Moron VP to cops: Don’t worry, Sotomayor “has your back”
posted at 8:56 pm on June 9, 2009 by Allahpundit
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No, in case you’re wondering, it’s not standard protocol to hint to interested parties that a judge is on their side. But in fairness to Biden, he is a moron.
“I think what Biden said was foolish,” said Stephen Gillers, a law professor at New York University who is a prominent legal ethicist. “She’s not there to ‘have their back.’ She’s there to interpret the law as she sees fit. . .
“It’ll be embarrassing to her when she learns of it,” Gillers said. “Biden crosses the line when he starts representing to interest groups that she would be voting in their favor.”…
The president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, John Wesley Hall, complained that Biden’s comment made it sound like she would overlook police misconduct.
“To say that a judge ‘has your back’ is an activist judge,” Hall said. “They’re raising doubts for everybody who’s concerned about the Bill of Rights. . . .‘She’s got your back’ is just the worst possible thing he could have said.”
But another legal ethics specialist, Stephen Lubet of Northwestern, said he was not troubled by Biden’s remarks. “If Judge Sotomayor had said that, perhaps [it would be problematic], but the fact that her supporters think she’s more disposed toward law enforcement does not suggest bias. Everybody’s in favor of law enforcement, no one’s opposed to law enforcement,” Lubet said. “This lacks the sort of specificity that would suggest bias.”
Most conservatives aren’t going to pitch a fit at the thought of a Supreme Court appointee giving cops the benefit of the doubt, especially when they’re terrified of The One building Warren Court II. But the principle remains: Imagine if Greasy Joe had told a group of public defenders that Sotomayor “has your back.” Sweet bloggy content for the next week, baby!
Oh, speaking of our wise Latina justice, a wise Latino senator evidently agrees that “the richness of her experience” gives her a leg up jurisprudentially on those who are less “rich.” And no, he’s not a Democrat.
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Oh my, that was hysterical! Thank you for the link, I hadn’t see that gem. Knives, daggers and stilletos were being thrown at Mrs. Sarkozy. Our First Lady is going to eventually need anger management classes.
sherry on June 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I’ll have to think about that.
Loxodonta on June 9, 2009 at 9:55 PM
The more they [Dems, Biden, everyone else on the Left] tries to justify Sotomayor, the more I am convinced that she is nothing but an affirmative action choice, and blatantly.
I’d have much preferred Larry Tribe, myself. If you are going to have a leftwinger on the Court, why not one of the best Constitutional lawyers in the nation?
Sotomayor will bring her rich Latina experience to the Court. Well, whoop de doo.
I’d like someone who has not only read the Constitution regularly, but has also had real experience in deciding Constitutional issues based on that same Constitution, rather than going with feelings and penumbras, or whether it is Día del Descubrimiento de Puerto Rico or Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud or if the Arroz con habichuelas was served cold or not.
coldwarrior on June 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
I can sure see why the regulars groan every time open registration occurs. I enrolled about a year ago and am very impressed w/most of the posters—and a few not so much. I would be honored to meet some of the more thoughtful posters.
The upside of open reg. is new entertainment–well not really new as it will be the same talking points phrased a little differently.
arnold ziffel on June 9, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Poor Joe he just can’t help himself.
Brat4life on June 9, 2009 at 9:58 PM
How come anyone with a difference of opinion on the conservative blogs is automatically labeled a troll.
You guys pick on every single thing Obama’s does. He can cut taxes for all Americans and become prolife tomorrow and you all will still criticize.
Us far left libs gave Dubya a couple of years before criticizing him. This constant hate on Obama is getting old
Afrolib on June 9, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Biden has turned into a lost soul. He couldn’t get the nomination ( as if) and then Hillary and Obama teamed up on him. I have my own theories on what’s going on here, but I think Biden is angry and (knowing that his career is toast) is shooting arrows without being unloyal ( ha ha). I would love to talk to him off the record. Obama is an idiot run by Hillary, Rahm and Axelrod. I love to see what nutty Joe says next. Letterman, watch out – Joe’s taking your place.
suzyk on June 9, 2009 at 10:02 PM
sherry on June 9, 2009 at 9:54 PM
There are some funny jokes out there about that look. I think TOTUS got off a good one. The worst kept secret on the internet who is Vera Baker and why is she in Martinique. I wonder if Carla Bruni was flirting with the Light Bringer?
