An independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our democracy. It is too vital to be used as a means of placating a political party's base.
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If transformed into the law of the land, Judge Roberts' legal views could produce a government with less power to protect ordinary people and give ordinary people less power to protect themselves from abuse by government and other powerful interests.Nan Aron
I was shocked by his vote.
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a more predictable legal environment for businesses, because of its anti-regulatory orientation and its focus on economic costs and benefits rather than 'abstract' notions of right and wrong.
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His views are very much out of sync with civil rights, women's rights, privacy. Certainly reviewing so many of those memos and briefs and papers he authored makes one wonder whether he understands how the law affects ordinary people.
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It's kind of the eye of the hurricane. He's been sworn in, he's chief justice, we have a period of calm before the next storm.
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And I guess it would be fair to say I was shocked, I was very surprised by Leahy's vote yesterday.
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