He's one of the most interesting senators of our time. The fact that the right was so concerned about him as head of the Judiciary Committee made many people think he'd be very careful in scrutinizing Bush's appointees. But I guess he has proved unpredictable once again.
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The Court failed to identify a provision of the (Constitution) that the Connecticut law violated. Instead it spoke vaguely of the 'penumbras' and 'emanations' of the Bill of Rights, in language that continues to turn the stomach of fundamentalists (and many others), ... Radicals in Robes.Cass Sunstein
Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law.
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She doesn't have anything like the qualifications of recent nominees. They were exceptionally qualified, both by their judicial experience and experience before they were on the court. Those three were a whole different league of qualifications.
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But movement Republicans want to see the court shift in the direction represented by Scalia and Thomas. If I had to guess, the next appointment would not be an extremist. But I would never have guessed Janice Brown.
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As pointed out by Cass Sunstein, the University of Chicago law professor who wrote the 2001 book republic.com, Extremists and hate-filled sites tend to attract likeminded people who, if isolated, could come to their senses. ... tend to become more extremist.
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This is a very, very conservative judge who in his dissenting opinions is overwhelmingly likely to be more conservative than the majority.
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