I'm not surprised at the pick. I assumed he'd select a really conservative nominee and he did. A 50 year old male, white conservative, who's nomination is assured of being contentious and distracting from the Rove/Libby Plame scandal. If confirmed, he'll be on the court for 25-30 years. I hope they find a cadaver in his closet. Keep D&D Civil!!
I like how many are saying they wish Bush would have picked a moderate conservative ... as if a Democratic president in Bush's shoes would have picked another Sandra. As for your assertion that he pushes his opinions, reading through some of his past decisions one could get the feeling that he sometimes rules against his personal beliefs and in favor of the laws of the land ... imagine that.
A question for the libs: Why on earth were you expecting (in some cases demanding) Bush to select anything *but* a conservative? Bush was elected by a margin of millions of voters to put his agenda in place. It should come as no surprise that he is honoring those voters' wishes. Bush is under absolutely no obligation to appease the liberals, and thank God he isn't.
Haha. I love how you dissected my post so you could argue against it. If you would have copied the ENTIRE post, you would see that I'm not faulting Bush. I actually state something along the lines of how I would have been happy if this pick was made 10 years ago. It's Bush right to push his agenda. If you are going to criticize, criticize the complete statement.
I think he is conservative but he does have a record or at least a statement of being willing to accept precedents. I think that speaks in his favor. I know that I disagree with him on many issues, but honestly I don't see a good reason to no confirm him, based on what little I have heard. I would say Roberts should be questioned and then confirmed fairly painlessly.
Oops, my bad. I didn't intend to have that first sentence on there. But the overall sentiment I got from your post was along the lines of how you wished he would've appointed a more moderate justice and I was merely pointing out my opinion which is pretty much what you just said.
Interesting .... Roberts, 50, has generally avoided weighing in on disputed social issues. Abortion rights groups, however, have maintained that he tried during his days as a lawyer in the first Bush administration to overturn Roe v. Wade. Roberts did help write a brief that stated "we continue to believe that Roe was wrongly decided and should be overruled." Pressed during his 2003 confirmation hearing for his own views on the matter, Roberts said: "Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land. ... There's nothing in my personal views that would prevent me from fully and faithfully applying that precedent."
I've got a feeling that Roberts will end up being like Souter. From what little I've heard about him is that he holds his views very closely and that a lot of the legal policies and opinions he's crafted have been more that he's a team player. Once he's on the USSC its possible his opinions might seem more surprising than straight run conservative.
clinton didn't put up crazy left wing psychos like me. he put fairly moderate liberals up too. and no i dont blame bush for putting up his man. i just wish/expect democrats to fight it as best they can if this man is not of their viewpoint. thats the senate's job.
FYI, there are two sentences on Roberts from Wikipedia that got deleted in its most recent edition. I heard it first on the radio this morning. [A note to the mods: The hasty decision to lock a separate thread on John Roberts could be premature. The topic may turn out to be very interesting. It certainly outgrows the scope of the current thread "Sandra Day O'Connor Resigns", IMO. Since we now have a specific nominee, it should deserve a thread of its own.]
Your hasty questioning of the mods is definitely premature. You should read through all the thread titles before starting a new thread. You would have found a thread on the specific nominee: http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=99286
What does that have anything to do with him being a Supreme Court Justice? Maybe this will anger the religious right? I really do not see the link.
Rove. Karl *Mr. Integrity* Rove did push polling against McCain in 2000, suggesting that McCain fathered and adopted a black child. The child in question was neither black or fathered by McCain.