Dr Evil on June 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM
LOL, I’m sure the cop from the tazer video is pleased. Taze-away, bro.
kkaneff79 on June 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Are you typing high?
Dr Evil on June 9, 2009 at 10:03 PM
If you are talking about Mel Martinez, I will seriously come to where ever you are and let loose my pitbull on your ass. You know that scene in Saving Private Ryan where the spineless kid lets the German go down the stairs free and alive right after inserting a knife in the ribs of the Jewish guy upstairs? Did you get this loathing feeling in the pit of your stomach during that scene and just want to kill that kid for being such a spineless piece of backstabbing crap? That’s how I feel about Mel Martinez…
Geministorm on June 9, 2009 at 10:05 PM
You leftlibs waited a couple of minutes, you mean. Before throwing eggs at him at his first inauguration.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAp6YAPtC2c
JeffWeimer on June 9, 2009 at 10:08 PM
An awesome piece over at the Greenroom from DirectorBlue about Sotomayor. Well worth the read.
is that a fact? Not as I remember it…from the get-go from the primaries right up to Election night, it was bash Bush, and from the Florida Supreme Court case and the decision to hold Florida to the rule of law, it became more pronounced and vitriolic…Bush was a target of the left, by design, not by accident, with AlGore leading the charge.
Frankly, this “hating” on Obama is not hating on Obama. Most of us are going after his policies…not the man.
He might be a wonderful person, but as the top executive in the nation, he has a lot of learning to do and soon.
Alternatively, there are also many who are more than willing to offer the Obama Administration the same deference that was routinely offered to Bush.
coldwarrior on June 9, 2009 at 10:09 PM
We knew what O was before you dumb@$$es elected him, it didn’t take us 2 years to see it. And as far as him cutting taxes and turning pro-life, leopards can’t change their spots.
thomasaur on June 9, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Afrolib: that’s a nightmare scenario….
chai on June 9, 2009 at 10:12 PM
No, don’t bother, if ever there where three people that don’t deserve the use of your gray matter, it is Biden, Pelosi, or Boxer. The grammar seems way off in that sentence but I think you get my drift.
Cindy Munford on June 9, 2009 at 10:12 PM
bazil9 on June 9, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Oh crap! A new troll with bad grammar.
Swell/
Knucklehead on June 9, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Funny comments on the TOTUS site. The other night on our local Chicago news they had a teaser on a story about how there was trouble in paradise with the Obama marriage. I thought they would bring up Vera Baker. Of course they didn’t but they related an interview Michelle Obama gave years ago on how their marriage was on the rocks when he ran for state senator and how Michelle was very unhappy with his career choice for one year which strained their marriage and there wasn’t any “bedroom romance” for a long time. Dear God, that’s too much information.
sherry on June 9, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Um, no we wouldn’t. First of all, if he cut taxes, we’d be flabbergasted. Secondly we’d be happy as could be that we’d have to eat crow for all of the negative things we’d have said about him. He would save the economy and we’d look like fools. We wouldn’t like it, but we’re Americans first. The pro-life thing would be nice, but you know that would never happen so why even mention it? George Washington has a better chance of rising from the dead than Obama turning pro-life.
How did you get here from Bizarro world? I mean, if you have some kind of dimensional-hopping machine, let us use it to get to where you came from. Since you aren’t from this dimension, let me inform you that after the fiasco in Florida in 2000 (I was living in Tallahassee at the time, btw), the left could not stop screaming about how Bush was illegitimate and how the election was stolen…ad nauseum. You missed it, it was a freakin’ circus here in this dimension.
