Today is the day that the Senate Judiciary Committee begins its hearings on nominee John Roberts. This is an important time because President Bush has opportunities to replace two justices. Unfortunately, he will be replacing two relatively conservative justices.
The word right now is that the only way this nomination will get derailed is through filibuster by Democrats (which they may just do).
The Democrats are upset because the President refuses to nominate a liberal. Then again, why should he, he’s the President. The Democrats have used the filibuster to prevent the President from appointing a conservative judge, now the stakes are raised.
Something to look out for, when President Clinton nominated Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Democrats encouraged her not to share her views on various issues and the response from the Democrats was that it was “fine by them.” This tactic is now known as the “Ginsburg rule.”
Senator Orrin Hatch says, “I was on this committee in 1993. Justice Ginsburg was not telling mythological tales when she refused to answer questions over 60 times.”
Will Democratic hypocrisy rear it’s ugly yet frequently shown head and will they demand that Roberts express his views? 5-to-1 says they do.
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