The Pendragon's Hall

The John Roberts hearings continue apace. Most Senate Democrats are admitting they can find nothing in him worthy of death...or rejection. But that doesn't mean they're not trying. Senator Schumer remarked, according to yesterday's edition of "The Buffalo News", "It's important to determine not just the quality of your mind, but the fullness of your heart." Make me sick. I'd settle for knowing he's not an ignorant cretin, I don't particularly care whether he harbors love in his heart for all mankind. I wonder too how the good Senator plans to demonstrate what the fullness of anyone's heart is. Ask any historian: motivations are hard to determine. Even RINO Lindsey Graham (SC) remarked, "If we go down this road of putting people's hearts in play, and the only way you can have a good heart is, 'Adopt my value systems,' we are doing a great disservice to the judiciary." You can knock me over with a feather but she is right. A person's "heart" really isn't all that important to whether he or she will be a good judge. What matters is their views on law--whether they intend to legislate or simply interpret, whether or not they view the Constitution as the supreme law of the land. This is what I want to know about Roberts and any other nominee Bush sends down the line. You can keep his heart.