Nan Aron
Nan Aron
Nan Aron is an American lawyer. Aron is the founder and president of Alliance for Justice, a liberal judicial advocacy group in the United States. Aron has been a noted opponent of conservative judicial nominees. She has called for President Barack Obama to be more aggressive in nominating liberals to the bench...
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These documents would have shed critical light on Judge Roberts' record and judicial philosophy. But rather than respecting the co-equal role of the Senate in the confirmation process, the White House withheld vital information.
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Presidential standing is always a factor with any nomination that is so highly visible and so symbolic of a president's power, and I think it will be here.
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And I guess it would be fair to say I was shocked, I was very surprised by Leahy's vote yesterday,
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The President has laid down the gauntlet and the battle is now wide open.
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The problem was I was responsible for the fish,
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In most cases, a candidate enjoys a honeymoon period after the nomination.
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By failing to allay the concerns his record raised prior to the hearings, Judge Roberts simply has not met the heavy burden of proving that he warrants a lifetime appointment to the most powerful judgeship in the country.
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How the Democrats handle themselves will have an impact on how they're remembered by their constituents. I think certainly constituents remembered how some of their senators voted on the Clarence Thomas confirmation and punished some of them for their votes.
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It reveals that he has pursued a very consistent agenda that favors government intrusion into our personal lives and sides with powerful interests over ordinary Americans.
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It's now clear given the context of this nomination there is no one worse. This nominee, who has anchored the extremist position on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is someone whose ideology does present a real problem and real questions.
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It's kind of the eye of the hurricane. He's been sworn in, he's chief justice, we have a period of calm before the next storm.
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There's been extensive outreach to senators and their staffs by numerous people urging them to vote no on the nomination.
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Speaking to bloggers on a daily basis.
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Would give any woman who believes in reproductive rights and freedom any comfort.