Posted on 08/10/2005 5:51:04 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
Sen. Barbara Boxer said Wednesday she would vote against John Roberts' nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, if she remains convinced he doesn't support abortion and privacy rights.
"I need to know exactly where he stands and I need to know whether he would fight to protect the rights and freedoms of the American people," said Boxer, D-Calif. "If I don't believe he will, I won't vote for him."
Boxer said she was withholding judgment on whether she would vote for President Bush's pick to succeed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who often provided the decisive swing vote in decisions that spit the court's liberal and conservative wings.
"Imagine what is riding on this one Supreme Court vacancy," Boxer told an audience of about 200 at Golden Gate School of Law. "This one vote means so much to countless women."
Boxer fears a more conservative court could lead "to the days of back alley illegal abortions."
"We cannot go back to those dark days," she said. "Judge Roberts cannot duck this issue."
Roberts has been on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since June 2003. He was associate counsel to President Reagan from 1982-86 and then served in the first Bush administration, arguing cases before the Supreme Court from 1989-93.
Boxer said filibustering Roberts is an option.
"I have the ultimate step. I can withhold my approval. I can use all the parliamentary rules I have as a senator to stand up and fight for you," she said.
Included in her criteria for supporting Roberts is his taking a strong stand on the right to privacy, which Roberts called a "so-called" right while working as a government attorney.
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The Dems are obsessed with abortion! If a candidate doesn't say they are for killing babies, they are filibustered.
What a shock! I was just sure this constipated-faced witch would vote for anyone Pres. Bush nominated.
Too bad Barby's mommy didn't have a "choice".
Oh good grief, Babs. Everyone knows you'll never vote for him, so just shut up and get out of the way.
What is it with this obsession with abortion?
Aw geez, this silly nutjob just can't keep her piehole shut. As if she's even considering voting yes on Roberts - what a lying phony she is.
Isn't his job to interpret the Constitution?
Who cares what the dwarf senator from California thinks?
Boxer is going to vote against Roberts under any circumstances. This is an idle threat meant for consumption by her constituency.
There is no litmus test...
Jeez ... Barbara Boxer breathes air ... I breathe air ... there must be something wrong with me!
Funny how he doesn't seem to have any privacy rights of his own, concerning his adopted kids.
next she'll team up with the times and demand he retroactively abort his adoptive children. Just to prove he's "open minded".
You'd think they'd be worried about killing off future liberals.
Evidently there's nothing more important than killing babies to these people.
Along the lines of Boxer's ideations of privacy, I demand that banks remove all cameras and laws involving the wearing of masks be rescinded!
The next time you get your Botox injections, ask the Doc to slip some brain cells in the serum.
It seems that your are about a pint short!
SHUT UP Barbie! Last time I looked, that was NOT a requirement for a Justice! I am losing all patience with the left. I am mad as hell.
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