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...
incomplete indication lead
It was an incomplete answer. He didn't give any indication to where it would lead him.
roe vote
I think he could well vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.
critical quite statement
I think his statement is actually quite critical of Roberts, ... I have no idea.
courts enforcing individual judge rights roberts role
Judge Roberts has advocated diminishing the role the courts play in enforcing individual rights and freedoms,
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.
calm chief eye justice next period sworn
It's kind of the eye of the hurricane. He's been sworn in, he's chief justice, we have a period of calm before the next storm.
air situation
With Roberts, there was an air of inevitability from the very beginning. This situation is completely different.
amount effort entire everybody huge nomination past pitching win
We will win this nomination battle, but as in the past it's going to take a huge amount of effort by the entire community, everybody pitching in. In the end, I do think we'll prevail.
agenda consistent favors government interests lives ordinary personal powerful pursued reveals sides
It reveals that he has pursued a very consistent agenda that favors government intrusion into our personal lives and sides with powerful interests over ordinary Americans.
extensive numerous people senators vote
There's been extensive outreach to senators and their staffs by numerous people urging them to vote no on the nomination.
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It's now clear given the context of this nomination there is no one worse. This nominee, who has anchored the extremist position on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is someone whose ideology does present a real problem and real questions.
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,