Nan Aron
Nan Aron
Nan Aron is an American lawyer. Aron is the founder and president of Alliance for Justice, a liberal judicial advocacy group in the United States. Aron has been a noted opponent of conservative judicial nominees. She has called for President Barack Obama to be more aggressive in nominating liberals to the bench...
fair guess surprised vote
And I guess it would be fair to say I was shocked, I was very surprised by Leahy's vote yesterday,
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By failing to allay the concerns his record raised prior to the hearings, Judge Roberts simply has not met the heavy burden of proving that he warrants a lifetime appointment to the most powerful judgeship in the country.
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When you practice with people, there's a desire to close ranks.
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If transformed into the law of the land, Judge Roberts' legal views could produce a government with less power to protect ordinary people and give ordinary people less power to protect themselves from abuse by government and other powerful interests.
battle laid president wide
The President has laid down the gauntlet and the battle is now wide open.
problem
The problem was I was responsible for the fish,
balance court freedoms placing rights
Unfortunately, the balance of the court has now tilted dramatically to the right, placing our fundamental rights and freedoms in jeopardy.
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His views are very much out of sync with civil rights, women's rights, privacy. Certainly reviewing so many of those memos and briefs and papers he authored makes one wonder whether he understands how the law affects ordinary people.
alan history shows turned voters
History shows us that voters turned on Alan Dixon for his vote on Clarence Thomas.
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He is doing a delicate dance trying to please everyone. At the end of the day people are going to walk out of this hearing room being uncomfortable.
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Given her sparse public record, it is unclear whether she has a basic working knowledge of the issues that the Supreme Court regularly confronts.
roe vote
I think he could well vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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I think his statement is actually quite critical of Roberts, ... I have no idea.
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Judge Roberts has advocated diminishing the role the courts play in enforcing individual rights and freedoms,