Democrats Don’t Get It
Posted on September 14, 2005
Here is the Live Video of the Confirmation Hearing.
Here is a quick summary of the John Robert’s Confirmation process. Democrats keep asking stupid questions about his personal views on their pet issues like abortion, euthanasia, etc. Robert’s refuses to answer about his personal views because they are irrelevant since you are not supposed to use them in Court rulings. He has the same answer for every question, I’ll decide cases by the law not my personal views.
Democrats are not satisfied with this answer. They just can’t get it. The liberal judges use their personal views in deciding cases, they expect the same from Roberts. They just can’t understand, and continue to ask the same questions over and over.
To sum this up quickly, he will sail through the confirmation process. This is only practice for the democrats. This is only a trade, conservative for conservative. The real showdown will take place when we try to replace O’Connor.
Others blogging on this: Blogs For Bush Live blogging it.
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Michelle Malkin
Wizbang says Joe Biden kept it entertaining by outdoing even Kennedy for pomposity and self-righteousness.
Milblog
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If your personal views don’t matter then what difference does it make if we place a conservative, moderate, or liberal on the bench? Of course it matters because our personal views direct how we interpret things (the law in this case.) If a liberal was nominated, wouldn’t you also question the same way? Of course. Hypocrites! Place a moderate on the bench!
Hypocrites ? Never in History do I recall the Conservates acting like this , do correct me if I am wrong ..
CL, you speak of moderates…this is what John Roberts is, and why he is saying he will not put his personal views into this. Watch, he will get the votes needed, even from the dems…the moderate dems who know he is qualified, and the best out there for the job.
if judges allow their personal views to direct how they intepret the law, then they’re not doing their job. yes it is true that we, as everyday people, allow our views to direct how we interpret things, but that is why we have a written law we all have to follow by. written law has to be rigid or else our liberties and rights will be left up to the whims of conservative or liberal justices who allow their personal views to direct the way they interpret the law. in this instance, the same law might be differently applied by judges with differing personal views…isn’t that a problem?
cl, you are partially correct. it shouldn’t matter if a liberal or conservative gets nominated. all that should be discussed is their ability to be a judge. and is this happening during these confirmation hearings? absolutely not!
as scalia once said. if the lawrence decision is overturned and the issue of privacy to somdomy gets returned to the states, texas might very well overwhelmingly ban sodomy through the state legislature. scalia himself said that he disagrees with this possible outcome, but he can’t do anything about it b/c it’s out of his jurisdiction. an example of him separating his personal views from his judicial duties.