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...most credible Democrat on the Committee is perhaps Sen. Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio. (Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois ranks a close second.) He is the classic, grandfatherly, elder statesman. Showing equal equanimity when asking pointed questions and making cordial remarks, Metzenbaum remains unbesmirched by major scandal. Unfortunately, the Senator has declared this term to be his last...
...fact that Metzenbaum, a Democrat, has voiced some of the most serious and thoroughly considered reservations about Ginsburg is further proof of his integrity. A member of the liberal National Lawyers' Guild, he spoke of his concern for Ginsburg's "preference for measured or incremental movement of the law" and her "concept of gradualism in applying the Constitution's provisions." While casting Ginsburg's nomination in a positive light overall, Metzenbaum made plain his wariness of a Justice apt to compromise with conservative bench-warmers like Antonin Scalia, Thomas, and William Rehnquist...
...does not exactly merit a seat on the Judiciary Committee. He was a rapid proponent of segregation in 1948 but has since become a repentant integrator. Originally a Democrat, he has become the definition of an archconservative Republican. Even with his experience, Thurmond must rest a few notches below Metzenbaum on the whom-do-you-trust totem pole...
Stupsky spoke about the Project's recentefforts to bring legislation repealing the banbefore Congress. In May, Representative PatriciaSchroeder (D-Colo.) introduced the MilitaryFreedom Act, a bill forbidding discrimination inthe military based on sexual orientation. Sen.Howard Metzenbaum (D-Ohio) introduced a similarbill in the Senate in July...
...them to the story. That could set the stage for a nasty battle over journalists' First Amendment right to protect their confidential sources. The investigation may also lead to some snarling on the floor of the Senate as suspicion focuses upon aides to Democratic Senators Edward Kennedy and Howard Metzenbaum...