Senate approves ACORN/abortion radical judge David Hamilton
David Hamilton is a hard Left, former ACORN fund-raiser and abortion radical who was rated “not qualified” by the ABA.
Now, via LifeNews, he is federal judge:
The Senate voted today 59-39 to confirm a pro-abortion federal judge President Barack Obama appointed to become a new appeals court justice. David Hamilton, of Indiana, is the first pro-abortion judge Obama selected, but he was held up for months because of his extreme views.
With less than 60 votes, the Senate could have defeated the nomination had lawmakers voted Tuesday to sustain the filibuster pro-life advocates launched against Hamilton.
The vote saw all but one Republican, Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar, who is nominally pro-life, vote against Hamilton while all Democrats supported his nomination except two who were not present for the vote.
However, the cloture vote saw no Democrats joining the 29 pro-life Republicans who supported it and a defection of some of the more liberal Republicans in the caucus.
Americans United for Life president Charmaine Yoest said Hamilton should have been defeated because “judges should uphold Constitutional restrictions on abortion.”
“As a District Court judge, Hamilton promoted his radical pro-abortion agenda. His promotion to the Seventh Circuit” is a “serious concern to the pro-life community,” she told LifeNews.com.
Hamilton was tapped by Obama in March to fill a vacancy on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
As he promised he would do, pro-life Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama led the filibuster and said Hamilton should be opposed in part because of his pro-abortion views.
Sessions noted how Hamilton kept an informed consent measure from being enforced in Indiana, thereby prohibiting women from getting information about abortion’s risks and alternatives so they can find positive alternatives.
“And for seven years, through a series of rulings, Hamilton kept it form being enforced. This case is a blatant example of allowing personal views to frustrate the will of the people and the popularly elected representatives of the government of Indiana,” Sessions said. “This appeared to me to be obstructionism.”
Sen. Jim DeMint, a pro-life senator from South Carolina, agreed.
“Judge Hamilton is the definition of an activist judge and is clearly not qualified to sit on a court of appeals,” DeMint said during the debate. “Hamilton, who spent years working with the ACLU and ACORN, has used his position on the bench to drive his personal political agenda.”
The pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List objected to Hamilton and said it worries about future Obama nominees.
“If Judge David Hamilton is considered a blueprint for the next judge President Obama will nominate for the U.S. Supreme Court, America is in trouble,” Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the organization, told LifeNews.com.
Yep, we’ve been in trouble since day one. Elections do indeed have consequences.
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The GOP comes through again!
But to no avail.
How bad do you have to be for this?
NO GUTS, NO GLORY. THIS BUTTHEAD WILL BE SPOUTING NONSENSE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. GREAT.
*Just more ammunition to take down Landrieu, Lincoln, and Nelson come November, 2010; We are keeping track!
Michelle,
With all due respect, perhaps you should care about whether the person who made this nomination is Constitutionally eligible to hold the office.
He’s not.
The Constitution clearly states “a President shall have qualified;“, but of the 1,075 people involved, from the Electoral College election to the swearing in, not a single one of them supported and defended the Constitutional requirement to qualify the candidate.
How can someone born a British subject be a “natural born Citizen” of the United States of America?
How can someone who has never released his initial Birth Certificate be assumed to have been born on U.S. soil (and not on sovereign Hawaiian “Crown Lands” or elsewhere)?
Obama is a usurper.
Address the issue.
Remove the usurper, and all of his actions performed while usurping the office, including the nominations of Sotomayor and Hamilton, will be declared invalid.
Lord, please protect and keep healthy Justices Alito, Thomas, Scalia and Chief Justice Roberts. And Stevens, too (gulp).
Amen.
I guess it was Lugar’s turn to be the GOP dunce. What an ass. He’s always being extolled by the media as a wise moderate.
Red – With all due respect, the issue is dead. The courts have determined it is not their jurisdiction. The issue would have to be decided in Congress. Good luck with that. Look what they did today. That’s why MM won’t go there. She stated her position months ago, and backing a discredited issue would only damage her credibility and accomplish nothing.
Re: the confirmation, I’m a little shocked that nothing these clowns do shocks me anymore.
This is probably worse than we realize. This pro-abortion “judge” will probably be the Chicago Thug’s next nominee to the Supreme Court.
