I don’t get a good “feeling” from this judge. This looks like the kind of guy who wants to fit in with the swell crowd and has never had to deal with, absorb and deflect heavy criticism from his peers or the public. He looks like someone who will cave under pressure. This isn’t a guy with the crusty, gruff, aggressive demeanor of a Scalia, Thomas or Alito. He isn’t a guy who has had to learn to not care and brush it off if he’s unpopular or disliked.
The absolute lack of any track record on abortion is a huge red flag. That sounds just like the same rationale that people like Bush, Sr. used for making their nominations. They wanted to pick someone with “unknown” or “undeclared” positions on the major issues to make it easier to get them confirmed.
With the guaranteed confirmation we have now via use of the nuclear option, we should have picked someone who had clear, open, public statements on all the major issues. There was no reason to hedge on a nominee when we have a slam dunk appointment on our hands.
Bottom line, an absolutely total lack of any evidence as to what his positions are on abortion MUST be taken to mean that he WILL vote pro-choice. It is too hard to find anyone at this level of education and status who would consider overturning Roe vs. Wade. Unless you know for sure otherwise, you must assume they will uphold Roe vs. Wade.
And now Geraldo’s praising him because he’s “not a Bork-type judge.” He’s making my point for me.
I felt the same way...but he wrote a whole book about the wrongs of Euthanasia.
I don’t know much about him and he doesn’t seem to have much of a record on the 2nd Amendment. The NRA likes him, but even the quote from one of his opinions that the NRA included in their article bothers me a bit.
“the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to own firearms and may not be infringed lightly.”
Lightly? Why’d he feel the need to add that word?