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Jul 29, 2005 
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Ted Kennedy is on the Senate Judiciary Committee that is going to be deciding on the confirmation of John Roberts for the Supreme Court. According to Kennedy, Roberts will be expected to answer a battery of questions about how he might rule on certain cases before the court. This includes areas of liberal concern like affirmative action, abortion, civil rights, environmental issues etc. One problem… in 1967 when Thurgood Marshall was up for confirmation, Kennedy had the following to say:
“We have to respect that any nominee to the Supreme Court would have to defer any comments on any matters, which are either before the court or very likely to be before the court. This has been a procedure which has been followed in the past and is one which I think is based upon sound legal precedent.”
So let me get this straight, when there is a nominee from a Democratic President, they are under no such pressure to comment on any matters that could present themselves before the court. Yet when we have a Constructionist Christian nominee made by a Republican President, they are expected to answer any and all questions presented to them about anything, regardless of the fact that it could pertain to future rulings that individual may have to make.
Consistency and Integrity, gotta love Ted Kennedy and gang.
