Posted on 03/28/2009 1:50:24 AM PDT by Scanian
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. lied to Congress during his confirmation hearings by pretending to be open-minded about his judicial philosophy.
"We got into a little jam with Roberts. Roberts didn't tell us the truth. At least [Justice Samuel A.] Alito told us who he was," Mr. Reid, Nevada Democrat, said, comparing former President George W. Bush's two successful Supreme Court nominees.
"We're stuck with those two young men," Mr. Reid said, though he added that Democrats hope to try to balance out the judiciary overall by "having some moderates in the federal court system as time goes on."
The Senate's top Democrat also vowed never to use the so-called nuclear option to change the rules to prevent filibusters of judicial nominees. Republicans under then-Majority Leader Bill Frist, Tennessee Republican, were poised to employ the tactic in 2004 but were headed off by a bipartisan deal.
"The nuclear option is only one of the things the Republicans in power at that time did or tried to do to ruin our country," Mr. Reid said. "There is no way that I would be part of using the nuclear option. I want every Republican to hear that."
Mr. Reid joined fellow Democrats in voting to filibuster the nomination of Justice Alito, and on final passage voted against confirming Justice Alito and Chief Justice Roberts. The chief justice did not face a Democratic filibuster.
Former Sen. Fred Thompson, a Tennessee Republican who shepherded the chief justice's nomination through the Senate, said Mr. Reid's charge was off base.
"Senator Reid has compiled quite a catalog of mean and irrational statements about various people," Mr. Thompson said.
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LMAO, tell us what you really think. LOL LOL WTG
LOL.
Harry Reid is such a dodo...
“We’re stuck with those two young men.”Reed said
Yeah..Harry we’re stuck w/you and Pelosie right now too...but hopefully,we’ll be looking at you backside as you carry your ass down the road kicking rocks come 2010
What is considered “open minded” is a matter of opinion isn’t it? To say Roberts lied is way off base, but then again, Reid is a democrat and being out of touch with reality is to be expected. When you build your reality around propaganda, it’s like having a head full of cream cheese.
For that matter, wouldn’t he believe in God?
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