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Corzine’s Supreme Tangle

• New Jersey elected Jon Corzine to represent her as a US Senator on 7 November 2000.
• The Senate Judiciary Committee, on 8 May 2003, recommended the confirmation of John Roberts to the DC Circuit Court by a vote of 16-2 (Schumer, D-NY, did not vote). This was the second vote on Roberts in Committee. On 27 February 2003, the Committee had voted 16-3 in favor of Roberts’ confirmation.
• Later in the day on May 8, 2003 the US Senate confirmed John Roberts to the DC Circuit Court. The confirmation was by unanimous consent. This includes New Jersey’s senior senator, Mr. Corzine.
• This past Monday, 18 July 2005, Senator Corzine said,
  

  There are things I like about Geroge Bush, but I don’t like the philosophical views he expresseses with regard to the Supreme Court.

  about 2:40 in on this week’s Reporters Roundtable. This link will only be good for a week. Should anyone be able to capture it, I would be most appreciated.

• On Tuesday, 19 July 2005, President Bush nominated John Roberts to the Supreme Court.

This should be interesting. Would-be Governor Corzine confirmed Mr. Roberts to the DC Circuit Court. Corzine says he doesn’t like the President Bush’s philosophical views for the Supreme Court. But it appears that Bush and Corzine are in agreement that Roberts is a good judge.

It looks as though Corzine spoke too soon in bashing Bush on this issue.

Corzine was trying to link Forrester to Bush when the senator was criticizing Bush’s views. So is he being critical of his own vote? Is he saying that Forrester is correct in backing Bush? Is Corzine making no sense whatsoever with this point?

How can the senior senator vote not to confirm a man he has already voted to confirm? And if he can’t, how do we reconcile his comments that he doesn’t agree with the president when Corzine confirms his nominee?

Is this the kind of leadership New Jersey wants?

Also blogged on this date . . .

• Let Them Eat CAKE! - 2008
• Florio/Whitman Campaign 1993 - 2007
• D.A.R.E. to Make an Educated Decision - 2006
• Arboretum - YES - 2003
• Sympathy for the Devil - 2003
• One arm Bandit - Upside down - 2003

Tags: Bush, campaign, Corzine, leadership, New Jersey, SCOTUS