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"Judge Scalia didn't have to recuse himself. Just as he has refused to recuse himself from the Cheney case because he went hunting with him he should have refused to recuse himself then."

You use as evidence that he didn't have to recuse himself a case in which he refused to recuse himself. Yet in the former case he did recuse himself.

Can't say your logic is very sound there.

"If your going to be a judge you shouldn't have to recuse yourself for previous held beliefs."

No one says you shouldn't have beliefs. The question is whether you will unfairly prejudge cases. Do you think a trial court judge who admitted that she would always throw out death verdicts in death penalty cases because of her personal beliefs should be put on the bench. Or would you think that such prejudgment would be impermissible?

No one says you shouldn't have beliefs. The question is whether you will unfairly prejudge cases. Do you think a trial court judge who admitted that she would always throw out death verdicts in death penalty cases because of her personal beliefs should be put on the bench. Or would you think that such prejudgment would be impermissible?

Well now, we get to the problem. You see we wouldn't know that if the person didn't have the guts enough to say so. We wouldn't know if the person in question hid behind what other low life demonrat judges had used as excuses. So that is my point. The nominee should answer how he feels about what he is asked and if that answer he gives is judged unacceptable then so be it.

Otherwise just turn the hearing into a Bar Exam.

Judge Roberts had nothing to fear. Our side has the votes. He could have stood up for stopping the largest holocaust in history - 30 million babies killed IN AMERICA, yet he choose to respond like democratic nominees have. He could have spoken out without fear against the millions plus murders every year of unborn babies but he didn't have the courage.

He was right about one thing though, we do have too many lawyers.

Nevertheless he is a better choice than someone Kerry or Gore would have proposed. But, since they would have been homolovin baby killing worthless rats, that ain't saying much.