NWPC REACTS TO DAY TWO OF JUDGE ROBERTS HEARINGS

Washington, DC — “American women are tired of sports analogies and evasions,” said National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC) President Llenda Jackson- Leslie.
Judge John Roberts has had plenty of opportunities to answer crucial questions that are on the minds of women across the nation—such as where he stands on the right to privacy and women’s abilities to make decisions that affect themselves and their families. We disagree with Judge Roberts' claim that he is unable to answer repeated questions on these issues to which he has selectively evoked the Ginsberg precedent. No Senator has asked him to “hint, forecast or preview” how he would rule in the future as Chief Justice. Instead, he has been asked to explain his judicial philosophies about issues on which he had previously written.
NWPC has striven to keep the door open on Judges Roberts' nomination. His evasiveness, coupled with the administration’s continued refusal to release documents similar to those reviewed during the late Chief Justice Rehnquist’s hearings, makes it increasingly difficult to keep that door open.
Unless Judge Roberts begins to provide some clear and direct answers, NWPC will be forced to oppose his nomination.

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