Posted on 09/05/2005 10:46:17 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Nomination of John Roberts as Chief Justice is an Outrage to Women; Statement of NOW President Kim Gandy
9/5/2005 1:40:00 PM
To: National Desk
Contact: Lisa Bennett of the National Organization for Women, 301-537-7429
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by National Organization for Women President Kim Gandy on the nomination of John Roberts to chief justice:
"The National Organization for Women has been outspoken in our opposition to the nomination of an anti-women's rights, anti-civil rights judge, John G. Roberts, to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. Now that Roberts' attitudes toward women have been revealed, it is an outrage and an insult to the women of this country that George W. Bush has nominated such a jurist to be Chief Justice of the United States.
"First, there cannot be a 'stealth nominee' for Chief Justice. Bush must release every document from Roberts' tenure as Principal Deputy Solicitor General under the first President Bush, and any remaining writings from his time as an advisor to the Reagan administration. How dare Bush nominate this candidate for the top position on the Supreme Court when his administration has deliberately concealed hundreds of thousands of pages of his writings, during a time that he was one of the top lawyers representing the people of the United States? If the Bush administration refuses to release these papers, we must ask ourselves what they are hiding. And the Senate must ask the same question.
"The Senate Judiciary Committee and the full Senate must find its collective spine and not roll over for Bush's favored candidate. They must refuse to move forward until all requested documents are released, and they must ask even tougher questions of Roberts because of the critical nature of the Chief Justice appointment.
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These people haven't matured.
The Chief Justice's vote counts the same as anybody else's.
LoL
Get something new, Kim. Nobody falls for this garbage anymore.
I hear a faint, annoying little buzzing. Is the left going nuts, again?
NOW is an outrage to women.
NOW must be afraid of losing relevency... this is silly.
Except for one part. I wonder if there will now be more pressure to release all of Robert's documents.
...razors."
If NOW hates him, then that's excellent. The President picked a great candidate.
Have you seen those commercials about Ruthie Ginsburg's confirmation hearings?
LOL! I can't wait for the next Bush nominee.
At least she admits they're just talking to themselves.
Bill Clinton molesting everyone is the whitehouse was an outrage to women..
N.O.W. is an outrage to any women. N.O.W. is outrage to unborn women and women in the other countries. What have you done for them .... aren't they are oppressed, killed and have no rights?
It's only news when the NOW gang isn't outraged.
"Have you seen those commercials about Ruthie Ginsburg's confirmation hearings?"
Yes. If we are talking about the same ad it basically sys Ginsberg was confirmed almost unanimously in spite of having clear liberal positions because she was qualified and the President's choice.
It's a great analogy for Roberts. If he doesn't do something stupid during the confirmation I don't see how a reasonable person could vote against him.
Silly me, but it occurs that if people wanted Kerry's favored candidate, they would have voted for him instead.
They didn't, you lose, shut up.
Last time it was an outrage because Roberts, a male, was replacing a female.
Now that he is replacing a male, won't they just go away?
He's a married heterosexual man who even adopted children.
He is an abomination to NOW indeed.
He's a married heterosexual man who even adopted children.
He is an abomination to NOW indeed.
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