Democratic Resistance to Supreme Court Nominee

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Jay Sekulow

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May 23, 2011

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Over the last several days, Im sure youve noticed that some Democratic Senators have demanded access to material that John Roberts produced when he served as an Associate White House Counsel.  One of the fundamental aspects of our rule of law is the privilege between attorney and client.  The idea that an attorney would be forced to disclose legal memorandum giving clients advice on a variety of subjects is unconscionable.  The attempt by some in the Senate to obtain access to attorney-client confidential material is wrong.  The White House has agreed to release some material during the time when John Roberts served as a White House Counsel. What they are not willing to release are the memorandums produced by Judge Roberts when he served as a Deputy Solicitor General.  The Solicitor Generals office is the group of lawyers that present arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of the United States government.  To disclose those internal memorandums would be a violation of the rule of ethics.

 

In the coming days, expect to see more attempts to slow down the confirmation process; but as I have said in earlier postings, the qualifications of John Roberts to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States are exceptional.  He will be a great Supreme Court Justice.

 

We have also received notification that the oral arguments in NOW v. Scheidler and Operation Rescue v. NOW will be on November 30th.  I have noted earlier that the oral arguments in the parental notification abortion case will also take place on that date.  As our legal team in Washington prepares the briefs to file at the Supreme Court and we get ready for the confirmation battle, please know that the American Center for Law and Justice is front and center on these critical issues.

 

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