Set-up
After yesterday's hearings, I thought something, and I think it even more strongly now. The Democrats are not trying to kill Roberts, they are instead using him.
They know they can't defeat him. And yes, to some degree, this is about appeasing their "base." However, what they are really doing is attempting to establish and solidify the "rules of engagement" so they can use them against the next nominee.
Remember this phrase: "Why won't you answer the question? Chief Justice Roberts did."
They know they can't defeat him. And yes, to some degree, this is about appeasing their "base." However, what they are really doing is attempting to establish and solidify the "rules of engagement" so they can use them against the next nominee.
Remember this phrase: "Why won't you answer the question? Chief Justice Roberts did."
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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