Comments on: Blog Round-Up – Wednesday, August 24th http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/blog-round-up-wednesday-august-24th/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:56:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ken http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/blog-round-up-wednesday-august-24th/comment-page-1/#comment-7879 Ken Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:58:19 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/blog-round-up-wednesday-august-24th/#comment-7879 Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter who is the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee has signaled he plans to ask Judge John Roberts some tough questions about his juridical philosophy according to the Washington Post. Arlen Specter may cross the once taboo line of asking Judge Roberts about particular cases. In Particular Specter was critical of an opinion by Chief Justice William Rehnquist and plans to ask Judge Roberts his views on Rehnquist’s opinion. If this is true Arlen Specter will confirm our worst fears about him taking over as Senate Judiciary committee chairman. There was intense opposition to him taking over for Sen. Orin Hatch. The only reason he was able to get the position is because he assured President Bush he would not be a thorn in his side. Well the thorns are starting to pop out. What is especially galling is that Sen. Chuck Shumer of New York is praising Specter for his changed view on the subject. Schumer is hell-bent on asking and getting answers from Judge Roberts on how he will rule on specific cases such as abortion. For More information on this story you can visit my blog if you like. Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter who is the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee has signaled he plans to ask Judge John Roberts some tough questions about his juridical philosophy according to the Washington Post.

Arlen Specter may cross the once taboo line of asking Judge Roberts about particular cases. In Particular Specter was critical of an opinion by Chief Justice William Rehnquist and plans to ask Judge Roberts his views on Rehnquist’s opinion.

If this is true Arlen Specter will confirm our worst fears about him taking over as Senate Judiciary committee chairman. There was intense opposition to him taking over for Sen. Orin Hatch. The only reason he was able to get the position is because he assured President Bush he would not be a thorn in his side. Well the thorns are starting to pop out.

What is especially galling is that Sen. Chuck Shumer of New York is praising Specter for his changed view on the subject. Schumer is hell-bent on asking and getting answers from Judge Roberts on how he will rule on specific cases such as abortion.

For More information on this story you can visit my blog if you like.

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