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...liberal elite, were noticeably divergent, with the former advocating senators to vote against Roberts and the latter calling for a large bipartisan confirmation. Likewise, some conservatives are reluctant to endorse a nominee that has said his decisions will largely follow judicial precedent, leaving conservative sores like Roe vs. Wade intact...
...hearings, conservatives stepped up pressure on George W. Bush to choose his next Supreme Court nominee more squarely in the strict-constructionist, Antonin Scalia mold. Another Roberts, according to conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, would be "a betrayal." Why? Because Roberts left it unclear whether he would uphold Roe v. Wade, and Schlafly and others want a sure vote to reverse...
...should stay away from discussion of specific cases,” he told Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., the committee’s chairman, who opened the day’s hearings with questions about the contentious Roe v. Wade decision...
...Above the reporters and general public in the field seats, a handful of glass-fronted booths had been doled out to politicians and Washington insiders. Judiciary Chair Arlen Specter grilled Roberts on Roe v. Wade right from the start, as skybox onlookers such as former Solicitor General Ted Olson, former Presidential candidate Gary Bauer and former Indiana Representative David McIntosh crammed into Box 3e to watch the hearing on closed circuit television. It was a private setting, which Bauer and McIntosh, for their part, put to use for a quick briefing by nomination-strategy staffers from the offices of Senate...
...Every time the camera would lose the connection, it forgot what I was doing. I would have to wade through a bunch of menus just to get back into the photo shoot-and-transfer mode I'd been using. And after some time playing with the camera in Wi-Fi mode, certainly less than an hour, I was alerted that the battery was drained. Maybe I shouldn?t be too bothered ? after all, I was heavily testing the camera?s wireless features, which isn?t necessarily typical use. Still, it would be nice to know I could get through...