The Democrats on the Judiciary committee are giving Judge Roberts the kid glove treatment. Possibly they believe that he is unstoppable, so why should they appear difficult? Possibly this is even a reasonable plan. I am not a lawyer, but there are a couple of questions that I would like to have answered.
Why is no one probing him on Gore v. Bush? It is unlikely to come before the Supreme Court again, so I don't see how he could dodge it. If I remember correctly, the decision itself stated that the decision was not precedent setting. This should make is still easier for him to respond to questions about it.
Roberts is doing his best to ooze purity during these hearings. So I think a good line of questioning would regard recusing himself. If a judge was appointed by a Govenor,should he recuse himself when the Govenor is brought to trial on drunk driving charges? Should the judge recuse himself if it is the Govenor's son who is brought to trial on DWI charges? Should a Supreme Court Justice recuse himself when the son of the President who appointed him has a case before the court?
I would also like to hear him discuss the logic of the court issuing a decision that it declares should not be precedent setting? By what constitutional right did the Supreme Court overule the decision of the Florida court to begin with? I think that questions about this decision could provide hours of fun.
Another question I'd like to have asked seems petty at first glance. But I think that it might raise some doubts about the purity of Mr. Clean.
Yesterday, Sen. Feingold asked Roberts a question that he had already tried to ask in written form. To his written question, he received a reponse on behalf of Roberts that essentially said that Feingold should wait; that Roberts would be soon be "available to respond to questions" at this hearing. At the hearing, Roberts went into his "I can't answer because this might be a case the comes before the court" response. So why didn't he give this answer the first time it was asked? Was he trying to deceive with the first answer?
It would be great to hear other questions that you think should be asked.
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