"I heard Lindsay Graham on Hannity and he appeared to have grown a pair. Did anyone else hear this? He said that the "understanding" was DEFINITELY that a USSC position was not an "extreme circumstance," and that (this was before Roberts' name was out there) that he (Graham) "expected" the President to name a "solid conservative," because that was what he was elected to do."
Earlier this week, my wife and I watched the old movie about the body snatchers from outer space. One of the pods must have snatched Graham's body during that show.
Excerpt from a Lieberman interview 5 days ago (Roberts should not cause filibuster...aka talk-athon)
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Lieberman offered reporters Wednesday three names he said could be considered without sparking a talk-athon. He would not say whether he brought them up to Rove.
He said federal appellate Judges Michael McConnell and John G. Roberts were "in the ballpark," and that "people tell me" appeals court Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson is "very similar."
Lieberman emphasized that should they be nominated, they would be carefully scrutinized.
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http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-scotus0714.artjul14,0,4264662.story?coll=hc-headlines-politics
Yeah! That one's a classic!! We watched it , too.
According to this blogger (see below) Scalia called Roberts "far and away the best Supreme Court litigator in the country" - and said that opinion was widely shared among justices!!! That suggests a quality of intellect that will be very influential on the court for years to come:
"For what it's worth: A few years ago, Justice Scalia said to a friend of mine that he and other Justices thought of John Roberts as far and away the best Supreme Court litigator in the country."
posted by Stuart Buck at 7:11 PM
http://stuartbuck.blogspot.com/2005/07/roberts.html
"Now-ah, this heah Confederate flag-ah has great meanin' to me. . . ."