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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"If we don't own the judge, we don't want the judge..."
Yeah Boxer, GWB is going to nominate a Pro-Infanticide lefty like you. Don't hold your breath. No, better yet HOLD YOUR BREATH.
They can NOT call it a filibuster, and we can NOT call it a constitutional option.
Right on. Lets fight thing out and get rid of the filibuster on Judicial nominations. At the very, least we'll force McCain and all his RINO allies to show where they stand.
I found this short bio on Boxer (if anyone reaaaally wants to know) I, like Melanie Morgan, share a zip code with this creature. Interesting to note that she started as a reporter for the Pacific Sun, a give-a-way leftist rag. Apparently, she didn't do too well as a stockbroker...
A 1962 graduate of Brooklyn College with a B.S. degree in Economics, Ms. Boxer stepped into the Wall Street scene as a stockbroker and economic researcher. As an award-winning journalist in the 1970's, Ms. Boxer's special assignment at the Pacific Sun was to report the activities of the County Board of Supervisors. Active in community affairs, she was a founding member of the Marin Economic Corps which provided job training for low-income women, the National Women's Political Caucus of Marin, and Marin Community Video. After two years as a Congressional Aide to John Burton, Ms. Boxer was elected to the Marin County Board of Supervisors where she was the first woman to ever become its president.
In 1982, Ms. Boxer was elected to represent the Sixth Congressional District. She became known as an effective and strong advocate for women, children, peace and the environment. In 1992, she was elected to the United States Senate.
Barbara Boxer has been honored in Congress by the Consumer Federation of America, the Coalition to Stop Government Waste, Planned Parenthood, the League of Conservation Voters, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, the Center for Environmental Education, the Center for Defense Information and the American Association of University Women. She has been recognized as a champion of Human rights by the Anti-Defamation League, the Human Rights Campaign Fund, and the Leadership Council on Civil Rights.
Think 1960's like they do - they reserve the 'right' to kill their mistakes if they get high and get knocked up. They reserve the 'right' to kill, rather than take on the responsibility of a life. Life's just a big pot party, and war protest, and the sex is free in their warped world.
Excellent analysis. But what I really can't get my mind around is why anyone would want to have sex with hideous mummy Babs. I'd rather have sex with... what's the name of that stinky old rotton fish the Swedish love... Lutefisk?
NUKE THE rATS
Name one Bush nominee that she didn't scream and rant about. I expected nothing less. In fact, the moment she becomes silent, I feel I need to check out the person/event to make certain it's not hidden liberalism.
Boxer, Durbin, Levin, Kennedy, Kerry, Schumer . . . and these idiots come from the largest blue states.
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