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To: stockman_scott who wrote (209)9/11/2005 3:57:24 PM
From: ChinuSFO  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 292
 
"This is the only moment when the political process can appropriately influence the direction of our jurisprudence," says Mark Gitenstein, a former chief counsel for Democrats on Judiciary. "To say that the American people are not entitled to know where this nominee stands on issues is to undercut this premise."

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To: stockman_scott who wrote (209)9/13/2005 7:50:02 AM
From: ChinuSFO  Respond to of 292
 
I think the Committee should make a topmost issue of Presidential powers and the right to detain US citizens without just and due cause and trial. That is going to be the issue of the decade as terrorists try to get their hands on nuclear weapons and WMDs.