One last thing, even though you’re a self admitted far lefty, you’ll still have to use logic and reasoning here at HA. Other than that you’ll be treated well here.
Geministorm on June 9, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Good. I don’t need to lose any more hair.
And that’s the only gray matter I have left.
Loxodonta on June 9, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Afrolib on June 9, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Allahpundit is ensuring the troll bait is strong tonight.
Obama.
Palin.
Biden.
Blücher!
Loxodonta on June 9, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Well that wasn’t the gray matter I was speaking of but I wouldn’t lose any of that to the Three Stooges either. That almost seems like an insult to the Three Stooges, doesn’t it?
Cindy Munford on June 9, 2009 at 10:21 PM
That’s mighty noble of you, to forgive someone for protecting their – your – country. And, as you can see, Cheney seems to be doing more good now than your Pelosi, or at least seems more popular.
DrRansom on June 9, 2009 at 10:21 PM
e
sherry on June 9, 2009 at 10:13 PM
And he keeps trying to figure out just what accomplished that end but hasn’t been able to reproduce the results LOL! So we end up having to pay for date night in NYC!
Dr Evil on June 9, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Are you talking about yourself personally or the radical left in general?
BTW, the exit plan was always clear…military victory, stable democracy in Iraq…go home.
AUINSC on June 9, 2009 at 10:23 PM
BULL. Two words: Florida 2000.
chemjeff on June 9, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Oh it gets worse, much worse
Getalife is back. Oh Crap!!!
Linky
Knucklehead on June 9, 2009 at 10:27 PM
The war was suppose to last 2 years according to Bush and Cheney. He declared mission accomplished a few years ago. Tell me where the exit plan was?
Afrolib on June 9, 2009 at 10:29 PM
There’s no almost about it. But let’s see now:
Moe = Nancy
Larry = Diane
Curly = Joe
And what about Shemp? Obama?
Or, can you do better?
Loxodonta on June 9, 2009 at 10:30 PM
I already did…overthrow Sadaam was complete at the ‘mission accomplished’ speech time frame.
And to stay on topic…Joe Biden, as of this minute, still a mouth-breathing moron.
AUINSC on June 9, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Greasy Joe certainly does not understand the constitution.
csdeven on June 9, 2009 at 10:32 PM
whats Obama’s exit plan for afghanistan??
right4life on June 9, 2009 at 10:33 PM
The troll is strong in this one.
csdeven on June 9, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Yes. I saw that. I had the same reaction as fogw.
It’s the first time I’ve laughed out loud today.
Loxodonta on June 9, 2009 at 10:34 PM
I am about to commit a sacrilege. I am not a huge fan of The Three Stooges. I think mostly it’s a girl thing. That said I wouldn’t mind seeing the three Dems mentioned slap each other around. That’s so awful.
Cindy Munford on June 9, 2009 at 10:35 PM
The Long War 9against jihadist terror) was supposed to last until it was over…we are still enbgaged in that war.
At no time did anyone in the Bush Administration announce as a matter of policy that Iraq would be a two-year war.
The mission accomplished meme was based on faulty, knowingly obtuse, media translation of a singular Navy tradition involving one aircraft carrier, the The USS Abraham Lincoln, returning from overseas combat deployment in 2003. The sign on the bridge of the Lincoln was a traditional navy banner often used when a ship returns from deployment or combat.
That got purposely translated to the dhims of somehow being a general statement as to the toal war effort. Not so.
But the meme stuck, apparently is still around.
The exit plan? Kill the bad guys, destroy their war making capability, enable a new form of government to be established…all part of the 1998 Iraq Regime Change Act under Clinton.
coldwarrior on June 9, 2009 at 10:35 PM
It saves time.
PackerBronco on June 9, 2009 at 10:35 PM
The duck methodology seems to work well..if it quacks like a duck, and so forth…
coldwarrior on June 9, 2009 at 10:38 PM
In fairness to Biden, I have read alot of Sotomayor’s criminal cases, she is pretty pro-prosecution.
