Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Civics Lesson

Today Sen. Joe Biden, showing a basic ignorance of civics, pressed John Roberts to lay out his policy preferences the way that senators do. Roberts, Bush's level-headed nominee to succeed the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, cooly refused to take the bait. Roberts gently lectured Biden, saying, "Judges don't stand for election. I am not standing for election. And it's contrary to the role of judges in our society to say that."

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