[lbo-talk] Two from the morning news

[C. G. Estabrook]

I think this is right, and that the weakness of the
administration is further indicated in that we now have the
"moderate" Roberts (in the specialized language of American
politics -- he's not moderate in regard to business) replacing
the "conservative" Rehnquist, while the "moderate" O'Connor
stays on, at least for a while.  (Her resignation was to take
effect only when her successor was confirmed.)  --CGE

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>Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 11:24:47 -0400
>From: Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com>  
>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Two from the morning news  
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>Cc: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
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>I think that the nomination of Roberts for Chief Justice
>is an indication of political weakness on the Bush
>Administration's part.  I think that under almost
>any other circumstances, Scalia would have
>gotten the nod for Chief Justice, but that would
>have meant having three different Senate hearings
>for Supreme Court vacancies:  one for Roberts, one
>for whoever would be replacing  Rehnquist ,and
>a third hearing for Scalia.  I think that the Bush
>White House is trying to cut their losses by
>reducing the number of Senate hearings to
>two.  We'll watch to see, who they pick for
>the second Court vacancy.
>