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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Boxer, stop hogging the spotlight, 'k? No one was was so naive they thought you'd ever vote for Roberts. Okay, maybe a couple of RINO's, but no one else is so lacking in grey matter.
Nothing more than a photo-op for Babs.
Her not voting for Roberts will be just like pissing herself in a pair of dark pants. It will make her feel nice and warm for a while and no one will notice.
I DEMAND! that Barfera Boxer get back under the bridge.
In other words, if he does not come out as an abortion activist, she won't vote for him. I don't think we will miss moonbat Boxer's vote anyway
Where is all this solicitude for "judicial independence" when she thinks she can bluster Roberts into a position?
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