http://hotair.com/archives/2006/05/12/did-luttig-quit-to-protest-bush/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:19:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://hotair.com/archives/2006/05/12/did-luttig-quit-to-protest-bush/comment-page-1/#comment-23994 Hot Air » Blog Archive » SCOTUS: Hamdan ruling due any minute Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:10:44 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/05/12/did-luttig-quit-to-protest-bush/#comment-23994 [...] If Bush does have to deal with a Democratic Senate (or at least a more Democratic Senate, which is almost certain), would he try to replace Stevens with Luttig? Luttig, remember, is a hardline conservative who fell out with the administration over … detainment of enemy combatants. That would be a point in his favor before the Democrats, as would the symmetry of him replacing the author of the Hamdan opinion on the Court. And Bush could point to the appointment as proof that he respects judges who disagree with him. [...] [...] If Bush does have to deal with a Democratic Senate (or at least a more Democratic Senate, which is almost certain), would he try to replace Stevens with Luttig? Luttig, remember, is a hardline conservative who fell out with the administration over … detainment of enemy combatants. That would be a point in his favor before the Democrats, as would the symmetry of him replacing the author of the Hamdan opinion on the Court. And Bush could point to the appointment as proof that he respects judges who disagree with him. [...]

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