It's always party time at the New York Times - Democratic party time.
Yes, we hate the media. And no part of the media works up our ire more than that vaunted bastion of liberalism, The New York Times.
You’ll see what we mean when you compare these excerpts from New York Times editorials about two different 5-4 Supreme Court decisions.
First is the except from Ricci v DeStefano, the recent firemen discrimination case:
The case is already being used as ammunition against Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, who sided with New Haven at the appeals court level. If the Monday ruling says anything about Judge Sotomayor, however, it underscores the reasonableness of her views…Four of the nine justices–including David Souter, whose seat Judge Sotomayor would take–agreed with the result she reached.
Now here’s what the Times said about another 5-4 decision in a case called Boumediene v Bush:
On Thursday, the court turned back the most recent effort to subvert justice with a stirring defense of habeas corpus, the right of anyone being held by the government to challenge his confinement before a judge.
The court ruled that the detainees being held in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have that cherished right, and that the process for them to challenge their confinement is inadequate. It was a very good day for people who value freedom and abhor Mr. Bush’s attempts to turn Guantánamo Bay into a constitutional-rights-free zone. . . .
It was disturbing that four justices dissented from this eminently reasonable decision.
So is dissent is good or bad? Or is it only good when it comes from liberals and only bad when it comes from conservatives?
We’re so confused. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say the Times is confused.
Source: Wall Street Journal
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IS anyone really afraid of Sontamayer? She appears to be a much less controversial nominee than I have seen in decades.