Jay Sekulow Says It's His Job To Get Bush Nominees Confirmed
Supreme Court Politics
Jay Sekulow Says It's His Job To Get Bush Nominees Confirmed
But Is It? What Does God Require Of A Christian Involved In “Politics?”
In a recent interview on Fox TV”s “Hannity & Colmes” program, Mr. Sekulow told how his organization had sent out 850,000 emails that day to shape public opinion concerning the next Supreme Court nominee. He said they were on radio and TV all day. He said: “Our side is motivated.” He predicted the Supreme Court nominee debate would be “absolutely fierce.”
Senate Democrats question Roberts' pledge
WASHINGTON -- Democrats plan to use confirmation hearings to question John Roberts about his pledge to follow established legal rulings, saying his record as a government lawyer creates doubts about his commitment to privacy rights, particularly abortion, if he gets a seat on the Supreme Court. Roberts' response to a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire about "judicial activism" provides some hope but "also raises many questions," said New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, one of eight Democrats on the committee that will begin considering Roberts' nomination Sept. 6.
Supreme Nonsense
Last week there was an initial report that Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts was asked what he would do if the law required a ruling that his church considers immoral. As the news was first reported Judge Roberts was said to have responded by saying that he would have to recuse himself from a case where a law required a ruling that his church considered immoral. Since that time the Democratic Senator’s office that reported this exchange has backed away from the initial report.
August 03, 2005
Robertson/Sekulow Telemarketer Says, Falsely, John Roberts
Against Partial-Birth Abortion, Homosexual Marriage
The nice lady on the phone is telling me, with great certitude, that Bush Supreme Court nominee John Roberts “is against the partial-birth abortion, and he is against gay marriage,” and this is why a Christian should support him. The nice lady works for “InfoCision,” a Christian call center that is gathering petitions supporting Roberts for Pat Robertson’s “American Center For Law & Justice” (ACLJ) whose Chief Counsel is Jay Sekulow.
Roberts Says He'll Respect Settled Law
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee John Roberts is pledging to respect settled law if confirmed. Roberts said precedent is important in "promoting the stability of the legal system." The comments were part of a questionnaire Roberts filled out for the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee released about 100 pages of his responses on Tuesday. His views are considered critical to gauging his position on overturning the landmark decision legalizing abortion.
Documents reveal Roberts' wealth, philosophy
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee John Roberts is worth more than $6 million, according to Senate Judiciary Committee documents. A 67-page questionnaire and 16-page financial disclosure was submitted to the panel that will begin confirmation hearings on his nomination Sept. 6. Roberts offered new insights into his personal finances, his judicial philosophy and the way President Bush went about selecting him for the high court. The documents were released Tuesday.
Catholic Justice?
Quit tiptoeing around John Roberts' faith
Everybody seems to have agreed to tiptoe around the report that Judge John G. Roberts said he would recuse himself in a case where the law required a ruling that the Catholic Church might consider immoral. According to Jonathan Turley, a professor of law at George Washington University, the judge gave this answer in a private meeting with Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., who is the Senate minority whip. Durbin told Turley that when asked the question, Roberts looked taken aback and paused for a long time before giving his reply.
Confirmation Hearings Set To Begin Sept. 6
A bipartisan group of Senate leaders on Friday announced that confirmation hearings on Judge John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court will begin Sept 6, when the Senate returns from its August recess, the... Los Angeles Times reports. According to an agreement reached by Senate leaders, Senate Judiciary Committee members will have until Sept. 12 to submit all questions to Roberts, committee Chair Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said in a speech on the Senate floor.
August 01, 2005
American View" Program Continues Analysis of Bush Nominee John Roberts --- Hear It Now
Click on 16: Hear it now
On this same program, we discuss why the most important question a judicial nominee can be asked is:
""Do you believe in the God of the Bible and will you obey His Law?" Related to this, we also discuss reports that Roberts has said his religion (Roman Catholic) will not effect his court rulings."
Because this John Roberts/Supreme Court issue is so important, and because there has been a massive media campaign of disinformation about him being, supposedly, a conservative, we are, again, offering this show.
Catholic Judges and a Higher Authority
It's interesting to note that Catholic judges who abide by Roe vs. Wade — or say they will — have been bystanders in the recent debate over potential conflicts between a public official's religious beliefs about abortion and his official duties. But that is changing with the Supreme Court nomination of John G. Roberts Jr., who, if confirmed, would be the fourth Catholic on the Rehnquist court. According to a column on this page by Jonathan Turley, Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois asked Roberts how he would react if the law required a ruling that the church considers immoral. Roberts reportedly replied that he probably would have to recuse himself. That exchange has been denied by Durbin, but whether it happened or not, the report has unleashed a furor over what trumps what for a sitting judge, faith or law?
Confusion persists about Roberts and abortion
Washington -- Protesters from both sides of the abortion debate faced off outside a Northwest D.C. Planned Parenthood clinic with competing messages for Capitol Hill. Some 60 demonstrators carried signs and chanted slogans meant for Congress as it prepares for Judge John Roberts' Supreme Court confirmation hearings in the fall. Roberts has not publicly stated his views on abortion,[?] but has previously called for overturning Roe-versus-Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. Brian Kim from the anti-abortion group Bound-Four-Life told WJLA that the nomination of Roberts shows the tide is turning against legal abortions in the U.S.
Religious Right's Blind Praise for
John Roberts Should Sicken Christians
Why is the "Religious Right" so quick to praise the nomination of John Roberts in spite of how little we know of him, how evil Bush's previous nominations have been, AND Roberts' own admission that he'll support Roe v. Wade as "settled law"? Consider these quotes from Christian leaders:
Jay Sekulow (ACLJ), "I think this is a tremendous pick."
