The Trib Editorial Board. Again.

This time they've got their Scaife-panties in a twist (ouch) over President Obama's statement about Justice Souter's replacement.

And, of course, they omit something kinda, you know, important. Something that changes everything and not in their favor. Typical Trib crazie.

The set-up from the Trib:

President Obama says he'll seek a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter "who understands that justice isn't about some abstract legal theory or footnote in a casebook."

The president says it's "also about how our laws affect the daily realities of people's lives, whether they can make a living and care for their families, whether they feel safe in their homes and welcome in their own nation."

Added Mr. Obama: "I view that quality of empathy, of understanding and identifying with people's hopes and struggles as an essential ingredient for arriving at just decisions and outcomes."

And their money shot:

Actually what Obama proposes in a Supreme Court nominee is an essential ingredient in liberal judicial activism. After all, isn't social empathy the antithesis of the impartiality that is the hallmark of blind justice?

Obama seeks to nominate to the high court someone who will bend, fold, expand and ignore the law, not uphold it. Who needs an "abstract legal theory" or a "footnote" when you're freelancing the law and acting as an unelected legislator seeking a feel-good, kumbya outcome in pursuit of "social justice," right?

The only "empathy" the next Supreme Court justice should have is for the law. The rule of law demands this. Anything less will lead to anarchy. [emphasis added.]

Ooo, "anarchy." That's a big word for them.

Anyway, they've even gone so far as to say that the President wants someone who will "ignore the law, not uphold it." What, then to make of the parts of the President's announcement that the Trib's editorial board omitted?

(And make no mistake, they omitted it because they didn't want you to know about it.)

Here is what the President actually said:

Now, the process of selecting someone to replace Justice Souter is among my most serious responsibilities as President. So I will seek somebody with a sharp and independent mind and a record of excellence and integrity. I will seek someone who understands that justice isn't about some abstract legal theory or footnote in a case book; it is also about how our laws affect the daily realities of people's lives -- whether they can make a living and care for their families; whether they feel safe in their homes and welcome in their own nation.

I view that quality of empathy, of understanding and identifying with people's hopes and struggles, as an essential ingredient for arriving as just decisions and outcomes. I will seek somebody who is dedicated to the rule of law, who honors our constitutional traditions, who respects the integrity of the judicial process and the appropriate limits of the judicial role. I will seek somebody who shares my respect for constitutional values on which this nation was founded and who brings a thoughtful understanding of how to apply them in our time.[emphasis added.]

Funny what you'll find when you go looking.

Imagine what the Trib's editorial would have looked like had they included that sentence. They'd have looked silly then.

Well, they look silly now.