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...possibly a confirmation-halting filibuster-after the discovery of a 20-year-old Reagan White House job application documenting his specific political opinions. Colorado Democratic Senator Ken Salazar said Alito's objection to a constitutionally recognized right to abortion could force Democrats to block him. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) lambasted Alito's position on a landmark 1962 Supreme Court case that made states judicially accountable for drawing accurate voting districts...
...Without any knowledge of your understanding of the law, because you will not share it with us, we are rolling the dice with you, judge,” Sen. Joseph R. Biden, D-Del., said on Wednesday. “It’s kind of interesting, this kabuki dance we have in these hearings here, as if the public doesn’t have a right to know what you think about fundamental issues facing them...
...Joseph R. Biden, D-Del., repeatedly interrupted Roberts during Biden’s questioning of the nominee and accused him of giving “misleading” answers...
...litmus test for their judicial nominees on the key issues. This sorry state of politics today, which must change for the good of our country, is preventing any form of compromise. Though Republicans claim benevolent intentions, their motives are transparent; in the words of Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del. and Herb Kohl, D-Wis., who wrote a letter to the Republicans, they are “trying to erase the ‘checks and balances’ that exist in our representative democracy, turning the Senate into a rubber stamp for the president...
...measure, sponsored by Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-Del.), is named "The Collegiate Initiative To Reduce Binge Drinking Resolution" and calls for the formation of a task force of administrators, faculty, students and others to examine student life and to make recommendations to reduce alcohol and drug-related problems...