Reactions to the Supreme Court Nomination of John G. Roberts

The Associated Press ^ | July 19, 2005 | The Associated Press

[LucyJo]

Reactions to the Supreme Court Nomination of John G. Roberts The Associated Press Published: Jul 19, 2005

Reactions to President Bush's nomination of John G. Roberts to the Supreme Court:

"The president has chosen someone with suitable legal credentials, but that is not the end of our inquiry. The Senate must review Judge Roberts' record to determine if he has a demonstrated commitment to the core American values of freedom, equality and fairness." - Senate minority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

"Judge Roberts is the kind of outstanding nominee that will make America proud. He embodies the qualities America expects in a justice on its highest court: someone who is fair, intelligent, impartial and committed to faithfully interpreting the Constitution and the law." - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBIV8JVCBE.html

[RockinRight]

Let the games begin.

[cmsgop]

Here is DU's Reaction..

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WinOne4TheGipper]

What are the SC justices saying?

[Burf]

My hope is the Repubs stick with this guy. It seems he is what is needed on the court.
Now prepare for the Spanish Inquisition.

[NathanBookman]

Let me add to the list Paula Zahn (CNN) - She looked like she was going to cry tonight. She said the Administration had $18MM to spend on the process. Yes, the Administration.

[WOSG]

Dollars to donuts they had this quote in the can no matter who Bush chose ...

"We are extremely disappointed that President Bush has chosen such a divisive nominee for the highest court in the nation, rather than a consensus nominee who would protect individual liberty and uphold Roe v. Wade." - NARAL Pro-Choice America.

... another group who opposes a nominee because they are not liberal judicial activists.

[randita]

On FNC, Bill Kristol speculated that Roberts is really the one who will eventually replace Rehnquist as CJ and Bush will appoint a REAL conservative to the vacancy created when Roberts moves to CJ.

That is a very exciting prospect and would really cement the conservative leaning of the SCOTUS.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

No, here is DU's reaction...

That mean (f word) Chimpy McBushitler* invaded the (d word) SCOTUS just because of oil.

[jimfree]

"Oh joy, oh rapture, oh bliss." to paraphrase Gilbert and Sullivan.

[Fido969]

NOW is having palpitations.

http://now.org/

It's too bad that since they failed to turn the presidential election, and blew their wad in a spectacular failure trying to turn the the California governor's election, everyone now knows they have no political power.

[bahhumbug]

We are so screwed. This guy is no Scalia. Watch the reaction from the Dems. Some liberals will make a big stick to provide political cover, but this is Souter II, and the Dem reactions will be the proof.

[A CA Guy]

This is one time where I agree that this is Bush's fault.

[rhema]

"We are extremely disappointed that President Bush has chosen such a divisive nominee for the highest court in the nation, rather than a consensus nominee who would protect individual liberty and uphold Roe v. Wade." - NARAL Pro-Choice America.

Tough cookies. A host of NARAL's graying harridans will have passed to their eternal reward when Justice Roberts is stripping the bogus penumbras and emanations from the Constitution.

[KStorm]

Here is DU's Reaction.. AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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AHHHHHHHHHH....THUDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!

[BibChr]

<< "Who knows about this guy?" - Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. >>

LOL

[mabelkitty]

Fair, fair, fairness, fairy.

What do Blue Senators from Red States have to say?

I'm thinking they approve - or they'll be "retired" from their no-job gravy train.

Senator must be peeing in his white sheets.

[popdonnelly]

The only issue here is whether we are going to let liberal pressure groups choose our Supreme Court Justices.

[mabelkitty]

Kinda like how Schumer planned in his cell phone call? Schumer went on to say how hard it was to predict how a Supreme Court justice would turn out: “Even William Rehnquist is more moderate than they expected. The only ones that resulted how they predicted were [Antonin] Scalia and [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg. So most of the time they've gotten their picks wrong, and that's what we want to do to them again.” Yeah, right.

[curiosity]

Lack of hysteria on the left makes me a bit worried.