Judiciary

Terry Eastland has written an article entitled Chief Justice Roberts: The distinction between law and politics that the Judiciary Democrats do not respect lies at the heart of Roberts’s approach to judging, including these words: On the final day of the Roberts hearings, Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois tried one last time: “If you’ve…

A new editorial entitled The JFK Question: Sens. Specter and Feinstein impose an unconstitutional religious test has these words about the confirmation hearings for John Roberts: …we appear to be traveling in the wrong direction. Article VI of the Constitution prohibits a religious test from being imposed on nominees to public office. The clause was…

In an editorial entitled Judging While Catholic: Do journalists understand that the Constitution prohibits religious tests for officeholders?, Manual Miranda provides all of us with a tutorial on religious tests and the U.S. Constitution: John Roberts will be the fourth Roman Catholic on the current Supreme Court, but only the 10th Catholic among the 109…

Manuel Miranda’s discusses the Federalist Society in an editorial entitled The ‘Evil Cabal’ Of Conservative Lawyers: Three years ago Sen. Orrin Hatch (R.-Utah) stood on the floor of the Senate and said: “Mr. President, I take the opportunity today to right a wrong. Over the past two years, members of the Federalist Society have been…

In an editorial entitled “The Inquisitor: Charles Schumer, leader of the anti-Bush crusade,” John Miller writes these important words: …[Schumer] has embarked on a careful strategy of blurring the fundamental distinction between judging and politicking. In 2001, he chaired Judiciary Committee hearings on whether ideology should play a more open role in confirmations. Previously, senators…

Power Line highlights the contradictory beliefs and statements of the Left regarding judicial behaviors: …The Democrats say they need more time so they can “learn more about Judge Roberts’ judicial philosophy, especially on whether he will defer to precedent or seek to undo modern American jurisprudence that many conservatives say has been wrongly settled.” We…

As an American citizen who happens to be a practicing Roman Catholic, I am deeply offended by the Left’s willingness to engage in anti-Catholic religious bigotry. Hugh Hewitt tells the latest story in a Friday, July 22, at 7:50 a.m. posting entitled Preparing to play the “deeply held beliefs” card: Charles Schumer’s New Test Act:…

In a Wall Street Journal editorial entitled Who Will Judge the Inquisitors?, Richard Epstein discusses Supreme Court nominee John Roberts and Democratic Senator Schumer’s initial comments: …I have never met Judge Roberts, nor, for that matter, read a single one of his opinions. But I knew that he enjoyed the reputation as one of the…

The following words are written in a new Wall Street Journal editorial entitled No More Souters: …the record across recent decades is that justices who join the High Court without a clear and confident jurisprudence eventually become part of what has been a longstanding liberal majority… By “liberal majority,” by the way, we aren’t merely…

Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch writes in National Review Online about the proper method of “advise and consent” that should be exercised by the Senate with regards to the process of nominating a Supreme Court Justice. The fact that the president and the Senate each has a role, however, does not make those roles co-equal. The…