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...confirmation. Roberts' six-minute opening remarks today managed to cram in tips of the hat to both groups. For the hardliners, he argued the importance of rule of law over individual rights. For the centrists, like Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, he emphasized his respect for the opinions of current and past judicial decisions. "His goal is to reassure the skeptics in the 45-50 vote range," says McIntosh, "Those are the votes he has to keep to get through and he'll stay focused on them...
...Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung Member of the Legislative Council, Hong Kong I think President Hu should tell Bush to respect human rights. And President Bush should tell Hu to make dramatic political reform...
...because he hasn't whipped up patriotic fervor for the war. Bush's basic failure is that he heads the most incompetent Administration in U.S. history, one that makes mistake after mistake without changing course or admitting error. I am a U.S. Marine veteran. I have great respect for those who serve in legitimate conflicts to stop aggression, defend our nation against attack or help others when the decision is based on facts, not deliberate lies. Iraq is not any of those. I was against this war long before it began. I fully believe that peace is patriotic. I will...
...It’s fitting that a great chief justice be followed in office by a person who shared his deep reverence for the Constitution, his profound respect for the Supreme Court, and his complete devotion to the cause of justice,” Bush said...
...honored and humbled by the confidence that the President has shown in me,” Roberts said as he accepted the nomination. “I’m very much aware that if I am confirmed, I would succeed a man I deeply respect and admire, a man who has been very kind to me for 25 years...