Sounds like you know "How to Talk Minnesotan" , Scrapper!

By: Perk

Perk — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:58:05 +0000

I appreciate your heartfelt input on this judge, but as you have shown in his writings, he has moved to the judicial rule by fiat side.
For some reason, he has abandoned his judicial impartiality. He has taken the view that terrorists have the rights given lawful combatants. That is quite a legal jump.

By: Judabuggs

Judabuggs — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:54:00 +0000

Michelle, thank you for the link to this piece, “War on Liberty” by The Hon. Richard B. Sanders Justice, Washington Supreme Court. He has a twisted view of the role of the courts in helping to protect my liberty as a citizen of the United States if he plans to protect illegal combatants picked up (by his own admission) on the (I might add, illegal) battlefield.

And, by what amazing logic, would Sanders agree with a statement that the rule of law cannot keep us free…

because, as observed by Judge Learned Hand, the people are the ultimate “decider” when it comes to their liberty.

What do we mean when we say that first of all we seek Liberty? I often wonder whether we rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws, upon courts. These are false hopes, believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; and when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.

Since our courts appear to be more and more populated by those who would assign the rights of American citizenship to every Tom, Dick and Harry living around the world, I’d have to agree with Sanders. But the fact of the matter is that, I could hold dear to my liberty until the cows come home, but if the courts were not FAIRLY interpreting the laws of the United States, there would be no Liberty to be found.

Say “Goodnight Liberty”

By: rightwingrocker

rightwingrocker — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:30:12 +0000

The Federalist Society RULES!!

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com

By: tidestemmer » Today’s Links: 11-23-08.

tidestemmer » Today’s Links: 11-23-08. — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:12:53 +0000

[...] Michelle Malkin: Who heckled Attorney General Mukasey right before he passed out? According to Fox News it was Washington State Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders! Unconfirmed, but if true, can’t we expect these guys to act more dignified than college radicals? [...]

By: happyscrapper

happyscrapper — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:47:03 +0000

Purplepeep…thanks for the information. You sure do know your way around this website! I am feeling better today, despite the Gopher’s humiliation last night! As we say in Minnesota, I’m not too bad…could be worse.

By: purplepeep

purplepeep — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:45:09 +0000

On November 22nd, 2008 at 5:43 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:
I moved to Minnesota in 1979. It was the worst of times politically, but the people here were so nice and I loved working with them. Things were well in Minnesota until I got to learn the politics and life philosophy of the people here.

Oh yeah, things were a bit different in “Old School” Minnesota. Especially in the TC area. Gangs moved in during the 80s and that didn’t help much, either. If I could have frozen time in a bottle with my magic wand, it would have been at about the 1970-MTM era. (Errr, MTM = “Mary Tyler Moore”, the show was set in Mpls).

But still a great many fine and friendly folks to be found. Might all be gone by the next gen if parents don’t bring their kids up right and if the idiot political elite (whom I think you had more in mind) are in power.

By: purplepeep

purplepeep — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:31:08 +0000

happyscrapper said:
It would be interesting to know how many Minnesotans do posting on Michelle’s blog.

I suspect Michelle thinks “too many!”, Scrapper.

But you can get some stats on her visitors in general by clicking on the “sitemeter” button on the right panel. To find out where her recent visitors are from you can check this sitemeter stats page:

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Hope you’re feeling on the mend today!