obama informercial gameday thread

[saden1]

Obama's recent comment regarding the kind of judges he wants also softened me up a bit on him:

"We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom. The empathy to understand what it's like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old. And that's the criteria by which I'm going to be selecting my judges."

-Obama

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

Obama's recent comment regarding the kind of judges he wants also softened me up a bit on him:

I thought a judges job was to interpet the law and not make law.

[mheisig]

Originally Posted by saden1

Obama's recent comment regarding the kind of judges he wants also softened me up a bit on him:

Funny you'd pick that quote because that's precisely one of the reasons I won't vote for Obama.

I think the composition of the Supreme Court and the appointments a president gets to make is one of the most crucial factors come election time.

Someone who is going to base judge appointments on emotion and empathy scares the living daylights on me. I want experience, reason, rationale and the guts to make tough decisions, not someone who is going to vote based on some empathetic emotional whim.

There's a lot of factors that would go into making a good judge, empathy being one of many. For Obama to seemingly highlight that as the only one that's important scares me.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by mheisig

Funny you'd pick that quote because that's precisely one of the reasons I won't vote for Obama.

I think the composition of the Supreme Court and the appointments a president gets to make is one of the most crucial factors come election time.

Someone who is going to base judge appointments on emotion and empathy scares the living daylights on me. I want experience, reason, rationale and the guts to make tough decisions, not someone who is going to vote based on some empathetic emotional whim.

There's a lot of factors that would go into making a good judge, empathy being one of many. For Obama to seemingly highlight that as the only one that's important scares me.

Well, that's where we part ways. I believe it is essential that a judge be able to reconcile current law and a new issue facing the court. Without the ability to "intellectually identify with or vicarious experience of feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another" a judge lacks the ability to make sound judgment necessary to resolve cases without precedence (what the Supreme Court routinely does).

[mheisig]

Originally Posted by saden1

Well, that's where we part ways...I believe it is essential that a judge be able to reconcile current law and a new issue facing the court. Without the ability to "intellectually identify with or vicarious experience of feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another" they lack the ability to make sound judgment necessary to resolve cases without precedence (what the Supreme Court routinely does).

Like I said, empathy is important - but it's one important trait amongst many.

Obama offered no other criteria (at least in that quote) and leads you to believe that his judge appointments will be based solely on whether the judge is empathetic or not.

Empathy is important, without a doubt. I would argue, though, that while it's important, it's certainly not THE most important or the only criteria by which a judge ought to be measured.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by mheisig

Like I said, empathy is important - but it's one important trait amongst many.

Obama offered no other criteria (at least in that quote) and leads you to believe that his judge appointments will be based solely on whether the judge is empathetic or not.

Empathy is important, without a doubt. I would argue, though, that while it's important, it's certainly not THE most important or the only criteria by which a judge ought to be measured.

And the most important criterion would be?