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Sen. Boxer threatens to slow Senate activity over court pick.
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 8/11/05 | Bob Egelko

Posted on 08/11/2005 11:04:26 AM PDT by Crackingham

Sen. Barbara Boxer said Wednesday she will vote against Supreme Court nominee John Roberts unless he supports rights she considers essential - - including abortion and privacy -- and slow Senate business to a crawl if he doesn't answer her questions.

"I need to know exactly where he will stand, and I need to know if he will fight to protect and defend the rights and freedoms of the American people,'' Boxer, D-Calif., told reporters after addressing a group of law students and abortion rights supporters at Golden Gate University in San Francisco.

Those rights, she said, include reproductive choice and the constitutional right of privacy that was the basis of Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion. Boxer said she was alarmed to learn that Roberts, as a lawyer in President Ronald Reagan's Justice Department, referred in a 1981 memo to a "so-called right of privacy.''

Roberts must answer questions about his writings, his work on anti- abortion legal briefs, and his rulings as a federal appeals court judge, including a recent opinion that questioned federal authority to protect endangered species, Boxer said.

If he declines, she said, she will "use all the parliamentary tools I've been given as a U.S. senator,'' including procedures that "make it difficult for other business to get done until we get the information we need.'' She did not threaten a filibuster, however, reflecting Democrats' hesitation to embark on all-out political warfare against the nomination.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 109th; boxer; johnroberts; obstructionistdems; roberts; scotus
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1 posted on 08/11/2005 11:04:27 AM PDT by Crackingham
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Headline should be: "Democrat Posturing for the Pinheads Back Home"


2 posted on 08/11/2005 11:06:04 AM PDT by JeeperFreeper
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To: Crackingham
So she is going to throw a fit until he screams UNCLE?

The woman is nuts.

3 posted on 08/11/2005 11:06:04 AM PDT by Dog
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To: Crackingham
Like another FReeper eloquently said, nothing gets the patriotic juices of Rats flowing like fighting for the "right" to terminate unborn children.

Damn everything else in the Constitution, just protect abortion.

4 posted on 08/11/2005 11:06:09 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Crackingham

She should like him as he seems to be more in her "court"
than ours.


5 posted on 08/11/2005 11:06:19 AM PDT by Fruit of the Spirit
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It's a good thing there's no 'litmus test', or things could REALLY get sticky..


6 posted on 08/11/2005 11:07:31 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Crackingham
She did not threaten a filibuster, however, reflecting Democrats' hesitation to embark on all-out political warfare against the nomination.

Gee Babs....walks like a filibuster....quacks like a filibuster ....its filibuster.

Bring it on Babs..

7 posted on 08/11/2005 11:07:53 AM PDT by Dog
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I actually think Reid and the other RATs will reel her in on this one. Even they realize this is not the right nominee to pick an extended fight over.

Sure, they'll whine and posture, but in the end, Roberts will be confirmed by a wide margin.

8 posted on 08/11/2005 11:07:55 AM PDT by comebacknewt
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It is unbelievable how obnoxious and disgusting this bea*ch is.


9 posted on 08/11/2005 11:07:56 AM PDT by golfisnr1 (Democrats are like roaches, hard to get rid of.>)
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To: Crackingham
"I need to know exactly where he will stand, and I need to know if he will fight to protect and defend the rights and freedoms of the American people,'' Boxer, D-Calif

Fine, Roberts should tell her what she wants to hear and then do just the opposite once he's confirmed....

10 posted on 08/11/2005 11:08:04 AM PDT by apillar
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ahahahaha... don't these DemRats do this by default?


11 posted on 08/11/2005 11:08:43 AM PDT by Cinnamon
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Bring it on chimneysweep!
Maybe someone (if it can be done), should take a before picture... she'll be a sister with an afro after the nuke.


12 posted on 08/11/2005 11:09:29 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

"Like another FReeper eloquently said, nothing gets the patriotic juices of Rats flowing like fighting for the "right" to terminate unborn children.

Damn everything else in the Constitution, just protect abortion."

Well yeah, that and anal sex...:-)

-Toonces


13 posted on 08/11/2005 11:09:40 AM PDT by Toonces T. Cat (The Token Republican in Deep South Texas...)
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To: golfisnr1

How dare you insult a female dog like that!


14 posted on 08/11/2005 11:10:23 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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slow Senate business to a crawl if he doesn't answer her questions.

IOW, she will throw a spoiled-brat hissy fit if she dosen't get her way, despite what the President and majority of Congress want.

What a pathetic excuse of a 'leader'.

15 posted on 08/11/2005 11:10:41 AM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

"Like another FReeper eloquently said, nothing gets the patriotic juices of Rats flowing like fighting for the "right" to terminate unborn children.

Damn everything else in the Constitution, just protect abortion."

The culture of death for the unborn rears it ugly head, again.


16 posted on 08/11/2005 11:11:06 AM PDT by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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To: Toonces T. Cat

Maybe I will call her afterbirth instead...nah, afterbirth has uses.


17 posted on 08/11/2005 11:11:24 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: Crackingham

Boxer wouldn't support Roberts if he performed an abortion live before the Judiciary Committee. Not so long as he was appointed by President Bush.


18 posted on 08/11/2005 11:11:45 AM PDT by EDINVA
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So they *cough* Promised not to Filibuster, and instead they will shut down the WHOLE SENATE.

Attention Gang of 14:
Now do you FOOLS get it?

19 posted on 08/11/2005 11:11:53 AM PDT by konaice
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I wonder what logic is used by Boxer and her Abortions-R-Us crowd to defend the injuries and deaths caused by RU-486? In the interest of defending the privacy and protecting the life and health of the pregnant human Bat$hit Boxer should be demanding an immediate ban. < what was I thinking? >


20 posted on 08/11/2005 11:12:39 AM PDT by WideGlide (That light at the end of the tunnel might be a muzzle flash.)
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