Specter will vote for Roberts
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Monday he will vote for John Roberts to be U.S. Chief Justice even though it is uncertain what the conservative appeals court judge will do on the Supreme Court.
Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the Republican chairman, said in a Senate speech:
“It’s my judgment that he’s well qualified … and I intend to vote aye when his nomination is called before the Senate”
“Notwithstanding his answers and my efforts to glean some hint or realistic expectation from his words and body language, candidly it is not possible to predict or have a solid expectation of what Judge Roberts would do”
The Committee chairman had been expected to back Roberts after 3 days of questioning, who seems headed toward confirmation by the full Republican-led Senate before the court begins its new term on October 3.
Source: Reuters.
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