[But Roberts has the advantage of being well known to the justices, having argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court.] He can pull it off because they really respect him, ... What other justices look for in a chief justice is honesty, straight-shooting and smarts. That's what they want and that's what they'll get. |
[He was the] Teflon ... that makes it very, very hard for liberals to bruise him. |
[Not at all, said Leonard Leo, on leave from the conservative Federalist Society to promote the confirmation effort.] What he said about privacy is, in substance, no different from what other recent nominees have said, . . . Justice Clarence Thomas in particular, ... was almost as though you were having a glimpse into the way a judge would sit in his chambers and do the analysis: . . . Maybe there are times when a jolt in the legal system is acceptable. |
[The conservative Leo took comfort in Roberts's answers.] Schumer pressed him very hard on accepting the word 'general' in the context of right to privacy, and he refused to do so, ... That says something very meaningful about the way in which he thinks about the right to privacy. |
Conservatives should be very happy with this selection. |
Documents that she's prepared as executive counsel to the president will be subject to executive privilege. |
He can pull it off because they really respect him. What other justices look for in a chief justice is honesty, straight-shooting and smarts. That's what they want and that's what they'll get. |
I think the Democrats have decided that their strategy is going to be to keep the margin of victory as low as possible to condition the environment for a big fight on the next nomination. The [White House] response is very simple: to nominate whoever we want in the future, because Democrats will oppose whoever we nominate. |
I thought his answers on the privacy issue were pretty good, and were satisfying to me, |
It took a degree of courage for Harriet to be involved in that. The ABA is a place where there was an awful lot of liberal activism, so it took some courage for a woman to take the position she did. |
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Schumer pressed him very hard on accepting the word 'general' in the context of right to privacy, and he refused to do so. That says something very meaningful about the way in which he thinks about the right to privacy. |
She has been a forceful advocate of conservative legal principles and judicial restraint throughout her career. |
She has demonstrated that in her capacity as White House counsel and a senior administration official as well as an active member of the organized bar. |
that they were very interested in making sure that the president nominated a second individual who shared the philosophy of judicial restraint. |