Just A Hunch

I've been looking at this guy's record from all different angles but I guess I'll be heading back to Dianne Finestein's website to urge her to vote against John Roberts. The rights of women and minorities are too much in question to err on his side. She says she's got a feeling? After seeing Bush and Condoleezza sell the women of Iraq (and Afghanistan) out to Islamic extremists, I've got a feeling that every one who has doubts about him should vote no - even if he ultimately gets the nomination.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, speaking to a large gathering of lawyers, made it clear Wednesday that maintaining a woman's right to have an abortion would be the litmus test she would apply in deciding whether to support Judge John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court.

Feinstein, who has long supported abortion rights, has said Roberts' view of the landmark Roe vs. Wade abortion ruling would influence her decision on his nomination as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. But her comments to the lawyers and to reporters afterward marked the first time she has stated that her vote on Roberts' nomination would hinge on his position on this single contentious issue.

'It would be very difficult for me to vote to confirm someone to the Supreme Court whom I knew would overturn Roe and return our country to the days of the 1950s,' the 72-year-old Democratic senator said."
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"It is my hope that Judge Roberts would play a role similar to Justice O'Connor's on the court and bring with him a voice defined by temperance and open-mindedness," Feinstein said.

Feinstein added that, while she has "a feeling" Roberts would not vote to overturn the Roe vs. Wade decision, she still is uncertain where he stands, even after a one-hour private meeting in Washington earlier.

"I am really not sure what his views are," she said.
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"I did get a 'feeling' " Roberts supports abortion rights, Feinstein said, then added, "Well, you can't take a feeling to the bank."