"They're reading us."
And yet, their cluelessness continues....
It occured to me on Day 2 that Robert's intellegence, knowledge and principals of fairness TRANSCEND any concerns I have re his political philosophy. I'm voting YES.
The papers of the Constitutional Convention is very clear in how the judicial body was formed and why it is an independent body.
It is why the reponsibility was given to the President and advice and consent to the senate. It is why the appointment is for life, i.e., there is no political job waiting at the end of a term.
The Senate is there to establish that the nominee is a man of good character with sufficient experience to read and interpret law and work with the court AND NO MORE.
#5 Agreed.
"I'm voting YES."
/revise and extend so the MSM idiot-lurkers don't get even more confused:
"I'm voting YES via lobbying my congress-critter.
Well said. The man reeks of fairness and integrity. It boggles the mind to watch this intelligent, even tempered man slice and dice the mental midgets everytime he opens his mouth. I look forward to watching the senator slayer again today!
This entire situation continues to confuse and befuddle me.
It seems from what I heard that Roberts is very bright and quite cagy in parcing his responses, which may not be bad, in light of the demons he is conversing with.
There IS a right to privacy in the Constitution - its in the protection against illegal searches and seizures, but that doesn't necessaarily extend to what some Conservatives dread. Like ALL constitutionla rights, it is subject to interpretation.
While he did say Roe versus Wade is the law of the land and changing prior decisions was not wise, he also said something else about that subject which indicated that prior court decisions were not necessarily written on stone.
I would have preferred a more obvious conservative. But Roberts appears to be able to deal quite well with the collection of losers who are cross-examing him. I think he will turn out all right.
What conservatives should be doing NOW is pressuring the President and their representatives to pressure him, to select a candidate with solidly conservative credentials to succeed O'Connor, and be willing to go to the mats to fight for that candidate, even if it means invoking the "nuclear" option against filibusters.
We deserve a candidate like that on the Supreme Court. That's why Bush was re-elected and why he was given a majority in Congress and we shouldn't settle for anything else next time - ESPECIALLY Bush's amigo Gonzales - a SUPER loser.
You don't get a vote.