Richard Land (SBC), "I don't know much about John Roberts, but I know a lot about President Bush. President Bush is nominating him, he gets a huge benefit of the doubt from me."
Tony Perkins (FRC), "The President is a man of his word. He promised to nominate someone along the lines of a Scalia or Thomas, and that is exactly what he has done."
Pray tell Mr. Perkins, have Scalia and/or Thomas ever referred to Roe v. Wade as "settled law"? I highly doubt it.
Senators debate limits of what Roberts must reveal
WASHINGTON -- Herb Kohl had a "great conversation" when he met privately with Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. But when it was over, the Senate Democrat and member of the Judiciary Committee realized how little Roberts had revealed of himself. Democrats don't all agree among themselves about what questions demand answers. But some say they just want to know what President Bush presumably knows - what Roberts' judicial philosophy is and how he is likely to approach the major questions before the court.
July 29, 2005
Judgment Day
The Judges War IS The Culture War
Looking back at the great court battles since 1968, all have involved the character assassination of nominees seen as conservative: Haynsworth, Carswell, Bork, and Thomas. But for Clinton nominees Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, liberal judicial activists both, the Senate Republicans rolled over. The Left gets it, but many Bush Republicans still don’t. They don’t like moral issues, and they don’t enlist in culture wars. But as the Left has turned the Supreme Court into a judicial tyranny more powerful than the president or Congress in deciding social and moral questions, Republicans have two choices: they can fight the Judges War, or they can lose the war. Neutrality—a Bush choice of a non-controversial justice—will be, and will be seen by the president’s friends and enemies alike as a stacking of arms, a surrender, a cowardly retreat in the Culture War. The Judges War is about Bush’s legacy and America’s future. No issue is more crucial. Whether America is kept safe for Christianity is more important than whether Iraq is made safe for democracy.
Roberts Impresses Schumer In Meetings
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. assured one of his main potential adversaries Sen. Charles E. Schumer - that he's no ideologue, Schumer said Wednesday. "Judge Roberts has already begun the process of trying to convince me and the rest of the American people that he is not an ideologue," said Schumer, a New Yorker who serves as the top Democrat on the Judiciary subcommittee that oversees judicial appointments. "And he's not off to a bad start. In fact, at our meeting last night, he told me that he is not an ideologue and said that he shares my aversion to ideologues."
Roberts tells Democrats he won't be 'activist judge'
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts said on Thursday he would not be the type of justice both political parties denounce, one who tries to make laws rather than rule on them, a Democratic senator said. "He said he would not be an 'activist judge,"' Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska told reporters after a private meeting with the 50-year-old conservative nominee. But Nelson, like other Democrats, said he would withhold judgment on Roberts until the nominee's Senate confirmation hearing, likely in late August or early September.
I Like Mine Spicy
There can be no question that Judge Roberts is exceptionally well qualified to serve as the next Supreme Court Justice … A man of character, Judge Roberts understands the Constitution and has a record of applying the law — not legislating from the bench. ~Jay Sekulow, attorney who argues for prayer in government schools before the Supreme Court, but refuses to support Christian Judge Roy Moore, on the president’s Supreme Court nominee.
July 27, 2005
"American View" Radio Show Exposes Pro-Abortion View of Bush Nominee John Roberts
Click on 15: Hear it now
On this program, you will hear Roberts say, in a 2003 confirmation hearing:
"Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land. It is not--it's a little more than settled. It was reaffirmed in the face of a challenge that it should be overruled in the Casey decision. Accordingly, it's the settled law of the land. There's nothing in my personal views that would prevent me from fully and faithfully applying that precedent, as well as Casey."
This is a very significant admission because Roberts is saying he has no personal view that in any way sees abortion --- the murder of innocent, unborn children --- as being wrong. And this is why he will uphold all the Supreme Court decisions making abortion "legal."
White House trots out Gonzales: Supreme
Court not bound by Roe v. Wade -Duh
WASHINGTON -- The legal right to abortion is settled for lower courts, but the Supreme Court "is not obliged to follow" the Roe v. Wade precedent, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday as the Senate prepared to consider John Roberts' appointment that would put a new vote on the high court. In an interview with The Associated Press, Gonzales said a justice does not have to follow a previous ruling "if you believe it's wrong," a comment suggesting Roberts would not be bound by his past statement that the 1973 decision settled the issue.
White House releases Roberts documents
Documents show Roberts aiding O'Connor
WASHINGTON -- As a young Justice Department lawyer, John Roberts helped guide Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O'Connor through the Senate confirmation process he now confronts as the choice to replace her. Roberts was just six weeks into his job when he drafted a memo to Kenneth Starr describing his work with O'Connor. The young Roberts said he helped ready O'Connor for her confirmation hearing, preparing draft answers to questions she was likely to be asked.
White House To Withhold Nominee's Tax Returns
The Bush administration will not give Senate investigators access to the federal tax returns of Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr., White House and congressional officials said yesterday, a break with precedent that could exacerbate a growing conflict over document disclosure in the confirmation process. Although nominees to the high court in recent decades were required to provide their three most recent annual tax forms, the administration will neither collect such documents from Roberts nor share them with the Senate Judiciary Committee, the officials said. Instead, the Internal Revenue Service will produce a one-page summary.
Frist wants Aug. hearings
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and GOP members of the Judiciary Committee are pressing Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) to start hearings on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts during the August recess. Specter is reluctant, having said last week, “It’s possible to start the hearings in August, but I think September is a preferable time. We have a substantial period of time.”
Posted by Editor at August 4, 2005 08:03 AM
