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John McCain is getting catcalls for his speech on Tuesday declaring his preference for Supreme Court Justices in the mold of John Roberts and Samuel Alito.

10/24/2007 By LAURIE KELLMAN / Associated Press The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Judge Leslie Southwick to the federal appeals court in New Orleans after Republicans overpowered objections by Democrats who said he wasn't sensitive enough to the region's history of race relations. The 59-38 vote, a rare Republican victory in a Democratic-led Senate, was sealed after the nomination survived its main obstacle, a test tally moments earlier in which a dozen Democrats sided with Republicans to thwart a filibuster. That left Democrats without the power to block Southwick's confirmation, even after a heated debate that raised the pain of civil...

For Immediate Release October 16, 2004 Radio Address of the President to the Nation      Audio THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Over the past four years, I have brought a straightforward approach to the presidency. I tell you what I'm going to do, and I keep my word. When I came into office four years ago, the economy was sliding into recession. Then terrorist attacks cost our nation nearly a million jobs in three months. To help families and to get this economy growing again, I pledged to reduce taxes, and I kept my word.  Radio Address 2004200320022001  Radio Interviews 2004...

2004: Supreme Issue 1/29/04 A British officer, reflecting ruefully in 1781 on the colonies Britain had just lost, remarked that "these Americans are a curious, original people; they know how to govern themselves, but nobody else can govern them." Once spoken in the British tradition of good sportsmanship, the officer's observation tells us something important about us, not only about the first generation of citizens of the independent United States. Why did Americans know how to govern themselves? They had learned the rudiments of democracy in town meetings and on congregational councils; they had formed legislatures, run courts, held...

Cornyn gets seat on judiciary panel Texas senator had campaigned for more conservative judges 01/07/2003 By TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News During the fall Senate campaign, John Cornyn vowed to fight for more conservative federal judges. On Monday, GOP leaders granted the former attorney general and Texas Supreme Court justice his wish for a seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee. One of the first orders of business may be to reconsider his former colleague, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen, to a federal appeals bench - a nomination the committee shot down when Democrats controlled the...

JOSEPH PERKINS THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE Pledge ruling shows why we need conservative judges June 28, 2002 My, how quickly Democrats on Capitol Hill rushed to condemn the federal appeals court panel that ruled this week that the Pledge of Allegiance, because of the phrase "under God," is unconstitutional. "I see no reason," said House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, the Missouri Democrat, "to change the time-tested, venerable pledge that is such a central part of our country's life and our nation's heritage." "I think we need to send a loud and clear message," said Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, the...