Roberts Assures Dem He Won't Be Activist

[sabra]

I guess that takes care of that?

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5173501,00.html

Roberts Assures Dem He Won't Be Activist

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee John Roberts gave assurances he wouldn't be an activist if confirmed, a key Democrat who already was leaning toward supporting him said Thursday.

``I don't see anything that's going to be disturbing'' in his record, Sen. Ben Nelson told reporters after a 30-minute meeting with President Bush's choice to succeed Sandra Day O'Connor on the high court.

Democrats have been pushing to review as many of Roberts' writings as possible, hoping to gain a better understanding of his personal views and the extent to which he might seek to inject them into his judicial rulings.

``He said he would not be an activist judge,'' Nelson said.

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[Justice]

1. It is all about how you define activist.

[sabra]

2. bingo!

[EMAN51]

11. Of course it is

As a member of the Federalist Society and a "strict constructionist",the Roe Court was an activist court which created a privacy right not present in the Constitution. His statement that Roe was "the law of the land" is similarly misleading since it was made in the context of his nomination hearing for an appellate seat which would require him to follow SC pronouncements. Not so if he were on the SC as he could vote to overrule that decision.

[geek tragedy]

3. Well, I guess that settles it then. No need for hearings.

:sarcasm:

DINO Nelson would vote for Attila the Hun if * nominated him.

[mongo]

4. Personally I trust him

as far as I can comfortably spit a rat.

[WI_DEM]

5. Since Zell left, Nebraska's Ben Nelson has been Bush's best

Democratic friend in the Senate. Even more so than Joe.

[acmavm]

8. Ben Nelson sucks.

.

[meegbear]

6. Hmmmm ....

* Repugs say judges who support gay marriage, against the 10 commandments in gov't buildings, etc. are activist judges

* Roberts says he won't be an activist judge

* Therefore, he's agianst gay marriage, supports the 10 commandments in gov't buildings, etc.

QED

[wtbymark]

7. Good thing Leahy won't allow a vote if...

The WH doesn't give up the records he has requested.

[seemunkee]

9. Well I'm satisfied.

[endarkenment]

10. did'ja fergit the smiley?

here :sarcasm:

[seemunkee]

23. Thanks

[ibegurpard]

12. Wow, we're so lucky we have Dems like Nelson

looking out for our interests.

[Solly Mack]

13. and Bush assured Americans he'd be a uniter

[ConfuZed]

14. Surely he means "Conservative" Judge?

"activist" judges are usually on our side. :)

[Kelvin Mace]

15. And for Vichy Dems

that's good enough.

Candidate approved!

[davsand]

16. Monkeys might just fly out my ass too.

Gawd. I rank that up there with penis enlargement pills and the idea of Elvis out there riding on the back of the Loch Ness Monster.

How dumb do they honestly think we are... No, wait, I don't dare ask that. I'll just get more pissed off.



Laura

[union_maid]

17. Well that settles it

If Ben Nelson says so, it must be true.

(where's that sarcasm icon?}

[Orsino]

18. Translation: Roberts Will Be Activist n/t

[Justitia]

19. DLC Gang(member) of 14 Strikes Again!

Uh Ben, I got this here bridge for sale......

[DemsUnite]

20. He sure was in the 2000 recount

[Strawman]

21. That's right. He'll be very passive to Corporate America

He'll just quietly vote with the rest of the conservatives to strike down any federal regulations to hold corporations accountable and then passively watch corporations ruin this country.

[geckosfeet]

22. Its a pack of lies.

[hunter]

24. His only job is to clean out the Bush Administration litter box.

They aren't paying him to be an "activist."

[ToeBot]

25. The Frog and the Scorpion

Need any more be said?

[Sam_Lowry]

26. Fox assures farmer hens are tasty, er, safe.

It wouldn't piss me off so much if the average joe didn't buy this shit so easily!

:mad:

[Mr. Peanut]

27. Don't trust him

he's one more smirking chimp.

[victim]

28. Guys,

What the fuck does it matter?

Roberts will probably toss the religious right a bone on abortion by passing it off to the States or some other concoted BS but he won't overturn their mainstay issue for no reason.

The real "downside" is hes going to do exactly what SCOTUS has been doing for longer than I've been alive: screw the living shit out of us when it comes to economic rulings. Its not as though this guy is in the pocket of big business or anything..is it?
:rolleyes:

Of course its convenient since our "democratic representatives" fellate Big Business themselves so its like appointing like sadly

[symbolman]

29. "The Check's in the Mail."

"I won't make you pregnant."

"Hi, I'm from the Govt, I'm here to HELP you."

"It was broken when I got here."

"Don't look at ME, *I* didn't do it.."

[WhiteTara]

30. yeah right

I am sure. NOT

[barb162]

31. And then when he gets on the bench he says "I had my fingers

crossed behind my back" and we are stuck with him for 30+ years