Roberts confirmed, 78-22 - Page 3

scaeagles · 09-29-2005, 08:59 AM

Just heard.

A couple quotes from people who voted against him:

"I hope I am proved wrong about John Roberts," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., the Senate's longtime liberal stalwart. "I have been proved wrong before on my confirmation votes. I regret my vote to confirm Justice Scalia, even though he, too, like Judge Roberts, was a nice person and a smart Harvard lawyer."

"I decided that while there was a very good chance that Judge Roberts would be a mainstream, very conservative but mainstream justice without an ideological agenda, that he was not convincing enough," added Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. "And the downside, even a minority downside that he would be a justice in the mold of Scalia and Thomas was too great to risk, and so I will vote no. But no matter how we vote, today we all share a fervent hope that Justice Roberts becomes a great jurist and serves our nation well."

To these leftists (and I make absolutely no apology about calling Schumer and Kennedy leftists), it isn't whether or not he is qualified, it's that he may not rule in the way they think he should.

Roberts (not to mention Scalia) makes these men look like the mental midgets that they are. They do not care if he rules on the Constitution, about which I have no doubt he is more scholarly than they are. They care if he will vote on cases that is more in line with their agenda, and I find that sad. Ginsberg was confirmed with a near majority, because though she was clearly left leaning, she was clearly qualified. Schumer and Kennedy make me ill.

Granted, it's early, but I haven't found one quote from anyone who voted "no" that can justify their position with anything other than "He's too conservative", which is one flimsy reason to vote against him.

09-29-2005, 08:59 AM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Roberts confirmed, 78-22 Just heard. A couple quotes from people who voted against him: "I hope I am proved wrong about John Roberts," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., the Senate's longtime liberal stalwart. "I have been proved wrong before on my confirmation votes. I regret my vote to confirm Justice Scalia, even though he, too, like Judge Roberts, was a nice person and a smart Harvard lawyer." "I decided that while there was a very good chance that Judge Roberts would be a mainstream, very conservative but mainstream justice without an ideological agenda, that he was not convincing enough," added Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. "And the downside, even a minority downside that he would be a justice in the mold of Scalia and Thomas was too great to risk, and so I will vote no. But no matter how we vote, today we all share a fervent hope that Justice Roberts becomes a great jurist and serves our nation well." To these leftists (and I make absolutely no apology about calling Schumer and Kennedy leftists), it isn't whether or not he is qualified, it's that he may not rule in the way they think he should. Roberts (not to mention Scalia) makes these men look like the mental midgets that they are. They do not care if he rules on the Constitution, about which I have no doubt he is more scholarly than they are. They care if he will vote on cases that is more in line with their agenda, and I find that sad. Ginsberg was confirmed with a near majority, because though she was clearly left leaning, she was clearly qualified. Schumer and Kennedy make me ill. Granted, it's early, but I haven't found one quote from anyone who voted "no" that can justify their position with anything other than "He's too conservative", which is one flimsy reason to vote against him. Last edited by scaeagles : 09-29-2005 at 09:08 AM.
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