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Bush picks Roberts to succeed Rehnquist...

Zim Hosein

Zim Hosein

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush nominated conservative appeals court judge John Roberts on Monday to replace the late William Rehnquist as Supreme Court chief justice, the top judicial position in the United States.

Senate leaders planned to delay Roberts' confirmation hearing out of respect for Rehnquist, who died on Saturday of thyroid cancer.

"Judge Roberts has earned the nation's confidence, and I'm pleased to announce that I will nominate him to serve as the 17th chief justice of the Supreme Court," Bush said in the Oval Office with Roberts at his side.

The choice was in a certain sense a sentimental one, given that Roberts was once a law clerk for Rehnquist, and a shrewd political move. Rehnquist's death at age 80 left a rare two openings on the high court and gave Bush the chance to move it to the right for decades to come.

Senate Democrats vowed to give Roberts intense scrutiny given the enormous power the court wields at the top of the judicial branch of the U.S. government.

As a newcomer already nominated to serve as one of the high court's eight associate justices, Roberts' background and credentials have been scrutinized and no major obstacles found.

Bush, grappling with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, urged the Senate to move quickly to confirm Roberts, 50, in time for the October 3 start of the new term of the Supreme Court.

"The Senate is well along in the process of considering Judge Roberts' qualifications. They know his record, and his fidelity to the law. I'm confident the Senate can complete hearings and confirm him as chief justice within a month," Bush said.

U.S. Senate leaders agreed to delay the start of confirmation hearing of Roberts until at least Thursday and no later than next Monday, a Republican official said. The hearing had originally been set for Tuesday.

"Our eye is on having John Roberts confirmed by the time the Supreme Court begins its new term," the official said.

While some Senate Democrats call Roberts out of the mainstream, his confirmation has seemed assured.
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Bush picks Roberts to succeed Rehnquist
 
Wouldn't you think that a person would need some experience on the Court before being picked as the Chief Justice?

 
Originally posted by: keeleysam
There is no way in HELL he will be approved.
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Why not...it would not affect the balance of the court. One conservative for another. The Liberals can't stand not controlling things and don't want to let the President exercise the given rights of his office. How come the Republicans let Ginsberg and Souter in easily when they KNEW they were extremely liberal judges? If the Liberals whine the nuclear option will be exercised and nobody will be able to do anything.
 
Originally posted by: Ronstang
Originally posted by: keeleysam
There is no way in HELL he will be approved.
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Why not...it would not affect the balance of the court. One conservative for another. The Liberals can't stand not controlling things and don't want to let the President exercise the given rights of his office. How come the Republicans let Ginsberg and Souter in easily when they KNEW they were extremely liberal judges? If the Liberals whine the nuclear option will be exercised and nobody will be able to do anything.
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Because Roberts is just about as conservative as you can get, and the Democrats are oging to put him through hell, and reveal all the sh!t hes don in the past.

How can you be the nation's top judge after being an APPEALS court judge for FOUR years?
 
Originally posted by: keeleysam
Originally posted by: Ronstang
Originally posted by: keeleysam
There is no way in HELL he will be approved.
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Why not...it would not affect the balance of the court. One conservative for another. The Liberals can't stand not controlling things and don't want to let the President exercise the given rights of his office. How come the Republicans let Ginsberg and Souter in easily when they KNEW they were extremely liberal judges? If the Liberals whine the nuclear option will be exercised and nobody will be able to do anything.
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Because Roberts is just about as conservative as you can get, and the Democrats are oging to put him through hell, and reveal all the sh!t hes don in the past.

How can you be the nation's top judge after being an APPEALS court judge for FOUR years?
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No more conservative than Rehnquist. The real decision is on the next one, now. Who replaces O'Connor, a somewhat moderate in conservatives clothing. That one will be far more reaching than Rehnquist being replaced by Roberts.

Gonzales? More extreme? Less extreme? It will be interesting over the next few months, to say the least.

For one, I'm tired of all the court BS anyway. Legislate from the Congress and get our monetary and interrior problems fixed. Using the courts for wedge issues such as Abortion, eminant (spell?) domain, etc. is BS. Turn it all over to the states and let them decide how they will. Once those issues are gone, the real problems in this country can be addressed. 🙂

 
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