Comments on: Roberts Vows to Honor Established Rulings

By: bryan

bryan — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:32:09 +0000

Legion,

One would think that the president doesn't ask "litmus test" questions about abortion. Else how would half of the justices have made it to the court and then been such disappointments to the parties that appointed them (Blackmun, Breyer, O'Connor, Kennedy ...).

And if they asked, I'm almost certain that any competent jurist would have demurred in answering.

By: Jim Rhoads (vnjagvet)

Jim Rhoads (vnjagvet) — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:49:10 +0000

Demonizing this will be impossible. Since demonizing is the only tactic successfully employed by the left, that makes opposition ineffective with this type of candidate.

By: legion

legion — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:07:57 +0000

It's always amused me that Congress isn't supposed to ask 'litmus test' style questions. You know the President asks those kinds of questions when he decides on a nominee; why can't Congress ask the same things? Can't a Senator ask something like "Mr. X, what subjects did you discuss with the President and his advisors in regards to your candidacy?"

By: Danny Carlton: codenamed "Jack Lewis"

Danny Carlton: codenamed "Jack Lewis" — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:09:41 +0000

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By: Herb

Herb — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 13:49:25 +0000

If Roberts wishes to "Honor" previous decisions, he is showing the American people that he has no backbone to reverse those decisions that were made "outside the Constitution" by liberals who love to make law from the bench. If he holds to this criteria, he has no place on the SCOTUS, and is like all lawyers who "stick together right or wrong.

By: bryan

bryan — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 13:41:18 +0000

Liberal interest groups quickly criticized the high court nominee for failing to state whether he would uphold the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision.

So much for the "no litmus test" canard.

By: bRight & Early

bRight & Early — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 13:00:50 +0000

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