Sentences with phrase «judiciary committee confirmation»

Back during his 2005 Senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings to become the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts tried to allay Democratic senators» fears that he was a conservative ideologue by famously comparing the role of judges with baseball umpires and declaring, «It's my job to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.»

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West Coast LEAF is heartened by the Committee's strong confirmation that sexist stereotypes and victim blaming are unacceptable in the judiciary and profoundly harmful to the integrity of the justice system:
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