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Nominees to the Federal bench should be expected to answer questions about their judicial philosophy and their stance on particular issues before they are confirmed, Sen. Charles E. Schumer ’71 told a JFK Jr. Forum crowd Friday...
...Schumer, D-N.Y., has exerted great influence over the approval of federal judges nominated by President Bush as a vocal member of the Senate Judiciary Committee—inciting a torrent of virulent partisan debate...
...Left has praised Schumer as an unflagging fighter for moderation in the judiciary, while the Right derides him as a subverter of the Constitution and the democratic process...
...Friday, Schumer echoed and intensified the message of a controversial June 2001 New York Times Op-ed, where he argued that the Senate should consider appointees’ ideology as part of “its responsibility to advise and consent...
...torture inflicted on Bush's predecessor by a squad of special prosecutors, congressional Democrats demanded that a special counsel be appointed in this case. By Wednesday some had christened the scandal Intimigate and were trying to link it to every political issue in sight. New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer, who had been among the first to call for an investigation back in July, announced that he would offer a nonbinding amendment to be attached to the Administration's bill for the $87 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan, calling for the naming of a special prosecutor. It is a vote...