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Bloomberg opposes Bush high-court pick
Yahoo.com ^ | Sept. 16, 2005

Posted on 09/16/2005 11:15:31 AM PDT by alessandrofiaschi

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday opposed John Roberts' nomination to be U.S. Supreme Court chief justice, making him the first noted Republican to break with the Bush administration over who should lead America's top court.

Bloomberg, a former Democrat seeking re-election in a heavily Democratic city, said Roberts had failed to show a commitment to upholding the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision establishing a right to abortion.

"I am unconvinced that Judge Roberts accepts the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling as settled law," Bloomberg said.

Roberts' answers to questions in Senate confirmation hearings "did not indicate a commitment to protect a woman's right to choose," he said. "For that reason I oppose the nomination of Judge Roberts as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court."

While Bloomberg's statement is unusual from a Republican, the mayor has no standing over whether Roberts will be confirmed by the U.S. Senate as chief justice.

Bloomberg, who became a billionaire by building the media company named after him, is ahead in polls in the New York mayoral race ahead of November's election here.

Like many Republicans in New York, Bloomberg has long been a liberal on social issues and has been unafraid to publicly break with U.S. President George W. Bush.


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To: alessandrofiaschi

This was painful...I had more fun setting up the voice mail on my cell phone and waiting for an hour on hold with cingular


21 posted on 09/16/2005 11:23:37 AM PDT by skaterboy (Be good)
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To: NormsRevenge

Bloomberg switch to the GOP to run for mayor pretty much uncontested in the primary. He knew his chances in the RAT primary were slim.


22 posted on 09/16/2005 11:23:51 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: alessandrofiaschi
"Even if I don't share Bloomberg's ideas on abortion, I'm equally unconvinced about Roberts' action in front of many issues."

Do you or do you not share Bloomberg's ideas on abortion?

What has Roberts done or said that makes you have doubts about him?
23 posted on 09/16/2005 11:24:26 AM PDT by AlGone2001 (Two supreme court vacancies. Hopefully more on the way.)
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To: alessandrofiaschi

If you think Bloomberg is against Roberts because he is not an originalist then you need to pay attention.

Roberts may be a grand mistake, we'll find out. I worry about "insiders" who like to be near the flame. Think Bill Cohen. Is Roberts a moth like Cohen? I don't know. His background and rearing don't point to that but we'll never know.


24 posted on 09/16/2005 11:24:37 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Back then they didn't want me, now I'm hot and they all on me.)
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig

He's just playing to some swing voters.


25 posted on 09/16/2005 11:24:49 AM PDT by uncitizen
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To: Phantom Lord

I am unconvinced that Mayor Bloomberg recognizes Dred Scott as settled law.


26 posted on 09/16/2005 11:24:58 AM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: Meadow Muffin
It's like Ann Coulter said - they are the 'abortion party'.

That is their only issue of concern, their whole reason for being.

" Democrats may be forced to shut down operations as a party and re-enter politics under a different name. The party formerly known as "the Democratic Party" will henceforth be doing business under the name "the Abortion Party."

That would have the virtue of honesty. Love of abortion is the one irreducible minimum of the Democratic Party. Liberals don't want to go to war with Saddam Hussein, but they do want to go to war to protect Roe v. Wade.

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter110702.asp

27 posted on 09/16/2005 11:25:12 AM PDT by GaltMeister (“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”)
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To: alessandrofiaschi

Unless its underage abortions or partial births then i dont think he should mess with it


28 posted on 09/16/2005 11:25:47 AM PDT by skaterboy (Be good)
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To: alessandrofiaschi
Pay attention, Roberts is not an originalist and he will never oppose abortion's laws.

What information do you have that makes you so absolutely sure he will never oppose abrotion's laws?

29 posted on 09/16/2005 11:26:01 AM PDT by frogjerk (LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
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To: DoughtyOne

"What a crock. Prior to Roe v Wade there was also established law... It was entirely different that Roe v Wade."

What a bunch of idiots. Slavery was established law at one time, too.

I'm sure glad we got around that good ole "established law" thing in that case.


30 posted on 09/16/2005 11:26:25 AM PDT by AlGone2001 (Two supreme court vacancies. Hopefully more on the way.)
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To: alessandrofiaschi
"I am unconvinced that Judge Roberts accepts the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling as settled law," Bloomberg said.

Roberts has made it clear he accepts Roe v. Wade as settled law. What more evidence does Bloomberg need?

31 posted on 09/16/2005 11:27:06 AM PDT by shekkian
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To: ChildOfThe60s; Meadow Muffin
"...why does EVERY political decision have to include abortion???????"

Any decision or action against abortion *rights* bolsters and reaffirms the sanctity of the individual life and individual rights thereby eroding the the designs of those with a more collectivist/socialist vision. When the state is legally compelled to defend the most innocent and defenseless among us, the statists must acknowledge being in a position of weakness to the citizenry, and they will resist this notion to the last.

That's why.

32 posted on 09/16/2005 11:27:15 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
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To: Phantom Lord

Bloomberg switch to the GOP to run for mayor pretty much uncontested in the primary.

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Boy, some guys get all the luck. ;-)

smokers love him, I hear. (/sarc)


33 posted on 09/16/2005 11:27:39 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
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To: frogjerk

good question, especially since he supposedly lives in Italy.


34 posted on 09/16/2005 11:27:39 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: alessandrofiaschi

Bloomberg molests collies...


35 posted on 09/16/2005 11:28:31 AM PDT by LIConFem (A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig

Roberts does not believe in the "Lost Constitution" doctrine (Scalia and Thomas). Instead, he says, "I don't have an overarching, uniform philosophy", which means that he will follow the Congress as well as a lot of precedents. In short, he will not help the other conservative members of the Supreme Court, to reject "affirmative action" and abortion. On many issues (apart from business ones), he will agree with Kennedy. Which is not very conservative...


36 posted on 09/16/2005 11:28:49 AM PDT by alessandrofiaschi (Is Roberts really a conservative?)
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To: alessandrofiaschi

Abortion is murder no matter how you slice it. I don't agree with anyone that would allow the killing of innocent American Citizens. Women have many other options to pregnancy and of course the one least used is to keep their legs closed.

The SCOTUS needs to revist ROE V WADE and bring this society back to balance. Any woman that would use Abortion as a means of Birth Control should be charged with murder.


37 posted on 09/16/2005 11:29:19 AM PDT by tomnbeverly (Its time to spend some political capital... Ouch that has to hurt liberals.)
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To: shekkian

That's the real problem!


38 posted on 09/16/2005 11:29:30 AM PDT by alessandrofiaschi (Is Roberts really a conservative?)
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To: Meadow Muffin

Bloomberg = RINO.

Before abortion (a very expensive and traumatic form of birth control), shouldn't there be some form of or thought of birth control?

How much does it cost to say "NO" (and I'm not talking about coercion)or for men and women to just keep their pants on? Can anyone THINK of consequences before acting?


39 posted on 09/16/2005 11:30:07 AM PDT by garyhope
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig

He's probably hoping to influence a few RINO senators from the northeast.


40 posted on 09/16/2005 11:30:21 AM PDT by CFC__VRWC ("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
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