Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Schumer Reveals Liberal View of Court
SCHUMER: I hope Judge Roberts, understanding how important this nomination is, particularly when replacing a swing vote on the court will decide to answer questions about his views.
Now that he is nominated for a position where he can overturn precedent and make law, it's even more important that he fully answers a broad range of questions.
RUSH: Here from last night, Senator Schumer in his press conference here, with Senator Leahy. This is the bite where Schumer is fearful of the kind of law that Judge Roberts will be able to "make."
Yeah you're going to give him the questions in an envelope before he shows up and hope he "opens" them honestly. So, here we have this reference, once again, to the "swing vote." See, Chuck Schumer wants you to believe that the Supreme Court is made up of four conservatives and four liberals, and then a fifth swing vote who is actually a liberal but we don't call him that -- and Justice O'Connor was the swing vote always voting with the libs.
SCHUMER: The burden is on a nominee to the Supreme Court to prove that he is worthy, not on the Senate to prove that he is unworthy.
I voted against Judge Roberts for the DC Court of Appeals because he didn't answer questions fully and openly when he appeared before the committee. For instance, when I asked him a question that others have answered, to identify three Supreme Court cases of which he was critical, he refused. But now, it's a whole new ballgame. For those of us who voted against him, for those of us who voted for him -- and for Judge Roberts.
RUSH: So, you might have heard that he was approved by unanimous consent. He was. I think there were two or three Democrats voted against him on the committee, but he got out of committee. But they didn't have the guts to vote against him on the floor... So they didn't vote. Just used unanimous consent and sailed him on to the court. So there was no actual floor vote; they just agreed by unanimous consent.
SCHUMER: I hope Judge Roberts, understanding how important this nomination is, particularly when replacing a swing vote on the court will decide to answer questions about his views.
Now that he is nominated for a position where he can overturn precedent and make law, it's even more important that he fully answers a broad range of questions.
RUSH: Here from last night, Senator Schumer in his press conference here, with Senator Leahy. This is the bite where Schumer is fearful of the kind of law that Judge Roberts will be able to "make."
Yeah you're going to give him the questions in an envelope before he shows up and hope he "opens" them honestly. So, here we have this reference, once again, to the "swing vote." See, Chuck Schumer wants you to believe that the Supreme Court is made up of four conservatives and four liberals, and then a fifth swing vote who is actually a liberal but we don't call him that -- and Justice O'Connor was the swing vote always voting with the libs.
SCHUMER: The burden is on a nominee to the Supreme Court to prove that he is worthy, not on the Senate to prove that he is unworthy.
I voted against Judge Roberts for the DC Court of Appeals because he didn't answer questions fully and openly when he appeared before the committee. For instance, when I asked him a question that others have answered, to identify three Supreme Court cases of which he was critical, he refused. But now, it's a whole new ballgame. For those of us who voted against him, for those of us who voted for him -- and for Judge Roberts.
RUSH: So, you might have heard that he was approved by unanimous consent. He was. I think there were two or three Democrats voted against him on the committee, but he got out of committee. But they didn't have the guts to vote against him on the floor... So they didn't vote. Just used unanimous consent and sailed him on to the court. So there was no actual floor vote; they just agreed by unanimous consent.
