Today is an anniversary, Teddy. Remember? We do.
Posted on 07/19/2005 7:04:08 PM PDT by mdittmar
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Laura Capps/Melissa Wagoner (202) 224-2633 This is a critical moment for this country¹s future. If John Roberts is confirmed, he will have a vital role in setting the direction of the country for generations to come.
The Supreme Court is often the last line of defense for the freedoms and liberties for hundreds of millions of Americans. Few responsibilities of the Senate are more important than reviewing the qualifications of nominees for the Supreme Court. Every Senator, Republican or Democrats, has a responsibility to determine whether Mr. Roberts deserves to join the currently closely divided court when so much is at stake. It¹s wrong for any Senator to be a rubberstamp.
All of us in the Senate who have been through this process know the importance of this process. Every American ought to be asking some tough questions right now about whether Mr. Roberts is fit to serve on the highest court in the land.
Will he protect average Americans when their rights are abused by powerful corporations?
Will he ensure that private companies aren¹t allowed to pollute our rivers and lakes and our air?
Will he protect and preserve the progress we¹ve made on equal opportunity and fairness for all Americans?
Will he separate his personal ideology from the rule of law and protect the rights and freedoms of all Americans, not just the powerful or the wealthy.
Justice O¹Connor set a high standard. She tried to bring the nation together, and she respected the Constitution. She was a mainstream conservative who used her ability and respect for the rule of law to find solutions that would strengthen us as a nation, as the Constitution intended.
Mr. Roberts must demonstrate that he meets that standard before the American people, and he will have an opportunity to do so before the Senate Judiciary Committee before the coming weeks.
No nominee, especially a nominee who is well known to have argued ideological positions on issues important to the American people, should be confirmed without full and candid disclosure and discussion of those positions and their importance to him.
I welcome the opportunity to question Mr. Roberts, and believe that the American people will know at the end of this process whether he should advance to the Supreme Court.
We have a responsibility to the Constitution and to the American people and their children and grandchildren to get this right.
What does Sen. Kennedy capitalize his middle initial, but not the first letters of his first and last name? Is it a secret code?
Will he leave a girl to die and run away like a coward?
I think this is a sign of (proper) disrespect by the poster.....
Mr. Roberts will shred these clowns.
Hey Lard Ass, isn't it took you sucked on a few bottles and took a drive?
What about, "Will he protect average Americans from having their homes ripped away from them by powerful governments and given to powerful corporations?"
I'm sure The Swimmer had to merely fill in the name on this standardized Democrat form.
Do you think this was a macro and that they just filled in the nominee's name?
And don't you think we should all send Teddy an anniversary card?
Yeah...I'll bet he just sat down and wrote this. What a tool!
Ah, that kind of secret code. It was the middle initial that threw me off.
IOW: We will throw a tantrum because our definition of a "centrist" is Karl Marx.
Frankly, it should not matter what a single Democrat thinks about Roberts, as they are the minority party, and should not be able to weild any power over this process.
But alas, the GOP is in charge, so that means the victors must give way to the defeated.
Sen. Kennedy, you want to know if he'll lean to your side? I have one question for you --
Do cars float?
Today is an anniversary, Teddy. Remember? We do.
Will he be the type of guy that can go out drinking with me and do the "waitress sandwich" at a restaurant?
I don't think so, Teddy. You're in a fine place to judge his qualifications, ain't ya?
Will he have a national holiday when this POS dies?
Another weasely statement, far less confrontational than Schumer, who specifically pointed out that he opposed Roberts' nomination to the D.C. Circuit in committee.
Translation: he'll complain, then he'll let him get a vote.
They are going to try to "Bork" Roberts.
The writing is on the wall and everyone needs to come to this battle loaded for a long tough fight.
President Bush has made a gutsy and great choice. I hope none of us let him down
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