Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III is opposed to confirming any of President Obama’s three nominees to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. When told that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts supported filling the positions back in April, Sen. Sessions was incredulous:
Also an advocate of filling the court’s empty slots: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. He backed the court keeping all 11 seats in an April 5 report issued by the Judicial Conference of the United States, which is headed by Roberts. Sessions, for one, hadn’t heard about Roberts’ support.
“I want to see that quote. Where’d he say that?” Sessions asked, jumping out of an elevator he’d just hopped into. When HuffPost cited the April 5 report, Sessions grumbled about Roberts not being a real Republican.
“He’s always advocating the court. He wants pay raises for staff,” he said. “Otherwise, he’s supposed to be conservative.”
That’s right. John Roberts isn’t a real conservative because he wants pay raises for judicial staff and thinks judges should serve in slots reserved for judges rather than having multiple vacancies just because Sen. Sessions is a dick.
