Via Bloomberg Specter Urges Delay in Replacement of O’Connor at Supreme Court Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said he urged President George W. Bush today to delay nominating a replacement for retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said he talked to Justice O’Connor about […]
Arlen Specter just finished his first round of questioning with John Roberts. It was interesting watching the “pro-choice†Republican try to get answers out of Roberts. In a usual tactic that is employed during confirmation hearings, especially those for the Supreme Court, Roberts refused to answer questions on the specific case of Roe V. Wade. […]
We are now into a historical week. While Senate is holding confirmation hearings on John Roberts and coverage still comes out of the Gulf Coast, there is another event happening in New York that is of paramount interest. The United Nations will be hosting leaders from all over the world this week in the largest […]
I closed out the last poll that I had running. The question of John Roberts being a good Justice yielded a record response. Out of 194 votes, 83% said no, 13.4% did not know, and only 3.6 % said yes. I will have another poll up shortly. I am modifying the code a little to […]
I have just added a new polling question. I ran the previous question for approximately 1 month and had the following results: Do you feel America is certain to experience another terror attack on our home front? Yes – 70% No – 17% Uncertain – 13 % There were a total of 30 votes in […]
Its seeming more and more like Bush played the ultimate trump card by nominating John Roberts. He has gone out, picked someone with a short lived bench life and there for does not have many opinions to show how he would vote on controversial issues such as Roe V Wade. Short of him being a […]