This should give you a clue on her 'true' beliefs.
"It requires us to believe that the President who gave us Janice Rogers Brown, Michael McConnell, Bill Pryor, Priscilla Owen – and no RINO that I could name at the Circuit or District Court level, who fought the fight on Miguel Estrada, and who had originally orchestrated the masterful trade of Roberts-for-O'Connor, would suddenly punt at this critical moment."
Why would she pick all these known conservatives if she wasn't a solid conservative herself?
I'm still willing to wait for the hearings to pass any judgement but, by everything I have read, I doubt she is a 'closet' liberal.
Because she was looking for ...
"We'd be talking about somebody's background," said Leonard Leo, now on leave as executive vice president of the Federalist Society, the conservative group whose headlined speakers have included Supreme Court justices and Bush administration official."There would be a moment of silence when she was clearly thinking about what was being said and then she would challenge it, asking, 'But what specifically in those opinions strongly suggests that this is someone who ascribes to judicial restraint?'" Leo said.
53 posted on 10/15/2005 6:41:58 PM EDT by AmericaUnited
Ruth Ginsberg could perform that function, doesn't make Ruth Ginsberg a conservative.
I'm still willing to wait for the hearings to pass any judgement but, by everything I have read, I doubt she is a 'closet' liberal.
The hearings are designed to hide such disclosures. Any open admission results in howls of derision from the DEM side.
What I have read of her writing, such as the articles in the Texas Bar Journal and what she discloses in her written answers to Senate questions incline (but do not convince) me that she is a fence sitter at best, and tends to lean left. Just my opinion. Flame suit engaged.
"Why would she pick all these known conservatives if she wasn't a solid conservative herself? "
She wasn't the one who picked all those.
She wasn't in a posititon to pick the judgest that were nominated - except be involved in the vetting of roberts - because all the picks took place BEFORE she was in that position.
"Why would she pick all these known conservatives if she wasn't a solid conservative herself? "
She wasn't the one who picked all those.
She wasn't in a posititon to pick the judgest that were nominated - except be involved in the vetting of roberts - because all the picks took place BEFORE she was in that position.