Nomination of John G. Roberts [LIVE Thread 9-14]~Day Three

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[OXENinFLA]

Day Two of Roberts Q&A
On Wednesday, the members of the Senate Judiciary Cmte. finish their first round of questions, beginning with Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS). A second round for Chief Justice nominee John Roberts will follow, with each senator getting twenty minutes as opposed to the thirty minutes in the first round.

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[onyx]

LOL! I think you're right! I'd be furious were I his wife. Democrats would be wise not to make Roberts an enemy, but they're not wise.

[Howlin]

Depends on which Democrat has the nerve to take on Roberts again.

[JustaCowgirl]

I'm not sure, onyx, you're probably asking the wrong person. I'm afraid I'm sort of marginally paying attention.

[onyx]

I'm old enough too, but I can't recall him running for POTUS...lol.

[maryz]

Sessions is asking a good question on stare decisis: Isn't the first loyalty to the Constitution?

[Allen H]

Hello! I wanted to see what everyone thought about this. What does everyone think about the possibilities the John Roberts is not a Constitutional conservative, like Thomas and Scalia, and turns out to be a closet liberal like kennedy and souter, or a moderate who sides with liberals instead of the intent of the Constitution like O’Conner? This has been discussed here a lot I’m sure, but there are LOTS of posts here now. :) So far, I haven’t seen or heard a thing that would make me think he would not be a conservative Constitutional Justice, but I was wondering what everyone else thinks.

[onyx]

OK. I can endure Feingold.

Oh-Oh, mentioning the Pledge of A again... and the activist 9th Circuit.

[maryz]

Not so much his voice -- his accent is just more marked than people are used to hearing after all these years of radio and TV (which used to train their announcers in "General American").

[minus_273]

"now majority leader harry reid"? did i just hear that?

[defconw]

I think that Bush 43 learned from the mistakes of Bush 41.

[Trust but Verify]

So far, I haven’t seen or heard a thing that would make me think he would not be a conservative Constitutional Justice.

Then you haven't been paying attention, Newbie

[onyx]

Lindsay is PUMPED! I can hardly wait to hear him today.
He's really mad about that activist judge in CA.

[Truth Table]

Sessions just brought up the 9th circus ruling vis a vis the pledge. EXCELLENT!

[onyx]

Did he say "majority" leader? I wasn't paying CLOSE attention.

[You Dirty Rats]

The man worked for years in the White House. It is inconceivable that he did not discuss his views on issues with his colleagues. There is not much of a paper trail on him, but that doesn't mean there aren't people who know him well.

There are of course no guarantees, but this looks like a wonderful pick. We won't really know for many years.

[American Quilter]

"now majority leader harry reid"? did i just hear that?

yes, you did! Or, at least, I heard it too.

[WoodstockCat]

mary,

I'm cubicle bound, please post a summary of Robert's answer to that question...thx!

[Allen H]

reid is the majority leader in his dreams.

[onyx]

Feingold: "new topics" -- but then quotes 1985 stuff. ROTFLOL!

[defconw]

He must have a very on the ball staff.