Judiciary Committee Okay's Roberts...

NEWS ALERT

from The Wall Street JournalSept. 22, 2005
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to send Supreme Court chief justice nominee John Roberts to the full Senate for a final vote.

The expected approval came with support from three Democratic committee members -- Sens. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, and Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold both of Wisconsin. The remaining Democrats said their opposition was ground in concern about how Roberts might rule on individual and civil rights matters that come before the Supreme Court. Democrats also cited Judge Roberts's unwillingness to answer questions they posed to him on numerous legal issues during confirmation hearings.

"When he is confirmed, this will be the Roberts court, and we know the Supreme Court will change dramatically," said Sen. Richard Durbin (D., Ill.) who voted against him. "Many of our core rights and core freedoms hang on the balance of one vote."

Sure. Dicky Turbin wasn't going to support anyone who didn't sit there and beg to destroy the constitution so this is no surprise.

The only woman on the committee, Dianne Feinstein of California, said she also would oppose Judge Roberts because "he did not cross my bar" in calming her concerns about the future of legal precedent on women's issues that she considers important.

Well now. This is SO ludicrous as to warrant another entry unto itself, but suffice to say that the only bar Dianne was concerned about was the one she had hoped to corner him in. And here's all you need to know about the loony left's idea of fairness: Ruthie-Vader was approved 18-0. Yep, Ms wakadooddle herself got the A-Okay from the whole committee. Here's the lineup of the usual jerkwads:

Biden, Feinstein, Turbin, Kennedy, and Schumer. Feinstein couldn't get him to throw her a bone, ANY bone; Kennedy is Kennedy, Biden represents Delaware, a state the size of a decent parking lot so who cares; Turbin loves the bad guys, hates the good guys; and Chuckie the Shoe...much beloved by that psuedo-conservative Bill O'Reilly...is an opportunistic douchebag who apparently didn't see enough "modesty".

Ball's in your court, Dubya. If the Gang of 5 spit in MY face like that, after having sent them a highly qualified candidate, I'd see if the cloning boys couldn't bring back Attila the Hun as my next nominee.