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Republicans present, including Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who has served on the committee for 29 years, lauded Roberts’ qualifications and his performance during the hearings...
John Roberts spent most of the first day of his Senate confirmation hearing doing what he does best-being a perfect student. He listened dutifully as Senator Orrin Hatch instructed him on drawing the line against probing questions from Democrats. He nodded with understanding at the dramatic flourishes of Sen. Joseph Biden, who told him that as a Supreme Court justice he might rule on whether microchips could be implanted in people to track them. And when Senator Dianne Feinstein launched an impassioned defense of abortion rights, Roberts focused intently on her even as people were entering and exiting...
...pick. Last month 43 Senate Democrats signed a letter calling on Bush to consult with them before choosing a nominee. Democrats like to recall that in 1993, when their party controlled the Senate and Bill Clinton was preparing to fill a vacancy on the court, he called Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, to get his views on who might make a suitable choice. Hatch urged Clinton to forgo one of his options, former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt, who Hatch thought would prove too hard to get confirmed. Instead Hatch promoted two others: Ruth...
House passage, all sides agree, would spur action in the Senate, where prospects for an identical bill are just as good, with 58 co-sponsors--just short of a filibuster-proof majority. It helps that the bill's backers are led by Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah, a lion of the pro-life movement. From the Senate, barring some kind of a procedural snag, the bill would wind up on Bush's desk...
...Republican argument that judges aren't usually blocked before coming to a vote: "To have these senators-and my favorite is Orrin Hatch-stand up righteous and indignant and say this has never happened before is an absolute...