Word: souter
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...Rush demonology, Senator Edward Kennedy is both Satan and satyr -- a perfect target. Last year, when an opponent of Judge David Souter hypothesized that the Supreme Court nominee was "in the closet," Limbaugh said, "I think any of us would be safer in a closet with Judge Souter than we would be in an automobile with Ted Kennedy." Any member of the Kennedy family is vulnerable to Limbaugh's scorn, and in the unlikeliest contexts. Last week Rush noted that accused murderer-cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer would plead innocent by reason of insanity. "That's like finding William Kennedy Smith guilty...
...were in the senate and I voted for Souter, I would have trouble voting against Thomas," he says...
Parker says that skirting the issues is not a new technique, citing Souter as the perfect example...
Rejected nominee Robert Bork, Fisher says, could neither alter nor hide his ideals because of an extensive paper trail. Souter successfully dodged most controversy because he did not have a history of scholarship or rulings on substantive issues. Thomas, he says, is caught some-where in the middle...
During the confirmation hearings for the last Supreme Court nominee, Justice David H. Souter '61, some observers expected that he would have trouble being approved if he did not explain his stance on crucial issues such as abortion, a view that proved erroneous when the evasive Souter was easily confirmed. Still, several law students insisted that Thomas should not be confirmed if he does not divulge his views on the variety of issues on which the Senate questions...