Posted on 08/15/2007 6:31:35 PM PDT by the Real fifi
The recent claims that newly-confirmed Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito were ignoring precedent, contrary to their confirmation hearings pledges, are partisan chum hurled into the waters where swim the most radical members of the Democratic base.
I have earlier examined the general scope of the doctrine of stare decisis which requires Supreme Court Justices to give great weight under appropriate circumstance to prior rulings of the Court and to the statements both Justices gave on the issue during their confirmation hearings for American Thinker readers
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who haven’t they smeared layely?
When Schumer and Leahy die Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito will still be on the Supreme Court. Sweet.
Funny how when the court has a liberal slant, the MSM doesn’t give a damn about Stare Decisis. And BTW, confirmation hearings are not for getting pledges from nominees. Roberts and Alito did not give any.
>> When Schumer and Leahy die Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito will still be on the Supreme Court. Sweet.
Man, I sure hope you’re right. There’s not as much daylight between ‘em as I had hoped. From Wikipedia:
John Glover Roberts, Jr. (born January 27, 1955)
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. (born April 1, 1950)
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