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...never confirm a lifetime judicial nomination without first having an idea of that person’s interpretation of the law.”), but it is in fact political (Editorial, “Trashing Estrada,” Feb. 19). “If Estrada is confirmed, other staunch conservative candidates are likely to get through as well, helping President Bush in his efforts to pack courts with right wing ideologues...
...found his fellow Harvardians vapid and uninteresting. But Scott has enjoyed the company of his classmates over the past year and a half. “Not having to deal with stupid people is really nice,” he says. He admits that his Western upbringing and staunch Republican politics set him apart from the East Coast prep set. “We just don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things. I think some people find me abrasive...
Estrada’s refusal to make known his legal opinions also sets a dangerous precedent and undermines the legitimacy of the Senate’s constitutional role to advise and consent. If Estrada is confirmed, other staunch conservative candidates are likely to get through as well, helping President Bush in his efforts to pack courts with right-wing ideologues...
...exiled Cuban community was portrayed as staunch and stubborn in the press in the aftermath of Elian Gonzalez,” he said. “The speakers at this conference have been quite the opposite, encouraging students to go to Cuba, to bring their parents...
...make it a habit in my life—I’m a very staunch liberal democrat—not to get into discussions with conservative republicans because we never get anywhere,” Delaney-Smith laughed. “She loves to go hunting. What does that mean? We don’t associate that with one, a woman, two, someone her age. I tease her about the poor deer just trying to get home to the mother kind of thing. It’s wonderful, it represents what Harvard...