Sen. Boxer to oppose Supreme Court nominee Roberts

dissention · #1 09-21-2005, 07:16 PM

Sen. Boxer to oppose Supreme Court nominee Roberts
Posted on Wed, Sep. 21, 2005
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., announced Wednesday that she will oppose the nomination of John Roberts to be Supreme Court chief justice.

"I said I could only vote for a nominee who would protect the rights and the freedoms of the people that I represent ... This nominee fails that bar," Boxer said on the Senate floor.

"I don't buy into this reasoning either: Let's support this nominee because the next one might be worse," she said.

The announcement by California's junior senator, a liberal who opposes many Bush nominees, was not a surprise. Still unknown is how the state's senior senator, Dianne Feinstein, will vote when the Judiciary Committee convenes Thursday to decide on the nominee.

Feinstein, a moderate, is the only woman on the Judiciary Committee.

Boxer's announcement came as a number of other Democrats were revealing their decisions on the nominee to replace Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

The Senate Judiciary Committee's senior Democrat, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, announced his endorsement for Roberts. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, liberal stalwart Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and former presidential candidate John Kerry of Massachusetts decided, like Boxer, to vote no.

Boxer said she was concerned about the views Roberts expressed in memos written while a lawyer in the Reagan administration, and about his failure to assist in the release of his writings from his years in the solicitor general's office under the first President Bush.

"With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough, in my view, to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee will change his past views," Boxer said.

irishgrl · #2 09-21-2005, 07:18 PM

YAY Thats my girl! I really LOVE her!

EnchantedSLN · #3 09-21-2005, 07:43 PM

Was there ever any doubt?

I know you hate him, but Kerry says he's voting no too.

amber · #4 09-21-2005, 07:51 PM

Kick!!! I hope Feinstein does, too. It's good a couple other people have some balls as well.
Thanks for posting.

Moony · #5 09-22-2005, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

Kick!!! I hope Feinstein does, too. It's good a couple other people have some balls as well.
Thanks for posting.

I don't think Feinstein will oppose him. But, hurrah for Boxer. Love that biotch.

amber · #6 09-22-2005, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Moony

I don't think Feinstein will oppose him. But, hurrah for Boxer. Love that biotch.

Yeah, Feinstein is a bad Cancer.
She's a good politician, but I nominate Feinstein as "most slippery ever".
Middle of the road people freak me out, you never know where they stand. I know everyone else likes that, but it's just not for me. It's not real. I understand that middle of the road is part of political savvy, but I just can't respect it very much.

Sapphire Girl · #7 09-22-2005, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

Kick!!! I hope Feinstein does, too. It's good a couple other people have some balls as well.
Thanks for posting.

Sen Barbara Boxer has balls??!!

I knew it! I just knew it!

dissention · #8 09-21-2005, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by EnchantedSLN

Was there ever any doubt?

Not on my part, I love Boxer.

If they were smart, they would run her in '08 instead of that shill Hillary.

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Originally Posted by EnchantedSLN

I know you hate him, but Kerry says he's voting no too.

I don't hate him, I just think he's an incompetent fool who suffers from foot-in-mouth syndrome.

gldstwmn · #9 09-21-2005, 08:39 PM

What is up with Leahy?

irishgrl · #10 09-21-2005, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

What is up with Leahy?

apparently he made his decision after a confab with Bushwad...which by all accounts was a one sided discussion (Bush musta been asleep).

Maybe he is saving his clout for the next nominee? on the surface his reason seems legit (he says he thinks Roberts is a man of honor and he is counting on him not changing horses in midstream philosophically speaking) Isnt Leahy the expert on Constitutional Law?

Brwn_eyes0511 · #11 09-21-2005, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Not on my part, I love Boxer.

If they were smart, they would run her in '08 instead of that shill Hillary.

Either one would work for me. But I have to say I'd go with Ms. Clinton.

irishgrl · #12 09-21-2005, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Either one would work for me. But I have to say I'd go with Ms. Clinton.

ok, I'll bite: WHY? why would YOU of all people hope for Hilary running instead of Barbara Boxer? there's something disingenuous about your post.......unless you are engaging in veiled sarcasm, in which case nevermind.

SuzeQuze · #13 09-21-2005, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by EnchantedSLN

Was there ever any doubt?

I know you hate him, but Kerry says he's voting no too.

Wow, I'm shocked he's actually going to make a stand. Its a day late and a dollar short but I'll take it! Ms Boxer is a godsend.

strandinthewind · #15 09-22-2005, 05:29 AM

As for Boxer, who cares. Roberts will pass because the Clintons, according to most of the press, support him - period. People are not for the most part going to go against the Number 1 and Number 2 fundraisers of the D party. So, I think all of this grandstanding by the periphery is fluff and a dog and pony show. In fact, it may even be orchestrated by the Clintons to show the D's put up a tiny and vain fight