I would love an originalist or a textualist nominated to the Supreme Court. I'll even take a garden variety strict constructionist if necessary. But I find this notion to be totally unacceptable.

A coalition of conservative activists armed with petitions Wednesday encouraged President Bush to nominate former Alabama chief justice Roy Moore to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Putting Moore on the bench "could bring about a turning point in our jurisprudence and in our culture, back to biblical morality and forward to a restoration of the constitutional design and system of liberty set forth by America's founding fathers," said Howard Phillips, chairman of the Conservative Caucus.

Phillips, a three-time nominee for president by the Constitution Party, said Moore best represents the type of judge Bush has said he prefers, one who would strictly interpret the law according to the U.S. Constitution.

Roy Moore disgraced the bench. His conduct led to his impeachment and removal from one court, and his slanderous lies since his removal show him to be a man of no character at all. He is, dare I say it, no-account white trash. I oppose this absurd proposal from the fringe, and I oppose his proposed run for governor of Alabama.

Those of us in the mainstream of the conservative movement -- the real mainstream, not the moderate/liberal RINO regions defined as mainstream by the Left -- would never abide by such an appointment, and would support the rejection of Roy Moore as unfit. Not that I have any reason to worry that such an appointment is forthcoming.

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