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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 10:14 PM
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WP: Roberts Scoffed at Promotion for O'Connor
WASHINGTON -- As a lawyer in the Reagan White House, John Roberts scoffed at the notion of elevating Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to chief justice as a way to close a political gender gap, calling it a "crass political consideration."

On another topic, Roberts, who was nominated as a justice by President Bush last month, advised the White House to strike language from a description of a housing bill that referred to the "fundamental right to be free from discrimination." He said that "there of course is no such right."

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"Many of the documents made it clear that as a junior official in the Reagan administration, he was part of an intense effort to impede progress on numerous key issues, such as progress on equal rights for women," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., a member of the Judiciary Committee that will consider Roberts' nomination.

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Added Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.: "The question before the Senate is whether this is the person who should replace the first female justice of the Supreme Court."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/19/AR2005081900846.html

I wonder if he felt the same about Clarence Thomas?
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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 10:17 PM
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1. I wonder what O'Connor thinks of him now?
And Specter, and Elizabeth Dole, and the women in the Senate and House...

I can see this list growing very quickly.
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Somawas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 10:22 PM
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3. If GW* nominated a 200 pound sack of shit Dole would vote for it.
She's 'my' senator. Makes hubby Bob look like a flaming leftie.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 10:19 PM
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2. I'm begining to believe that this guy isn't going to "slide on through".
He'll be confirmed, but I think there will be pointed questions on the record.
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Betty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 10:41 PM
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4. There is no right to be free from discrimimation??????
how the fuck can they vote to confirm this asshole??????
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-05 11:42 PM
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5. Justice should make him the victim of his own statement
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