Confirm Roberts, But
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The U.S. Senate will start voting tomorrow (Thursday) at 11:30 AM East Coast Time on the Roberts nomination. I think all the bloggers here at confirmthem wish Judge Roberts well, and congratulate the President on picking a very smart and experienced person for the job.
BUT, it seems that Senator Wyden of Oregon is correct to say that "Roberts is not as conservative as Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia." It would be terrific if the next nominee would be more in the tradition of Scalia and Thomas. As Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council said recently, "The only thing that matters to us is that it is someone who understands the role of the court the way the president has described it....That is: to interpret the laws, not to create policy." If that requires the so-called "nuclear option," then let's have the so-called "nuclear option."
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