Senate TV (aka Robert's Confirmation Hearing)

The silliness continued another day on the alleged confirmation hearing for judge Roberts. However, this day the Senators really played to the TV and ignored Roberts for the better portion of the hearing.

Senator Lindsey Graham (sometimes-R, SC) talked about the federal judge's decision to ignore the Constitution. Others joined him in condemning the federal judge's decision until they remembered that this was supposed to be a confirmation hearing for the Chief Supreme Court Justice.

Charles I-Know-What's-Best-For-You Schumer screamed and yelled because Judge Robert, who is likely to be on the Supreme Court that will hear the appeal to the assanine "pledge lawsuit" wouldn't pass judgment on that case without hearing the facts.

"Why this room should be some kind of cone of silence is beyond me. It seems to me this is something of an argument of convenience. Senator Specter said it well, you can answer as many questions as you can to get confirmed Â… that's not the right thing to do."

Hey Chuckie, it's called judicial ethics. A judge isn't supposed to pass judgment on case before he hears the case. And yes, I'm aware that Mr. Schumer knows better than I, and I should just shut up. However, he's just working in discussions for his fund-raising letters now.

Dick Durbin asked why Roberts took a certain case the challenged an Illinois state law. Roberts lost the case, and Durbin made sure to rub that face in his face. In response to the actual question, Roberts responded:

The lawyers aren't judges, the judges are.

It's sad that you have to explain that to Senators, isn't it?

That one example does illustrate how absolutely useless our current legal system has become. My sister, evil incarnate, when attending law school, won one particular case arguing both as the defense and later as the prosecution. I asked her if she saw anything wrong with that. That's the point at which she realized she didn't really want to be a lawyer.

Roberts also said

"This body and legislative bodies in the states are protectors of the people's rights. Legislators have the right to protect the rights of the people as much as courts."

Imagine that. That's a completely foreign concept to most judges today. Most judges in this country actually believe they are the supreme law of the land. That whole "checks and balances" thing doesn't apply to most of them. It's nice to see a judge actually admit they can be overruled, even if they're on the supreme court.

Senator Biden revealed the heart and soul of today's Democrat party with one question for the nominee:

"Just talk to me as a father Â… not what the Constitution says. What do you feel?"

That IS today's Democrat party -- the Constitution doesn't actually matter, only good intentions.

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