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Harry Reid: I Don’t Care About Sotomayor’s Rulings, I’m Supporting Her Because She’s Liberal
Say Anything —
That’s basically what this means:
Virtually every Senator who’s asked about Sonia Sotomayor defaults to a riff about how they’re withholding judgment until they have an opportunity to nest in leather-bound chairs to her writings in scholarly solitude for hours and hours.
Not Harry, he’s good to go.
“I understand that during her career, she’s written hundreds and hundreds of opinions. I haven’t read a single one of them, and if I’m fortunate before we end this, I won’t ...
Give Him Points for Honesty?
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Harry Reid on Sotomayor : "I understand that during her career, she's written hundreds and hundreds of opinions. I haven't read a single one of them, and if I'm fortunate before we end this, I won't have to read one of them, the majority leader told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday. ...
Help Harry Reid Read:
The Volokh Conspiracy —
If you, like me, think that the Senate majority leader might want to read something written by Judge Sonia Sotomayor before he votes to confirm her to the Supreme Court, which opinion should he read? We know he'd prefer not to read any, as he said so . Yet given that Reid does not believe in reflexive deference to Presidential nominations -- as demonstrated by his opposition to some prior nominees -- and he's ...
Reid: Not Going to Look at A Single Judge Sotomayor Opinion
Ace of Spades HQ —
Reid: Not Going to Look at A Single Judge Sotomayor Opinion He doesn't think that's just a little bit of a dereliction of duty ? "I understand that during her career, she's written hundreds and hundreds of opinions. I haven't read a single one of them, and if I'm fortunate before we end this, I won't have to read one of them, the majority leader told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday. Lazy. But, really, do we expect him to do anything other than fully support whatever the President does?
A Disturbing Trend Continues
A Blog For All —
Congress didn't bother to read the porkfest they passed. Now, Sen. Harry Reid is on the record as saying he doesn't intend to read any of the opinions written by Judge Sonia Sotomayor in preparation for the confirmation hearings that will be taking place during the summer . Virtually every Senator who's asked about Sonia Sotomayor defaults to a riff about how they're withholding judgment until they have an opportunity to nest in leather-bound chairs read to her writings in scholarly solitude for hours and hours. Not Harry, he's good to go. "I understand that during her career, ...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Can’t Take the Heat
Just Politics..? Daily Feed —
... This is the man who proudly announced that he had not read any of the papers of Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor when she was undergoing the confirmation process: ...
