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-- Thanks, Edmund R. Kennedy Always work for the common good. 10777 Bendigo Cove San Diego, CA 92126-2510 USA I blog now and then at: <http://ekennedyx.blogspot.com/> Also, I've got a web site at <http://geocities.com/ekennedyx/> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David A. Holtzman" <dah@lavotefire.org> To: <ovc-discuss@listman.sonic.net> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [OVC-discuss] Roberts, Supreme Court > In a way, then, John G. Roberts is like Abe Fortas, who gave Lyndon B. > Johnson the critical legal advice on how to get the Supreme Court to stop > vote counting so LBJ could steal the Texas election for U.S. Senate in > 1948. > Fortas was LBJ's first nominee to the Court. > > [] > >>Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 18:01:31 -0500 (GMT-05:00) >>From: Teresa Hommel <tahommel@earthlink.net> >>Subject: [OVC-discuss] Roberts, Supreme Court >>To: tahommel@earthlink.net >>[] >> >>http://www.wexler.house.gov/pressreleases/072005.htm FOR IMMEDIATE >>RELEASE >> >>July 20, 2005 >>Contact: Lale Mamaux >> >>Phone: (202)225-3001 >> >>Cell: (202)225-1913 >>Wexler: Bush's Supreme Court Pick Insulting to Disenfranchised Florida >>Voters >> >>Urges Senate to Reject Roberts for Role in 2000 Recount >> >>(Washington, DC) - Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) issued the following >>statement conveying why he believes the Senate should reject President >>Bushs nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge John G. Roberts to the >>U.S. Supreme Court. CNNs Anderson Cooper reported last night that Mr. >>Robertss law firm had a big part in Mr. Bushs legal fight in the >>recount back in election year 2000. In addition, today's Dallas Morning >>News added that three sources who were personally aware of Judge >>Roberts role said he gave Republican Gov. Jeb Bush critical advice on >>how the Florida Legislature could constitutionally name George W. Bush the >>winner at a time when Republicans feared that if the recount were to >>continue the courts might force a different choice. Wexler believes that >>the Senate should reject Roberts nomination due to his leading role in >>the contentious 2000 Presidential recount as well as his politically >>jaundiced legal briefs in favor of issues championed! > ! >> by the far right including overturning Roe v. Wade and support for prayer >> in schools: >> >>Last night, President Bushs nomination of Judge Roberts threw salt on >>the wounds of the thousands of Floridians whose voting rights were >>disenfranchised during the 2000 election. Judge Roberts worked to ensure >>that George Bush would become President regardless of what the courts >>might decide. And now he is being rewarded for that partisan service by >>being appointed to the nations highest court. His advice to Governor >>Jeb Bush on ways that George Bush could be seated as President regardless >>of the outcome of court decisions is extremely disturbing. It shows that >>his partisan agenda overrides his respect for the rights of voters or the >>decisions of the courts. The Senate should reject him on the basis of >>this alone. If his nomination is not opposed, a man who clearly is unable >>to be an impartial figure will be given a life-time appointment to the >>highest court in the land and allowed to legislate his conservative >>ideology from the bench. Throughout his career,! > ! >> Roberts has aligned himself with the right-wing of the Republican Party, >> as evident during the 2000 recount and by his decision to represent the >> previous Bush Administrations ultra-conservative agenda on overturning >> Roe v. Wade and allowing prayer in school. >>Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in his dissenting view of Bush v. Gore, >>One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with >>complete certainty the identity of the winner of this years Presidential >>election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is this >>Nations confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of >>law. If Roberts is confirmed by the Senate, the winner will be a growing >>political divide and the loss of an independent and impartial judiciary >>will again be felt by the American people. >> >> Congressman Wexler is a senior member of the House International >> Relations Committee and is a member of the House Judiciary Committee. >>[] >> > > > _______________________________________________ > OVC discuss mailing lists > Send requests to subscribe or unsubscribe to > arthur@openvotingconsortium.org _______________________________________________ OVC discuss mailing lists Send requests to subscribe or unsubscribe to arthur@openvotingconsortium.org ================================================================== = The content of this message, with the exception of any external = quotations under fair use, are released to the Public Domain ==================================================================Received on Wed Aug 31 23:17:25 2005
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