Schumer called on Chief Justice John Roberts to "Defend the independence" of the judiciary from such unwarranted attacks.
Much of the media has ignored equally troubling attacks from Democrats.
Democrats now promise to get commitments on how justices will rule, and it is not clear how broad such litmus tests will become with late term abortions or state requirements on licensing for services.
Trump has been denounced widely for referring to "Obama judges," and Democrats applauded Roberts when he rebuked him by declaring, "We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges. What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them."
There has been little coverage of or outcry against the attacks by Democratic leaders on "Trump judges" and "Trump justices." Former candidates have argued in debates over who voted more often against "Trump judges." Senator Amy Klobuchar boasted of opposing two-thirds of all Trump nominees, but that was still not enough for the liberal group Demand Justice, which expressed disappointment with her.
Thus, judges appointed by Democratic presidents are entitled to presumption of independence, while Republican nominees to the courts are regularly denounced as partisan robed robots.
During the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, Whitehouse declared that he uncovered an unmistakable "Pattern evidence of bias" by the "Roberts Five." The five conservative justices often vote as a bloc, he said, and "No Democratic appointee joins them." He blissfully ignored that on the other side of the divide are four liberal justices who vote as a bloc too.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/486424-how-the-media-ignores-pattern-of-democratic-attacks-on-the-courts
Much of the media has ignored equally troubling attacks from Democrats.
Democrats now promise to get commitments on how justices will rule, and it is not clear how broad such litmus tests will become with late term abortions or state requirements on licensing for services.
Trump has been denounced widely for referring to "Obama judges," and Democrats applauded Roberts when he rebuked him by declaring, "We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges. What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them."
There has been little coverage of or outcry against the attacks by Democratic leaders on "Trump judges" and "Trump justices." Former candidates have argued in debates over who voted more often against "Trump judges." Senator Amy Klobuchar boasted of opposing two-thirds of all Trump nominees, but that was still not enough for the liberal group Demand Justice, which expressed disappointment with her.
Thus, judges appointed by Democratic presidents are entitled to presumption of independence, while Republican nominees to the courts are regularly denounced as partisan robed robots.
During the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, Whitehouse declared that he uncovered an unmistakable "Pattern evidence of bias" by the "Roberts Five." The five conservative justices often vote as a bloc, he said, and "No Democratic appointee joins them." He blissfully ignored that on the other side of the divide are four liberal justices who vote as a bloc too.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/486424-how-the-media-ignores-pattern-of-democratic-attacks-on-the-courts
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