Posted on 07/22/2005 10:53:02 AM PDT by pabianice
Dear xxxxxx,
Now that President Bush has nominated John Roberts, the Senate and the nation face the critical task of understanding what kind of Supreme Court justice he would be - there are many questions that need to be answered.
During the confirmation process, the Senate must find out whether he will be on the side of basic rights and individual liberties or if he will side with powerful special interests.
Mr. Robert's brief public record raises several serious and troubling questions. Senators must ask those questions for the American people--and ensure that we receive honest and complete answers. Our oath of office requires no less.
Over the past two weeks, thousands of concerned Americans have submitted personal stories that emphasize the importance of this process. Each one details a way the Supreme Court affects our lives--and the lives of our children and grandchildren.
We can define the importance of this debate with our own words. Together, we can combine our voices and elevate the debate - to show the real-world impact of decisions made by the highest court in the land. Here are some examples:
Theodore of Georgia:
"I shadowed the first black undergraduate at FLU in 1962-63. Maxwell was admitted in the Fall of 1962 and my job was to see that he survived the year. It was not easy, but he survived. I will never forget it. We must not stop or slow this type of progress."
The battle has been brewing for months. Right wing groups boast a war chest of $20 million and counting. They will turn any confirmation process--no matter who the nominee is--into a political football, ignoring the best interests of the nation in the hopes of imposing their extreme views on our independent judiciary.
They might have the money, but we have the truth. No matter what they spend, they will never match the powerful case that thousands of citizens have already made:
Greta of California:
"I am a teacher for students with severe physical and mental challenges. When I first started teaching in the public schools eight years ago, the district was just beginning to provide wheel chair access to the bathrooms. It was an important moment for these children to have access to the bathrooms … We need a judge that will uphold their fundamental rights."
During the hearings, Roberts was evasive about his views on equal opportunity, desegregation, criminal justice, and the right to privacy. We cannot let this evasion happen again.
It's up to us to make sure the facts are known and that the voices of the American people rise above the partisan fighting and special interest money.
The candor and insight of your stories inspire me. Together we will make a case for the American people. Thank you so much.
Sincerely,
Senator Edward M. Kennedy
P.S. - Everyone has something to say about the importance of the Supreme Court--and every new voice makes a difference. Please ask your friends and family to join us and share their own stories.
I also understand that a drunken John Roberts drowned a woman with whom he was trying to conduct an adulterous affair.
Not to mention calling him a liar.
Mary Jo Kopechne would be turning 65 this week if you hadn't been drinking and driving and then left her to die.
Coop
And by 'individual liberties' does he mean the right to not die by drowning in an Oldsmobile?
Ted Kennedy's record is what is serious and troubling. Manslaughter, suborning rape, public drunkeness, inciting sedition....
I wish some of those newsboobs who were all over McClellan would just once attack this fat, bloated sack of partisanship some tough questions instead of basking in the glow of the achievments of his dead brothers. Just once.
Quite so. EMK is a fat, lying SOS. His hypocrisy has always astonished me.
Under Kennedy you get 'individual liberties' as long as someone else has to pay for it.
Wow, I am glad Teddy is going to drill Roberts to ensure he favors basic rights of self-defense as guarenteed by the 2nd Amendment and ensure that Roberts favors property rights, the basic right to life, and the rights of states and separation of powers contained in the Constitution.
"Together, we can combine our voices and elevate the debate - "
MR. SLEEZE talking about elevating the debate? LMAO!
I'm troubled
Oh, the irony. Kennedy asking for complete and honest answers.
That never happened.
What do you expect from a misogynist drunkard who has had a young woman die in the back of his vehicle and his "response" to questioning by the police in the Good Friday rape case was, "I was, ah, un, ah, too drunk to, ah, uh, ah, remember anything."
Why the people of Massachusetts don't rid themselves of this twit is beyond my ability to comprehend.
"I remember owning a home that was burglarized by a criminal who was out on parole. He was on parole because the liberal judge who sentenced him only gave him 5 years.
Then, I remember owning that same home when my city decided that building a football stadium would be a better use for my property than me owning it. They used some Supreme Court decision to justify taking my home.
Then I remember hearing about a woman at my church who has lived a life of guilt and shame due to a abortion she had in 1980 when she was in college."
Share your story . . . . .
I've always had "serious and troubling questions" about Red Ted's involvement in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne.
Teddy & Co. are playing to their base--and giving in to the moonbat left's demands ba$ed on their threat$. They know they are going to lose this one (Sheets Byrd is a 'yes" vote-LOL). That will make them all the more shrill...
If MJ Kopechne was alive today she would probably be grateful and comforted in her old ageby the knowledge of all the good things that Ted Kennedy has done for the Elderly of Mass. and America.
Really, isn't that the way every woman who aborts a child thinks the child would feel? Like she's done it a favor? Teddy just did an 18 (or however many) year post partum abortion on this woman.
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