July 24, 2005

"I suppose I would have said I was a moderate conservative..."

"I wouldn't have put myself smack in the middle. But I would have put myself closer to the center than some but still on the right side." Justice Souter said that -- two days after he was confirmed in 1990, in response to a question from a Boston Globe reporter. He was never asked that prior to confirmation, but if he had been asked, that was his answer.

So consider that, as you contemplate Judge Roberts.
Posted by Ann Althouse at 4:20 PM
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1 comment:

Sloanasaurus said...

Don't all Democrats in America see themselves as "moderate conservatives?"

I suppose from a European point of view, Democrats are moderate conservatives.

7/24/05, 10:02 PM

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