Reply #19: That's funny

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Roberts answers my mail and I've had several meetings with his staff. His office also return phone calls. I also get unsolicited mail from Roberts. At least I keep up with what little he does.

His decision to block the nominee has raised constitutional issues:

In an interview last week, Mr. Brownback said that he still believed Judge Neff’s behavior raised serious questions about her impartiality and that he was likely to vote against her. But he said he did not realize his proposal — asking a nominee to agree in advance to remove herself from deciding a whole category of cases — was so unusual as to be possibly unprecedented. Legal scholars said it raised constitutional questions of separation of powers for a senator to demand that a judge commit to behavior on the bench in exchange for a vote.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/washington/19judge.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1166504400&en=a38f809def72d30e&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin

Don't forget that Sam was an attorney before becoming a senator. :eyes: So much for his understanding of legal concepts as both an attorney and a law maker.