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Why Obama Voted Against Roberts

By ADF Alliance Alert

Wall Street Journal reprints excerpts from then Senator Obama's floor speech: "There is absolutely no doubt in my mind Judge Roberts is qualified to sit on the highest court in the land. Moreover, he seems to have the comportment and the temperament that makes for a good judge. He is humble, he is personally decent, and he appears to be respectful of different points of view . . . what matters on the Supreme Court is those 5% of cases that are truly difficult. In those cases, adherence to precedent and rules of construction and interpretation will only get you through the 25th mile of the marathon. That last mile can only be determined on the basis of one's deepest values, one's core concerns, one's broader perspectives on how the world works, and the depth and breadth of one's empathy . . . "

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 02, 2009 (boomark / email).