"Leahy Lambastes Roberts''Radical' Stands"

[GreenPartyVoter]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Patrick Leahy says Supreme Court nominee John Roberts holds "radical" views and has been an "eager, aggressive advocate" for policies of the far right.

While stopping short of announcing his opposition to the appointment, the Vermont Democrat's written statement Tuesday was by far the most critical he has made since President Bush nominated Roberts.

Firing his broadside one day after the release of 5,000 pages of Reagan-era records, Leahy said Roberts' views were "among the most radical being offered by a cadre intent on reversing decades of policies on civil rights, voting rights, women's rights, privacy and access to justice."

White House spokesman Steve Schmidt said Leahy's remarks were part of a Democratic strategy - predating Roberts' nomination - of trying to depict Bush's nominees as ideologically extreme.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20050817/D8C1IFNO0.html

[KnaveRupe]

1. Do an end-run on the bastards.

My suggestion for dealing with Roberts, Scalia, and the rest of the Reich-wing justices is here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4376059&mesg_id=4376059

Cut their knees out from under them.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. kick