Posted on 07/13/2009 6:15:04 PM PDT by Steelfish
Feinstein: Supremes are not umpires
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's opening statement in the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor indicated she thinks much of what is said and promised by nominees in Senate confirmation hearings is a bunch of bunk.
Feinstein is an easy yes vote on Sotomayor, but she used her statement to take a swipe at Chief Justice John Roberts, who in his confirmation described judges as umpires whose job is to call balls and strikes, not play the game.
Feinstein's words could be read as part justification for her partisan votes on Roberts and Alito and part concerted strategy by Democrats to swat down GOP complaints of judicial activism by liberal judges.
Feinstein said the conservative justices -- once on the court -- laid waste to what former Judiciary Committee once called "super-duper precedents" especially related to abortion.
Selected quotes of her remarks as delivered: "Your nomination I view with a great sense of personal pride. You are indeed a very special woman. You have overcome adversity and disadvantages. You have grown in strength and determination and you have achieve
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I dunno, but I guess it could be worse if, say, someone like Al Franken was placed on the committee.
Oh, wait...
We're humped, people.
Please read my tag line.
What the hell are they supposed to do then? Oh yeah, have feelings for the various oppressed groups and allow the transfer of wealth from the producers to the parasites and their enablers.
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