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Bush to Nominate Roberts for Chief Justice
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| Sept 5, 2005
Posted on 09/05/2005 4:39:35 AM PDT by TomGuy
Newsreaders on FoxNews just said a 'Senior administration spokesman' has said Bush plans to nominate Roberts for Chief Justice position.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chiefjustice; johnroberts; judgeroberts; scotus
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To: TomGuy
This is a BIG mistake he should have nominated Janice Rodges Brown to the chief spot or promoted Scalia or Thomas and put Rodgers in their spot.
I just don't trust Roberts enough for Chief Justice.
To: Reagan Man
...Now if Roberts turns out to be another William Rehnquist, conservatives have nothing to worry about....
That's a mighty big IF.
He may just as easily be the next Souter.
To: College Repub
While I would have liked to see Scalia in the position, this will leave for sure Thomas and Scalia as conservatives on the court and allow Bush to appoint another conservative. I guess it just fills the positions faster, given the road blocks the liberal dem's constantly throw up.
To: Texas_Conservative2
I just don't trust Roberts enough for Chief Justice.Hell, I barely trust him enough for associate justice.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:47:57 AM PDT
by
Wormwood
(Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
To: FreedomPoster; leadpenny; rightwing2; Squantos; Jeff Head
If I remember from civics classes; the chief justice assigns associate justices to review various cases and also assigns who will author the opinions for decisions, both the concurring and dissenting. I for one do not want a Ginsberg or Souter assigning cases for review.
Roberts was a part of the Rehnquist circle of associates and knows how he went through the decision process in assigning cases. A Roberts court will probably mirror a Rehnquist court in most regards.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:48:24 AM PDT
by
SLB
("We must lay before Him what is in us, not what ought to be in us." C. S. Lewis)
To: AmericanInTokyo
One DUmp went, "if we don't remove these men, physically, and very soon, then...us all."
To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
He clerked for Rehnquist. I would bet that President Bush and Justice Rehnquist have had some conversation about this move.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:50:55 AM PDT
by
maica
(Do not believe the garbage the media is feeding you back home. ---Allegra (in Iraq))
To: Semper Paratus
I wish the President would make another nomination right away because the slim conservative plurality on the Courts is gone. Well actually if Roberts is as conservative as Rennquest who he is a clone of (held same jobs in government and worked for Rennquest) then the court remains unchanged from before O'Connor announced her retirement. O'Connor will remain on the court until her replacement is approved. The other nominee who ever it is will add a more reliable conservative to the bench
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:51:48 AM PDT
by
Dave S
To: LS
The court makes their own rules, just like the congress, the chief can have as much power as the majority on the court want him to have.
The court can even force judges to resign.
To: mewzilla
It's the only way to have a full 9 judges by october.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:53:00 AM PDT
by
zendari
To: mware
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:53:00 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
("Run Hillary Run" bumper stickers. Liberals place on rear bumper, conservatives put on front bumper)
To: Dave S
As my husband asked, is there a black, hispanic woman out there Bush can appoint? That will make all the factions happy.
To: newzjunkey
So what kind of power over the SC does the CSC justice hold?
Who are some of the RED MEAT type picks Bush can choose for AJ?
Luttig?
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:53:36 AM PDT
by
KavMan
To: southernindymom
Janice Brown fits that bill.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:53:54 AM PDT
by
mware
(Atlantic County, NJ Heart of the Pinelands.)
To: Dave S
And the winner is...Edith Clement. Not only is she a woman, she was runner-up last time and ... she is from New Orleans
Ooohh
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:54:03 AM PDT
by
visualops
(www.visualops.com)
To: maica
That is how lots of us dress our children and grandchildren here on the East Coast.I can tell you this, I have old 8mm movies where in 1965 I'm wearing the same exact outfit that kids wearing and my Mom looks just like Jaquelyn Kenndy with pillsbury box hat and everything.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:54:06 AM PDT
by
sirchtruth
(Words Mean Things...)
To: Jim Noble
I fear that Gonzales will be Bush's ice cream sundae. This is a BIG fear. If President Bush picks Gonzales we need to worry very much. First it will prove that he really doesn't understand what American Conservatism is all about and second we would immediately begin to fret (even more) about the Roberts nomination. This would IMO send Conservatives into an angry feeling of betrayal and hopelessness.
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posted on
09/05/2005 5:54:12 AM PDT
by
Archon of the East
("universal executive power of the law of nature")
To: TomGuy
If true, this makes some sense. Roberts is clearly going to sail through confirmation and he has no real track record on the Court for senators to poke at the way they would with Scalia or Thomas.
Roberts had better be the right man if he's going to be CJ.
To: mware
works for me!!!! I liked her too.
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