Squid Shark on June 9, 2009 at 10:41 PM
The gift keeps on Giving…
The_Lid on June 9, 2009 at 10:42 PM
I don’t like the slapping each other either.
But I can easily picture Biden doing: Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!
Loxodonta on June 9, 2009 at 10:47 PM
He’s saving that line for a U.N. speech. World wide attention.
Cindy Munford on June 9, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Afrolib:
If you stick around long enough and keep an open mind you might be disabused of some of the far left tripe you’ve been spoon fed.
You seem like a nice enough person but you are spouting off a lot of the old stuff that the left has been screaming since President Bush was elected in Nov. of 1999. It’s old, it’s wrong and it’s irritating!
Vince on June 9, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Stand up, Chuck!
Oh, what am I talkin’ about. God love ya.
Stand up for Chuck!
Please, God, Rubio ‘10
Lanceman on June 9, 2009 at 10:56 PM
You win. That cannot be topped.
Loxodonta on June 9, 2009 at 10:57 PM
I’m sorry, I must have missed that “couple of years” amid the throngs of you jerks screaming “Selected not Elected!”…at his FIRST innauguration.
SuperCool on June 9, 2009 at 10:57 PM
If you are talking about Mel Martinez, I will seriously come to where ever you are and let loose my pitbull on your ass. You know that scene in Saving Private Ryan where the spineless kid lets the German go down the stairs free and alive right after inserting a knife in the ribs of the Jewish guy upstairs? Did you get this loathing feeling in the pit of your stomach during that scene and just want to kill that kid for being such a spineless piece of backstabbing crap? That’s how I feel about Mel Martinez…
Wethal on June 9, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Some G2 on Biden. Cops love him, becuase he passed some bill and got them a bunch of cash way back. I forget the details. Long story short, michelle mcphee is very close to the Boston and NY police departments. She was a crime reporter in both cities and she’s a “true crime” author. She asked the cops why they were backing Obama even though he was close to the leader of a cop-killing group and they told her it was because of Biden. He was chosen to swing them over to his side, or so she says.
TheBigOldDog on June 9, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Sorry about messing up the tags, too, Geministorm. It’s late here.
Wethal on June 9, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Dear Lord, the man is amazing.
RedNewEnglander on June 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM
It saves time.
PackerBronco on June 9, 2009 at 10:35 PM
heh
Dr Evil on June 9, 2009 at 11:02 PM
How in the world did I see that coming.
emailnuevo on June 9, 2009 at 11:19 PM
I changed my party affiliation on Friday so I can vote in the primary. And I am going to send Mr. Rubio some money. Not much but more than anyone else will get.
Cindy Munford on June 9, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Rubio and his pork addicted tush will do more IMHO than Crist.
Rubio has ethics issues and is trying to manipulate the “base” in to proping him up. Dont be fooled, he talks a big game but his actions are just the same as any special interest beholden politician.
Squid Shark on June 9, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Pure Jackassery, Joe.
Claypigeon on June 9, 2009 at 11:41 PM
I’m sure Biden thinks Sotomayor would be on the side of firefighters too…as long as they are the right firefighters.
ajsleepy on June 10, 2009 at 12:09 AM
As a cop, I would no sooner think this woman has ” my back ” than BHO. The only one that has my ” back ” is the Officer next to me, not a sexist leftwing idiot like this woman.
tx2654 on June 10, 2009 at 12:10 AM
I’m so sick of these idiots making the court a political issues. Idiot Joe basically say- ‘look, she understands you guys. She’s got your back, so you need to make sure you have her back and support her.’ Who cares which law enforcement organizations back her? Does that matter one iota? No. And it shouldn’t matter.
What should matter is her record and her public statements on the law and her legal philosophy. If she upholds the Constitution, as it was written at the time, then she’s okay. If not, if she thinks the document is a living breathing document that changes, or if she looks to international courts to decide these issues, she’s a bad choice and isn’t fit. Simple as that.
