Friday, November 11, 2005
Rove Re-emerges
WASHINGTON -- Emerging from weeks of political hibernation, President Bush's longtime advisor Karl Rove told the conservative Federalist Society that rulings by liberal judges will "provoke a strong counter-reaction” through laws or constitutional amendments to limit the judiciary.
Rove addressed the group Thursday evening at the Federalist Society's annual meeting in Washington, reported MSNBC's Tom Curry.
"The public will reclaim its rights as a sovereign people,” Rove predicted, and "at the end of the day the views of the Founders will prevail.”
Rove was greeted by a standing ovation. He has been under a shadow for more than a week as some in Washington expected — and others hoped — that he might be indicted for disclosing classified information that Valerie Plame, the wife of Iraq war critic Joseph Wilson, worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. But only I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, has so far been indicted in that case.
Rove made no reference to the Libby case in his 25-minute address Thursday.
Rove denounced recent examples of what he saw as liberal judicial activism such as the 9th Circuit court of appeals declaring that the recitation of the words "under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools was unconstitutional
He also denounced last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling Roper v. Simmons in which five justices ruled that convicted murderers under the age of 18 could not be put to death. Rove noted that 20 states allowed capital punishment for those under 18 and argued that the high court was depriving those states of the right to self-government.
Rove confidently predicted that soon Chief Justice John Roberts will be joined by "a proud member of the Federalist Society,” Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.
WASHINGTON -- Emerging from weeks of political hibernation, President Bush's longtime advisor Karl Rove told the conservative Federalist Society that rulings by liberal judges will "provoke a strong counter-reaction” through laws or constitutional amendments to limit the judiciary.
Rove addressed the group Thursday evening at the Federalist Society's annual meeting in Washington, reported MSNBC's Tom Curry.
"The public will reclaim its rights as a sovereign people,” Rove predicted, and "at the end of the day the views of the Founders will prevail.”
Rove was greeted by a standing ovation. He has been under a shadow for more than a week as some in Washington expected — and others hoped — that he might be indicted for disclosing classified information that Valerie Plame, the wife of Iraq war critic Joseph Wilson, worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. But only I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, has so far been indicted in that case.
Rove made no reference to the Libby case in his 25-minute address Thursday.
Rove denounced recent examples of what he saw as liberal judicial activism such as the 9th Circuit court of appeals declaring that the recitation of the words "under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools was unconstitutional
He also denounced last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling Roper v. Simmons in which five justices ruled that convicted murderers under the age of 18 could not be put to death. Rove noted that 20 states allowed capital punishment for those under 18 and argued that the high court was depriving those states of the right to self-government.
Rove confidently predicted that soon Chief Justice John Roberts will be joined by "a proud member of the Federalist Society,” Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.
