Sen. Jim DeMint on Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee John Roberts
Senate Floor Debate on Roberts Confirmation. He voted to confirm Robers the next day.
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Senate Floor Debate on Roberts Confirmation. He voted to confirm Robers the next day.
senator is distressed by how partisanship can totally cripple and stop one of the main powers of the senate
minority party defends the use of not voting for roberts because he is a conservative
too much partisanship strips power away from the senate.
moderate dem shows the importance of not voting by judge's political views.
Dems feel the President is at fault for making the jud nom process overly political and hostile.
"I am afraid it is perhaps a sign of the times in which we are living and perhaps a sign of the contentiousness with which the nomination for a vacancy on the Supreme Court has met in theā¦