Judge Roberts answered correctly. It is unfortunate that republicans nominate fair judges and democrats nominate partisans.
Even with Bush's two picks, we'll hold the slightest of margins on the Supreme Court.
Congress needs to ELIMINATE all the federal judicial districts - they are not authorized by the Constitution as written and it would be a quick and simple way to destroy the radical judicial tyrannical judges.
They can always come back a month later and say "oops - we need to restart the fed districts and just appoint very few REAL judges this time around.
Even with Bush's two picks, we'll hold the slightest of margins on the Supreme Court.
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And this is the tragedy for our country, that now infests our SCOTUS. This body should NOT in any way, be partisan. Their job, as Roberts so perfectly states it, it to interpret established, written law and apply it. Period.
Of course we know that the liberal activists will continue to use the SCOTUS to enable their agenda of establishing radical liberalism as an institution in America. They need to be cleaned out.
Aren't most of the liberal justices GOP nominees? Souter, Kennedy, Stevens, and O'Connor were nominated by Republicans.
I disagree.
Even if the second one is a strict constructionist or originalist, we are one more justice shy of 5.
Do not be so quick to underestimate his powers of persuasion. He puts a high value on consensus among the Justices so he may win over the more wobbly members.