GOP Presses Dems on Second Court Nominee

[Jon8503]

FOR our balless dems:

By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
Tue Sep 27, 5:23 PM ET
WASHINGTON - With John Roberts' confirmation as chief justice now assured, Republicans on Tuesday began pressuring the Senate's minority Democrats to promise what they called a fair confirmation hearing and vote for President Bush's next Supreme Court nominee.

Bush could announce his choice to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as early as Thursday, the same day the senators plan to overwhelmingly confirm Roberts as the Supreme Court's 17th chief justice.

Almost three-fourths of the 100-member Senate will vote for Roberts, a 50-year-old conservative U.S. Appeals judge and former appellate lawyer, as the replacement for William H. Rehnquist, who died earlier this month.

"If being intelligent, brilliant, a superb lawyer, the greatest legal mind of your generation and well qualified is not enough, what is?" said Sen. Lindsey Graham (news, bio, voting record), R-S.C., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050927/ap_on_go_su_co/roberts

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. Jon

Tell em if they nominate a wingnut we're going to fight like Hell....

[Jon8503]

2. I hope so.

[sellitman]

3. They will nominate a FAR Right FUCKING ASSHAT REPUKE

Is there anything we can or will do about it?

[papau]

4. We MUST FORCE NUKE OPTION TO BE USED - we have nothing to

lose by doing so, and we will establish a method by which we can get far left folks on to the Court.