What John Roberts' demeanor and testimony showed is that to be a judicial conservative is to be mainstream.
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We're supposed to think the Democrats are being magnanimous Give me a break.nard Leo
It took a degree of courage for Harriet to be involved in that. The ABA is a place where there was an awful lot of liberal activism, so it took some courage for a woman to take the position she did.
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I thought his answers on the privacy issue were pretty good, and were satisfying to me,
nard Leo
Not at all, said Leonard Leo, on leave from the conservative Federalist Society to promote the confirmation effort. What he said about privacy is, in substance, no different from what other recent nominees have said, . . . Justice Clarence Thomas in particular, ... was almost as though you were having a glimpse into the way a judge would sit in his chambers and do the analysis . . . Maybe there are times when a jolt in the legal system is acceptable.
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The conservative Leo took comfort in Roberts's answers. Schumer pressed him very hard on accepting the word 'general' in the context of right to privacy, and he refused to do so, ... That says something very meaningful about the way in which he thinks about the right to privacy.
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But Roberts has the advantage of being well known to the justices, having argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court. He can pull it off because they really respect him, ... What other justices look for in a chief justice is honesty, straight-shooting and smarts. That's what they want and that's what they'll get.
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