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Ayotte expected, got hard questions
The Union Leader ^ | December 1, 2005 | Norma Love/AP

Posted on 12/01/2005 2:30:27 AM PST by Past Your Eyes

New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte said the minute she opened her mouth yesterday, she stopped feeling nervous about arguing a pivotal abortion case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

“I felt nervous just as I’m sure anyone who has appeared before the court and particularly given it was my first time,” said Ayotte, the state’s first female attorney general. “But once you open your mouth and they ask the first question, that all sort of melts away because you’re so focused on the case.”

Ayotte said she expected tough questions and wasn’t surprised to get them.

“Most of the time flew by because it was spent answering the justices’ questions and they were in rapid succession,” Ayotte said in a telephone interview from Washington.

Ayotte has steadfastly declined to give her personal opinion of the parental notice law she defended. Ayotte said people on both sides would find fault with her actions if she disclosed her personal views.

(Excerpt) Read more at unionleader.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: abortion; ayotte; parental; scotus
Good job, Kelly. And thank you for your efforts.
1 posted on 12/01/2005 2:30:27 AM PST by Past Your Eyes
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To: Past Your Eyes

Kelly you made us proud....

Thank You


2 posted on 12/01/2005 4:39:24 AM PST by tiger-one (The night has a thousand eyes)
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To: Past Your Eyes

Do you think she will run for Governor or something?


3 posted on 12/01/2005 5:07:05 AM PST by DM1
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To: DM1

No idea but I doubt it.


4 posted on 12/01/2005 1:34:04 PM PST by Past Your Eyes (Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.)
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