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PRECEDENT FROM THE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS OF RUTH BADER GINSBURG FOR THE CONDUCT OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES
The Federalist Society ^ | July 20, 2005 | Jay T. Jorgensen

Posted on 07/20/2005 4:47:42 PM PDT by RWR8189

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1 posted on 07/20/2005 4:47:43 PM PDT by RWR8189
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To: RWR8189

Side note: Judge Roberts himself is a member of the Federalist society.


2 posted on 07/20/2005 4:49:54 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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I heard on Fox that he was not a member of the Federalist Society.


3 posted on 07/20/2005 4:52:07 PM PDT by NathanBookman
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I heard on Fox that he was not a member of the Federalist Society.

They're wrong.

Law.com and various other media have already confirmed that he is a member and has been one for a long time.

4 posted on 07/20/2005 5:01:55 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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I just searched on the net and you are correct. I must have misheard. I was thrown off tonight because I made the mistake of checking out MSNBC and Kristin Van der Heuvel was on. What is a "Huevel" anyway?


5 posted on 07/20/2005 5:09:32 PM PDT by NathanBookman
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Where's this guy been? Everybody knows that there are two sets of rules, one for Democrats and one for Republicans.


6 posted on 07/20/2005 5:12:14 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: RWR8189

Don't forget, they can also say, "Oh I don't recall". "Gee, I can't remember". (Thanks Hillary)


7 posted on 07/20/2005 5:14:49 PM PDT by Waco
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To: NathanBookman
I don't know who Kristin Van der Heuvel is, I generally don't watch MSNBC, or most MSM, I watch Fox, but prefer to go through the web for most of my news.

I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop when the democratic senators find out that Judge Roberts wife is a pro-life activists and was in a leadership position at "Feminists for life".

8 posted on 07/20/2005 5:15:03 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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It was said that Roberts should invoke the Ginsburg rule to not answer certain questions.

Roberts should bring up Ginsburg not answering similar questions every time the Democrats try to make an issue of it.

That aside, I also hope that Ann Coulter was WRONG about her view that Roberts wouldn't work out like conservatives think.


9 posted on 07/20/2005 5:18:03 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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While Senator Biden had said that a nominee should decline to answer questions about how she would decide a specific case...

Geez, Biden said she, didn't he? Obviously these rules only apply to women. Authentic woman such as RBG. Not to men, or to inauthentic women named Edith.

10 posted on 07/20/2005 5:19:46 PM PDT by Plutarch
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I am hoping that when they see "Feminists For Life" they will think she wants to be a feminist forever and not pro-life.


11 posted on 07/20/2005 5:19:58 PM PDT by NathanBookman
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You mean Kristin Van Needa Sensa Humah.

She is wound WAY TOO tight. She needs to 1) have a laugh, 2) get laid, and 3) get a life. Then, and only then, will she be even the least bit tolerable.

Man, I thought that these liberal chicks were supposed to be comfortable with themselves and the world around them. Seems like the exact opposite...they can do nothing but bitch and moan about EVERY little thing and it is always (ALWAYS) someone else's fault.

I can't imagine what it would be like to hang out with a kook woman like that for more than 5 seconds. By second #6, I would want to slit my own wrists.

12 posted on 07/20/2005 5:26:25 PM PDT by mattdono ("Crush the democrats, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of the scumbags" -Big Arnie)
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That aside, I also hope that Ann Coulter was WRONG about her view that Roberts wouldn't work out like conservatives think.

I think she will be proven wrong on this one although I generally regard her work as gospel. I feel that Bush 2 has better insights into people than the Bush 1 version....
although there was that Putin thing...hmmmmm

Oh well, it's a crap shoot anyway you pick 'em.

13 posted on 07/20/2005 5:26:52 PM PDT by evad (No action to secure borders, No action on judges... NO MONEY!)
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I bet ya she is hot in the sack. I'd do her. She is looking a little "worn" since I last saw her, but so am I.


14 posted on 07/20/2005 5:28:07 PM PDT by NathanBookman
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To: RWR8189
Allow me to offer a short summary of this article which uses the Ginsburg hearing as a precedent for the pending Roberts hearing, re: questions not requiring answers.

What is sauce for the ugly duckling is sauce for the gander.

Glad I could be of help.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "Re: John Roberts, Supreme Court Nominee"

15 posted on 07/20/2005 5:30:49 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Will President Bush appoint a Justice who obeys the Constitution? I give 95-5 odds on yes.)
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Judge Roberts can use the Ginsburg precedent. The Democrats will be hard pressed to establish why he has to answer pointed questions when the lady didn't. As Hugh Hewitt noted, the Jorgensen memo deserves wide circulation in the face of MSM speculation about what is appropriate in terms of testimony from a judicial nominee.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
16 posted on 07/20/2005 5:32:57 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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Well, it all depends on which Roberts Bush got to interview.

If Roberts is a real person, Bush probably got a great feel for whether of not he is a conservative who would follow the Constitution to interpret the law, not make up law.

Yet again, this is a swift trial lawyer who is 400% sharp and might be capable of putting on a professional show for anyone, and could be at worst a liberal, though I don't think so and agree with you.

With the little kids, I think Mrs. Roberts must have contact with the wives and mothers of other people and I think by way of Mrs. Roberts women friends, who Mr. Roberts is has been well exposed IMO to President Bush.

Any truth to the rumor that Roberts has a tattoo on his butt that says get rid of the illegals?


17 posted on 07/20/2005 5:33:18 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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In this instance, I think Ann Coulter is way off base. Click below for my take on who Roberts is, and why I think he is "like Scalia and Thomas," as President Bush promised.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "Re: John Roberts, Supreme Court Nominee"

18 posted on 07/20/2005 5:34:30 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Will President Bush appoint a Justice who obeys the Constitution? I give 95-5 odds on yes.)
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To: Congressman Billybob
To rephrase it in somewhat different terms, "what is sauce for a prospective liberal jurist is sauce as well for a prospective conservative jurist." One standard for ALL judicial nominees who appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
19 posted on 07/20/2005 5:35:09 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: RWR8189

On one hand, she got away without answering the questions. On the other hand, she turned out to be the most extreme liberal justice ever on the Supreme Court, and one of the most extreme judicial officers ever to take the bench in the US. So you might ask the question, "Can we afford another Ginsburg, and if not, what can we do to prevent one?"

Some of us might argue that we should make the nominees answer the questions. In this case, I think that we've simply got no choice but to trust the President's judgment.


20 posted on 07/20/2005 5:35:11 PM PDT by Brilliant
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