Pray for our Country.
2010/2012 may be too late…the country will be totally gone by then at the rate they are dismantling it and installing radical judges…crap and tax will be next followed by massive illegal immigration reform which the closer it gets the more will flow in hoping to get all the freebies…you can’t raise everybody to our standards but you sure can lower our standards to that of 3rd world cesspool status….get ready folks we are either going down the tubes fast or we get off our collective duffs and get into our congressional offices and into the streets!!! they aren’t listening…only massive action will stop this crapola..and not just a 2 million man march tea party….
Swede, I understand what you’re saying, but it shouldn’t be dead. It’s a serious question that needs to be addressed.
They are doing everything they can to kick this can down the road. They are defiling the memory of Chief Justice Marshall who said:
“It is most true that this Court will not take jurisdiction if it should not: but it is equally true, that it must take jurisdiction if it should. The judiciary cannot, as the legislature may, avoid a measure because it approaches the confines of the constitution. We cannot pass it by because it is doubtful. With whatever doubts, with whatever difficulties, a case may be attended, we must decide it, if it be brought before us. We have no more right to decline the exercise of jurisdiction which is given, than to usurp that which is not given. The one or the other would be treason to the constitution.”
There are issues surrounding Obama’s eligibility that must be addressed. There has never been a president, born after the adoption of the Constitution, that was not a citizen born on American soil to parents that were BOTH American citizens. All evidence points to that being what the Founders intended.
If the Congress can address, and vote on, John McCain’s and Barry Goldwater’s eligibility to the office, it should have the courage to address Obama’s.
What I fear, is that the issue will be ignored until after Obama’s term(s), even though it has been pursued since months before even the Democratic National Convention.
To me, it’s a matter of whether the Constitution means what the Founders meant it to, or not.
Whether or not it should be dead does not change the fact that it is. Is deciding this in the courts a precedent you really want? What if a conservative gets elected in ’12, and every libtard judge in the federal court system could declare him/her ineligible?
So the answer is to take it before the most loony leftwing congress in history and get a rational decision? I can’t see where this can go, and it is being portrayed as delusional, on a par with the 9-11 truthers.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but no credible evidence has been produced that BarryO was born anywhere else. the evidence that has surfaced turns out to be sourced from libs who want this meme to continue.
WOT but too funny to pass up. “Climate change pushes women into prostitution.”
It just keeps getting weirder and weirder.
This could be bad. With all the heavy breathing going on, more carbon dioxide is released, which leads to more climate change, so more women become prostitutes.
I’m sure if a treaty was passed, we could legislate away climate change with the stroke of a pen.
Barf.
You make a good point, swede. However, there are lots of things I don’t (or didn’t) want decided in the courts, but that never stopped the scoundrels. We got abortion due to a SCOTUS mandate when it is clearly something that should be decided by a vote of the people.
The only reason the courts rejected this argument is because they could see that a lot of blacks would riot if the first black “president” was removed from office. The fact that he has never met the constitutional requirements for the office would be unimportant to the race-baiters that would be the catalyst for all of the violence that would follow such a decision.
The court merely realized that if they made ANY decision, either way, some people were going to get hurt or die. So they just, as Dexter Alarius said, kicked the can down the road.
Sometimes doing the right thing is not the easy or popular, or safe, thing. You just do it because it’s right.
This country has lost that intelligence.
Interesting fact. Of the over 2000 appointee the ABA has rated, only 34 have been rated “not qualified”. 23 of these were nominated by Democratic presidents to Republican’s 11.
Actually, that ratio is 24 to 10.
I think that since Obama is reshaping the Supreme Court into his holy Socialist image, then SCOTUS should be replaced with the new term that more reflects Obama and his administration:
SCROTUM
Supreme Court Reflecting Obama’s Tyrannical Usurping Megalomania.
SCROTUM. . .it has a nice ring to it.
I like having a pro-abortion judge in a liberal circuit.
I like having pro-life judges in conservative districts.
I agree the issue of Obama being a natural born citizen should certainly not be “dead”, and I don’t believe it is. Complaining about his policies isn’t nearly as effective as getting him removed from office.
I am so disappointed that the media, including Fox News, talk radio and most of the various talking heads won’t touch this with a ten foot pole. I think fear has been instilled in them.
