Posted on 07/13/2009 4:39:03 AM PDT by STARWISE
The leading Judiciary Committee Republican is charging that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is "out of the mainstream" of legal thinking and has a very activist judicial profile.
Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama made the assertion just hours before Sotomayor, who would be the third woman to join the court, was to face her initial confirmation hearing.
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I’m embarrassed to say I don’t know all 8 of the GOP members, but I do know they are not all conservative, a couple of Rhinos on the panel. I adore Jeff Sessions though. He’s been good to Alabama.
Hmm .. I’m counting 7
Key Players in the Sotomayor Nomination
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/06/19/us/politics/0619-scotus.html
All 8 should vote no. A bumper sticker theme needs to be established and repeated, non stop. It time for them to eat their own crap.
Oh crud! It’s a done deal, Lindsey Graham and Orrin Hatch are on the committee. They will vote for, Graham’s already hinted he would. In other news though, I would kinda like to see a staunch republican go toe to toe with the newest senator on the committee, you know the one I’m talking about. He claims he was a “comedian”. I never laughed though. :/
Committee Members
Dimocrats
Patrick J. Leahy
Chairman, D-Vermont
Herb Kohl
D-Wisconsin
Dianne Feinstein
D-California
Russell D. Feingold
D-Wisconsin
Charles E. Schumer
D-New York
Richard J. Durbin
D-Illinois
Benjamin L. Cardin
D-Maryland
Sheldon Whitehouse
D-Rhode Island
Amy Klobuchar
D-Minnesota
Edward E. Kaufman
D-Delaware
Arlen Specter
D-Pennsylvania
Al Franken
D-Minnesota
______________________________
Republicans
Jeff Sessions
Ranking Member, R-Alabama
Orrin G. Hatch
R-Utah
Charles E. Grassley
R-Iowa
Jon Kyl
R-Arizona
Lindsey Graham
R-South Carolina
John Cornyn
R-Texas
Tom Coburn
R-Oklahoma
Yeah ... who you kiddin, Lindsey?
Deals, deals, backroom deals .. that’s
what they all do, and all we see is
how they vote.
*snips*
The amicus curiae brief, reported late last month by U.S. News and World Report’s Bonnie Erbe, addressed the Supreme Court concerning the 1989 case Webster v. Reproductive Health Services.
The case involved a complaint by various Missouri abortion providers against a state law defining conception as the beginning of life and disallowing public facilities to be used for abortions.
The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF), on whose Board of Directors Sonia Sotomayor served at the time, was among the many pro-abortion interest groups that signed the brief.
In summarizing the interests of the petitioning parties, the brief states: “All Amici share an urgent concern that the Court clearly and unequivocally reaffirm Roe v. Wade.... They fear that any tampering with the right to abortion recognized in Roe will have a powerful, adverse impact on the liberty, equality and health of poor women and women of color.”
The brief also argues that laws requiring abortions to be performed in hospitals would place undue burden on minority and low-income women seeking abortions.
“If, as a member of PRLDEF’s board, Judge Sotomayor had objected to any of this language, she could have attempted to stop the group from lending its name to the amicus brief, and she did not,” wrote Erbe.
“Big sigh of relief from the pro-choice crowd!”
“Now we know why President Obama said that Judge Sotomayor shared his view of ‘the Constitution’ and why the White House reassured pro-abortion organizations,” commented Americans United for Life Senior Counsel Clarke Forsythe.
“If Judge Sotomayor holds the position that she signed onto via the PRDF’s brief, then, if an abortion-related case comes up on the docket, it will lead to her reading the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) into the Constitution by judicial interpretation.”
The brief is significant as one more clue amid a relatively small pile of evidence that shines light on Sotomayor’s thoughts on abortion. However, in the days since President Obama nominated her to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a clearer picture has emerged of Sotomayor as a steadily liberal nominee who is expected to uphold Roe v. Wade.
After meeting with Sotomayor last week, pro-abortion senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) agreed that the nominee made it “very clear” that she would not favor overturning Roe v. Wade.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jun/09060802.html
Is it just FR they deny the photos to, or are there other sites as well that they deny them to, meaning leftwing sites.
I wouldn’t bet the paycheck on it.
I think you err in believing that they even have spines to find in the first place.
Sotomayor could also get Grassley.
Has it started yet? I don’t find it on any of the cable news channels nor on either C-SPAN channel.
LOL
FNC prepping ... starts at 10am edt
“Lindsey GrahamSouth Carolina Republican Like Senator Kyl, he directed most of his criticism at Mr. Obama. Said Judge Sotomayor was an “impressive person” who has “accomplished a lot in life.” But added that “as a conservative Republican,.....”
“...as a conservative Republican...” PROVE IT!
Thank you.
Soto may also get Kyl.
;)
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