This is why people hate politicians. They turn EVERYTHING into a political matter, and they forget our lives are our only lives- they’re not political.
TheBlueSite on June 10, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Am I reading between the lines, or did Biden say that Sotomayer was willing to go above the sentencing law? (see 2:10). Does that imply that she exhibits common sense, or disregard for the law?
The only argument he made with any substance was that she will bring a great deal of experience to the court.
What’s helpful about “experience”? It wasn’t a qualification for our president. And years of experience hasn’t seemed to make our V.P. any wiser, either.
Pazman on June 10, 2009 at 12:40 AM
Sigh of relief.
I’m just so tired of our supposed representatives being so God awful I’m afraid I’m blinded to the silent /sarc when it comes to these guys. Between Grahamnesty, McLame, Martinez, Spector, Snowe, Collins, and Crist my ability to laugh about these things has disappeared entirely. The good thing about this is that I’ve stopped donating to the problem (RNC) and started donating only to worthy individual candidates.
Jindal/Palin 2012?
Geministorm on June 10, 2009 at 12:51 AM
Does anybody here use live writer to post to this blog? I keep getting told that I am not allowed to post to this blog. P.S I am new to blogging
chacker on June 10, 2009 at 12:53 AM
Let’s say that instead of Bush nominating Justice Roberts he nominated a white guy who said that the richness of his experiences makes him a better judge than Black or Hispanic judges who haven’t had those experiences. And then let’s say that Cheney gave a speech to a law enforcement interest group in which he said that this judge “has their backs”. Would they even have a hearing?
Dollayo on June 10, 2009 at 1:06 AM
Cuz ya don’t mess with Joe!!!!
FontanaConservative on June 10, 2009 at 1:13 AM
Is this guy really that much of an idiot, or is it that he’s just obnoxious and doesn’t really care what anyone thinks about him because he’s wealthy and powerful?
Or both?
Dr. ZhivBlago on June 10, 2009 at 1:19 AM
It can’t be that he doesn’t care what anyone thinks because at 2:30 of the above video Biden said that he wants people to think that “he gets it”. The idiot explanation sounds more plausible.
Dollayo on June 10, 2009 at 1:35 AM
I think that Ed should start a daily “Bide-ism of the day” segment for this VP.
Dollayo on June 10, 2009 at 1:44 AM
Yeah, and Sarah Palin is inarticulate? I see Biden has his very own VTOTUS…or was he watching a ping pong match and that explains his incoherence?
ihasurnominashun on June 10, 2009 at 1:49 AM
Does she “get” illegal immigration?
Connie on June 10, 2009 at 2:14 AM
give me a break, he said “ya’ll?”
he’s from deleware!
TTheoLogan on June 10, 2009 at 3:35 AM
Our daily gaffe from Plugs Plagerizer is as predictable as the sun rising. The highest IQ man, he of humble (upper class) origins, Ol’e Plugs never ceases to amuse.
Putting him in charge of lying about the stimulus is a perfect job for him.
“Stand Up Chuck!” “Oh, my, what am I thinking?”
Cleveland Steamer on June 10, 2009 at 6:05 AM
She’s on the cops side except if they’d like to be promoted. If BO could vote against Roberts and Alito for being too conservative, Republicans need to drop the pretense that she’s anything but liberal. She’ll get confirmed no doubt. Is it worth it to give her a Clarence Thomas style confirmation hearing? Probably not. Is she worth voting against? Absolutely.
Vera71 on June 10, 2009 at 6:19 AM
Think about how sad this really is, we LOST to a guy who admits in an interview that he’s a muslim, and we know he hangs out with terrorists, and then throw in Joe Biden, a complete moron. Quayle looks like a genius compared to Joe.
Jeff from WI on June 10, 2009 at 6:33 AM
And we continued to insist on the fantasty that he was a Muslim, redering us incapable of making the real argument against Obama. So who is really at fault.