Palin gets 11 people from AP to fact check her book, and we can’t get one journalist to discuss or research Obama’s secret past, locked up records and questionable eligibility?
If this were anyone but Obama this issue would be discussed 24/7.
The fear of what might be found in an independent investigation of Obama’s past should not prevent it from being done.
Investigative journalism is dead.
As good a look as possible at Obama’s past from birth to 100 days into his presidency is available here:
Be brave take a look.
http://colony14.net/id41.html
Eh, I’m having a hard time with that one. Rush, Coulter, MM, Drudge, Hannity, Ingram, Beck just don’t seem gripped with fear to me. Could it be their researchers checked it out and didn’t find a credible story here? You’re saying Hannity or Beck wouldn’t give their left nad for an exclusive that disqualifies ObaMao? You know they would jump on it in a heart beat.
I needed a birth certificate for my passport and visas to China and Hong Kong. I received a Certificate of Live Birth exactly like the one produced for Barry. It is not the original, but proves that the original exists – and is sufficient as proof of citizenship for the state department, department of imigration, armed services etc. If you contend Dear Leader was born elsewhere, the burden is upon you to provide evidence. You can’t just say there is a birth conspiracy any more than your can say Bush was behind 9-11.
I would dearly love to see some difinitive evidence that Dear Leader was born elsewhere. Please bring it! If it turns up I will gladly eat my words with some Tobasco sauce and Pinto beans. Until then, this is merely a distraction, and not productive.
Most of the definitive evidence is locked up and protected at an expense, so far, of about 2 million dollars. As others have said, none of the lawsuits were dismissed based on evidence, only a technicality found to prevent the evidence from being looked at. There is far more credible evidence that Obama is not a natural born citizen than that he is.
Do some research, this book, The Obama Timeline, is a great place to begin:
http://colony14.net/id41.html
Lots of evidence and references in the book.
What I am saying is there is so much in Obama’s background that deserves a closer look, and not just his eligibility…..that if he was anyone else hundreds of journalist would be reseaching his past……not just a few…..and nothing would be off limits for public discussion…….it would be encouraged instead.
Lou Dobbs speaks out, just a little, and gets fired.
Everything is not OK in this presidents past, to put in mildly, but few seem to want to look into it.
Not a “distraction” to me….but vitally important to our future.
Guns and Ammo. Our last line of defense. The 2nd Amendment will soon be our only Amendment left standing.
Plus, this moron visited Paahhkiistahn at a time when only diplomats could visit. The only way he could have visited would be with a other than American passport.
All the republicans that voted for debate that allowed this to proceed, need to be fired!
My God:
A liberal found not qualified by the ABA! Wow. But of course, the Dems and Obama found him to be perfect. Could you imagine the hew and cry if Bush appointed anyone as extreme on the other side as this one?
On November 19th, 2009 at 10:12 pm, swede said:
Swede,
The Hawaii Director of Health was not willing to say “Obama was born in Hawaii” until AFTER the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of a resolution that included the words “Obama was born in Hawaii”.
The COLB was produced at and by the Obama campaign headquarters, never verified as authentic by the State of Hawaii, and only shown to a politically-friendly audience that TWICE had to admit that their “fact checking” was wrong and attorney Leo Donofrio was right.
I do not trust the COLB, and I do not trust a statement made by Dr. Fukino, when that attorney general’s opinion about that public statement is required by Hawaiian law to be made public, yet is kept secret. What are they hiding?
Do you realize that Obama could have been born in Honolulu, Hawaii and STILL not have been born on U.S. soil?
The hospital that was originally reported as Obama’s birth hospital was The Queens’ Hospital. That hospital is located on what part of what are called “Crown Lands” (the Queen’s land). There is debate about the “Crown Lands” being soverign land, not annexed by the United States. Very similar to how Native American Indian Reservations are “soveign lands”.
Why is it that it was reported that Obama was born at the Queens’ hospital, but then that was scrubbed from the Internet?
http://www.theobamafile.com/_images/ObamaQueensHospital.jpg
http://www.theobamafile.com/_eligibility/IssueHospitals.htm
http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaScrubbing.htm
Why is it that we aren’t allowed to see an initial birth certificate, complete with hospital name and doctor’s signature?
