I want to make sure he is going to be independent, ... This is a swing seat ... It is critically important. |
I wanted to make sure he understands there's a lot of discrimination in the United States today. We have laws that try to redress that and is he going to be open to the application of those laws? |
I will make up my mind how to vote for or against Judge Roberts based on Judge Roberts , ... And then I'll take each one as they come along. |
I would have hoped the president would have filled Sandra Day O'Connor's seat with a person in line with her philosophy. This is a needlessly provocative nomination. |
I would hope all senators, Republicans and Democrats, would ask very substantive questions because this is, after all, a lifetime position. |
I would hope that we could see the court have less 5-4 decisions and speak with more clarity, ... I think the president, with four of us there, may well get some response on what we think about those names. |
I would hope they would be a lot more complete than last time, |
I would hope they would look at the record that was made during the last Congress going over his background, the number of times he was reversed on cases, the number of times he did not follow the law as laid down in his own circuit, and that they would say they could probably do a better choice than that. |
I'm hoping that the one bright light in all of this might be that this letter will give us further evidence to find out who is doing this, ... You're looking for a needle in a haystack, but we've found those needles before. |
I'm not even going to comment on something that disgusting, ... Really, I'm thinking of my black grandchild and I'm going to hold (off). |
I'm probably one of the millions of Americans who were distressed when we learned your story, |
I've also urged the White House, here's a time to unite not divide. |
I've been sitting on my porch all summer reading everything I can about Judge Roberts. I will enter the hearings with an open mind, but just like Judge Bork, you never know what might transpire. We've got to get to the bottom of these documents and really go to work for the American people. |
If anyone needed a reminder of the racial divide that remains in our nation, no one can now doubt that we still have miles to go. I believe that the American people still want, expect and demand their government to help ensure justice and equal opportunity for all and especially for those who, through no fault of their own, were born into poverty. |
If assurances were given of how any nominee ? whether this nominee or anybody else ? and somebody gives assurances how they're going to vote in an upcoming case, I would vote against that person, |