Comments on: Chief Justice John Roberts http://urbangrounds.com/2005/09/chief-justice-roberts/ Sometimes the truth hurts Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Preston http://urbangrounds.com/2005/09/chief-justice-roberts/#comment-10737 Preston Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:01:46 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2005/09/29/chief-justice-roberts/#comment-10737 Dianne, actually Clinton was planning to nominate others to the Supreme Court. He vetted his choices with the minority leader in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Orrin Hatch, who suggested preferable nominees: Breyer and Ginsberg. Clinton wanted a consensus pick and reached across the aisle to find one. The result was that both sides compromised on their ideal nominee. The decisive vote was a tribute to his leadership. Of course, the candidates you consider 'perversely' radical would have been on the right wing of the court until the 1980's. Dianne, actually Clinton was planning to nominate others to the Supreme Court. He vetted his choices with the minority leader in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Orrin Hatch, who suggested preferable nominees: Breyer and Ginsberg.

Clinton wanted a consensus pick and reached across the aisle to find one. The result was that both sides compromised on their ideal nominee. The decisive vote was a tribute to his leadership.

Of course, the candidates you consider ‘perversely’ radical would have been on the right wing of the court until the 1980′s.

]]> By: dianne http://urbangrounds.com/2005/09/chief-justice-roberts/#comment-10736 dianne Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:38:22 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2005/09/29/chief-justice-roberts/#comment-10736 Preston, explain please, if your proposition is true, why Ginsberg was nominated by Clinton, was clearly an ideologue, yet was accepted by over 90% of the Republicans despite her ideology which was clearly not in line with Republican thinking...in fact her thinking is almost perverse. Fact is, Roberts was a jewel of a nominee and the vote by the 22 was strictly partisan. Dianne Preston, explain please, if your proposition is true, why Ginsberg was nominated by Clinton, was clearly an ideologue, yet was accepted by over 90% of the Republicans despite her ideology which was clearly not in line with Republican thinking…in fact her thinking is almost perverse.

Fact is, Roberts was a jewel of a nominee and the vote by the 22 was strictly partisan.

Dianne

]]> By: Preston http://urbangrounds.com/2005/09/chief-justice-roberts/#comment-10717 Preston Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:37:01 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2005/09/29/chief-justice-roberts/#comment-10717 I'm not sure I understand the concept which finds it acceptable to nominate a judge for the Supreme Court on the basis of his ideology yet it is not acceptable to vote against his nomination on the basis of his ideology. I’m not sure I understand the concept which finds it acceptable to nominate a judge for the Supreme Court on the basis of his ideology yet it is not acceptable to vote against his nomination on the basis of his ideology.

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