I’m sure you remember that Michael Bennet is up for re-election in 11 months Michelle. We got our work cut out for us, but stupid moves like this are making our job to clean up Colorado a lot easier.
I have my doubts that Soetoro was born in the United States. Orly Taitz has alot of evidence that is Very Convincing. She even has PROOF that the man living in OUR White house has used 39 DIFFERENT Social Security Numbers!
What really got me scratching my head is what took place in Denver during Obamas/Soetoros Nomination…
PLEASE anyone explain WHY Nancy Pelosi SIGNED & NOTORIZED two Certifications dated both on Aug. 28th? Now THAT is one thing I HAVE PROOF of.
During the Bush administration, liberals like Patrick Leahy and Chuck Schumer cried that Bush shouldn’t nominate such “extreme” people to the bench. I just love how the hypocrites in charge follow their own advice.
The DNC has admitted there were two, one for Hawaii and a different one for the other 49 states, both signed and notarized on the same day. The Hawaii one includes wording that says Obama is eligible “per the U.S. Constitution” the other 49 have no such wording.
There has been no explanation given, just stonewalling. Media interest in this…zero. Interest if it were anyone but Obama would be off the charts.
On November 20th, 2009 at 8:15 am, iamsaved said:
Go back and review what Barack Hussein Obama said when he voted against the confirmation of the extremely well qualified John Roberts:
On November 20th, 2009 at 8:58 am, BOB said:
It is a fact that Obama was born a British subject, who has yet to prove that he was born on U.S. soil (versus at the Queens’ Hospital on sovereign “Crown Lands”, or other non-U.S. soil).
Either of those is sufficient to say that Obama has failed to qualify to hold the office of President and Commander in Chief.
Not only can we show that Obama is a usurper, we can show that Pelosi is guilty of perjury.
We can remove two Democratic Socialists for the price of one.
OK, Speaker Pelosi, How Did the DNC Certify Obama’s Eligibility?
ITookTheRedPill……you are right, but the Alinsky Rules for Radicals book is working to shut down discussion on this subject.
Even here few want to talk about it, and those who do speak up are just crazy, “birthers”.
Never said crazy, and I’ve seen the “evidence.” To date it all has to be filed under “Things that make you go hmmmmmmm.” There is yet to surface any definitive proof, and that is what is needed.
Regardless of what Orly Taitz has, she comes off as a fruit cake, and should not be the front person for your quest. Just sayin’. I actually wish y’all success. Just don’t see it happening. God bless and good luck.
Just a rhetorical question: on what grounds does Sen Bob Casey claim to be pro-life?
Has Obama appointed ANYONE who is NOT a radical? Even ONE person? If so, who? I would be curious to know. I realize he kept a few Bush carry-overs and they are not radicals. But everyone Obama has chosen has been totally radical in some way, either socialist, communist, or other disgusting “ist”. I have not heard of even one moderate in his past either (the little of his past that is not hidden because it is so bad he would be executed as a traitor if it came out). How in Gods’ name did we end up with an ANTI-AMERICAN President?? He hates this country because he is not a citizen of it. The information was all there, but people chose to ignore it. I get so angry when I talk to someone who voted for this traitor, I have to walk away. Not a healthy atmosphere in this country. How can you be “tolerant” towards idiots who have helped destroy this country?? I am a bit more tolerant towards those who express regret and apologize for their stupidity.
Swede, to me, where he was actually born is moot. His father was never an American citizen (verifiable fact) and that means he is NOT a “natural born citizen” as the drafters of the Constitution understood the term to mean.
If Congress wants to declare Obama a “natural born citizen” in the context of Article I, Section 2, then we need to know where the line is. If it is not “a citizen born on American soil to parents that were BOTH American citizens”, then what is it?! We have a right to know.
Great post…repeat “hope and change” endlessly, work white guilt and run a candidate who lies better than Bill Clinton. The result; after eight years of demonizing of GWB we get we get the totally unqualified radical Barack Hussine Obama.
The refusal to discuss or investigate in detail Obama’s past is most frustrating, and it’s why he is still in office.
Thanks, I won’t be giving up.
On November 20th, 2009 at 11:13 am, BOB said:
Indeed. There is no expiration date on this: