"President Bush will nominate U.S. Circuit Judge John Roberts Jr. to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, CNN has learned." from the CNN newsletter I receive.

My opinion? Great. That's just great. Now the poor Americans must be represented by a bunch of medieval-Christian old men.

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The only point of contest with Roberts will be Abortion.

Agreed

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Why should we ask him these questions? The only questions we should be asking are if Roberts is a man of integrity and if he will be a justice who will strictly interpret the constitution and not legislate from the bench. If he is found to pocess these two qualities then he should be confirmed; that's the way its supposed to work.

And these two qualities are very important, the statement of what I posted earlier about issues of Affirmative Action and Civil Rights can be answered in a manner of not directly asking Judge Roberts of his opinions of such. As I've said before and will continue to say, I personally have no quarrel with the nomination of judge Roberts. But his short tenure on the U.S. Court of Appeals leaves a blank in what we can determine of his decisions as a judge thus far.

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Originally posted by YoungWorld:
Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, etc...That's all

Why should we ask him these questions? The only questions we should be asking are if Roberts is a man of integrity and if he will be a justice who will strictly interpret the constitution and not legislate from the bench. If he is found to pocess these two qualities then he should be confirmed; that's the way its supposed to work.

Affirmative Action, as currently constructed, is a joke and nothing more than a misunderstood ruling with little more than propagandized help. It benefits white women more than any other group. Affirmative action, as currently constructed, does not solve the problem it intended to solve and should be reconstructed (although it is doubtful to solve the problem) or it should be abolished. I'll save my arguments for some other more appropriate thread.

The only point of contest with Roberts will be Abortion.

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Just curious...What are these issues you speak of? Give me some examples.

Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, etc...That's all

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Originally posted by YoungWorld:
And before you go on the offensive, I'm not speaking of the most sensitive issues, just the ones that have relevance to the American public.

Just curious...What are these issues you speak of? Give me some examples.

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The only hope I have for the new appointee is that he doesn't write laws like Sandra Day O'Connor. Bush will nominate who he will, and if you don't like it, too bad! The rest of the country disagrees! They elected a conservative president knowing full well the power granted him. The republicans also have a majority in the house and senate, so I have full confidence Bush will appoint someone he feels will do the best job because that's the president's job. Who says that's a bad thing?

No one...We all pretty much agree that he is a viable nominee, we just want to know his stances on a few issues. And before you go on the offensive, I'm not speaking of the most sensitive issues, just the ones that have relevance to the American public.

The only hope I have for the new appointee is that he doesn't write laws like Sandra Day O'Connor. Bush will nominate who he will, and if you don't like it, too bad! The rest of the country disagrees! They elected a conservative president knowing full well the power granted him. The republicans also have a majority in the house and senate, so I have full confidence Bush will appoint someone he feels will do the best job because that's the president's job. Who says that's a bad thing?

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Of course not. If he was, our country would be a religious theocracy would it not? What laws has he made that violate the Constitution?

None that I can think of...But what's to stop him from trying?

Of course not. If he was, our country would be a religious theocracy would it not? What laws has he made that violate the Constitution?

And is Bush not a puppet of his church?

Every President has their favorites.

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Couldn't the same be said for the RNC or GOP...I get confused, but they too have their special-interest group chronnies..

Im not saying the whole party is the puppet of its own special interest groups, but that can be argued. Im saying that John Kerry and Teddy Kennedy are puppets of such groups as Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood et cetera.

Yeah, at least he seems somewhat "balanced" (if that's the right word for it).

I reserving judgement on Roberts. So far he seems reasonable.

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Agreed. Bush is basically forcing the Senate to confirm Roberts. That is not right.

Don't be offended, he's doing what he does best: forcing his ideals regardless of whether they're good or insane.

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Aww he doing that. The dems like him. Cuck Schumer likes him. THe only guys i know that are puppets of liberal interest groups, besides the DNC of course, are Ted Kennedy and John Kerry.

Couldn't the same be said for the RNC or GOP...I get confused, but they too have their special-interest group chronnies..

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Agreed. Bush is basically forcing the Senate to confirm Roberts. That is not right

Aww he doing that. The dems like him. Cuck Schumer likes him. THe only guys i know that are puppets of liberal interest groups, besides the DNC of course, are Ted Kennedy and John Kerry.

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Then what else is there to go by...And no we're not talking about the most sensitive of documents in general, but if some of the documents go in line with which he should be questioned on; then by all means release the documents.

Agreed. Bush is basically forcing the Senate to confirm Roberts. That is not right.

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WASHINGTON - Citing privacy and precedent, the Bush administration indicated Sunday it does not intend to release all memos and other documents written by Supreme Court nominee John Roberts when he worked for two Republican presidents.

Then what else is there to go by...And no we're not talking about the most sensitive of documents in general, but if some of the documents go in line with which he should be questioned on; then by all means release the documents.

The documents should be released. The Senate needs to have the greatest amount of infomation about Roberts as possible. This appointment is for life and should be taken very seriously with a careful examination of Roberts' record.