Jan LaRue
Jan LaRue
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We are assured that the president will keep his promise to nominate a strict constructionist, ... undermine respect for life and family.
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We give Harriet Miers the benefit of the doubt because thus far, President Bush has selected nominees to the federal courts who are committed to the written Constitution. Whether we can support her will depend on what we learn from her record and the hearing process.
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You had four members of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court who suddenly found a right to same-sex marriage in the oldest written constitution still enforced in the world. That is a prime example of what we mean by judicial activism.
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The president should name the best-qualified and proven constitutionalist to replace O'Connor as soon as Judge Roberts is confirmed, regardless of sex, race or ethnicity. The American people will decide the consequences of partisan politicians trying to intimidate the president into surrendering his constitutional duty.
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We do not think there is anything she could say at her hearing that would satisfy our concerns.
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The opinions I've read show a circuit-court judge who recognizes what all the lower-court judges recognize, which is that they can't overrule the Supreme Court,
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It could well be that she is in the tradition of Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia, as the president has promised. The problem is that those of us who were looking for some tangible evidence of that have none, and we can't come out of the box supporting her.
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I think we are going to see the kind of nominee we should have gotten in the first place: someone with a strong track record of conservative judicial philosophy. I'd be shocked if it's not.
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If their bill does become law it does not limit pornographers to one domain.
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He should not become the new high bar.
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Judge Roberts deserves overwhelming bi-partisan confirmation by the Senate. Only those willing to jump off a political cliff by joining hands with the die-hard abortion, gay rights and environmental groups can be expected to oppose this supremely qualified nominee.
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He has always ranked near the top for us.
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Whether we can support her will depend on what we learn from her record and the hearing process.
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We find it patronizing and hypocritical to focus on her faith in order to gain support for Miss Miers.