Squid Shark on June 10, 2009 at 7:00 AM
Too funny. Black liberals represent a very special kind of delusion.
Jaibones on June 10, 2009 at 7:38 AM
Plugs is fantastic entertainment …… would love to be fly on the wall everytime The Chosen One learns of another
truthism from Nobody Messes With Joe
coninnyc on June 10, 2009 at 7:43 AM
yes, i love that biden, too. if it weren’t for his comedic routine, this administration would have sent me to the insane asylum on inauguration day.
kelley in virginia on June 10, 2009 at 7:58 AM
Oh BOO HOO! Poor little Obama, can’t take any criticism of his failed administration witehout the trolls showing up to defend the rat bastard traitor! Obama will not cut taxes or protect the unborn because, like all Democrats, he is for higher taxes and the culture of death.
And, for the record, the left didn’t even let GWB take office before they were attacking him.
highhopes on June 10, 2009 at 8:23 AM
I don’t get the “humor” there. Could you please provide specific examples of what Dan Quayle did/said that “proves” how much of an idiot he supposedly is/was?
PLEASE have something better than “Potato(e)”.
DOOF on June 10, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Do we really want such a ‘wise Latina’ judge who can’t go through an airport which millions of people go through per year without incident, without breaking her ankle, and then needs white men in the WH to order her to go to the hospital to get it examined, whereupon a broken bone is found?
eaglewingz08 on June 10, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Well said. I do not want a judge to “have my back”. I want a judge who will enforce the law as the law says.
While they are in the minority, there are cops out there who screw up or sometimes do bad things, we need judges who are willing to look at everything and make their decision. Biden is such an idiot.
The local police organizations in my neck of the woods backed McCain more for the gun control issue than anything else, if you can believe that.
Democrats know as much about law enforcement as they do “fiscal responsibility”.
NC Cop on June 10, 2009 at 8:47 AM
I didn’t know walking could be so dangerous. She is not fit for SCOTUS or even the member of a jury.
Geochelone on June 10, 2009 at 9:19 AM
“Us far left libs gave Dubya a couple of years before criticizing him.”
Afrolib on June 9, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Really? Are you saying the whole “stolen” election issue never really bothered the the far left libs until a couple of years later? I also remember lots of “9/11 never happened under Clinton’s watch.” Not to mention that entire War on Terror, when the far left did nothing to hold back their criticism. You might want to read some actual history before making such a ridiculous statement about how much the far left supported GWB.
Vera71 on June 10, 2009 at 9:28 AM
I forgot, is his first name Joe or Dick?
Mr. Grump on June 10, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Everytime I hear Slow Joe say something I burst out in laughter and hearken back to the campaign trail when all the lib character assassins tried to tell us how dumb Sarah Palin is. If Biden is still on the ticket in 2012 (and I can’t see that happening with Emmanuel pulling the strings in the oval office), Sarahcuda’s path to the WH will be lined with all of the idiotic statements this Bozo just can’t help himself from uttering. And I got news for ya, Afrolib: Pelosi and Boxer’s brains together generate less intelligence than that of the goldfish in my aquarium.
Goldy1 on June 10, 2009 at 10:38 AM
DOOF, that’s the point, the lefts ridiculous portrayal of Qualye as an idiot for that “potato” (e) thing compared to Joe “I’m an Idiot” Biden
Jeff from WI on June 10, 2009 at 11:23 AM
I believe Thomas Sowell made the point that if a judge makes decisions based on “empathy” as opposed to that silly piece of paper (the Constitution, I think it’s called), that just makes it more difficult for the rest of us to figure out how they will rule. That applies to us officers also. What we do legally today may be considered “fruits of the poisonous tree” next month….
ajsleepy on June 10, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Obama is going to have to banish ol’ blundering Joe to the VP secret bunker for the rest of his presidency. Oh wait, Joe blew the cover of the secret bunker at a dinner party. That’s ok; we enjoy the comedy, right?
CG - Colorado on June 10, 2009 at 1:45 PM
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