(Chuck) Schumer says the Senate should not confirm another U.S. Supreme Court nominee under President Bush "except in extraordinary circumstances." The senior senator from the Empire State told the American Constitution Society convention that "the Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance" and that the nation "cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or Justice Ginsburg by another Alito."
Curt Levey, executive director of the Committee for Justice, disputes the senator's implication that the high court has taken a sharp turn to the right.
"Certainly the court took a small turn to the right," Levey acknowledges, "but if you look at where conservatives would like the court to be, I would say it's hardly a conservative court. As a matter of fact, its still a little bit to the left of where the American people are."
The Committee for Justice spokesman feels Schumer's comments are outrageous. Certainly Schumer is entitled to his opinion, Levey points out, and is entitled to oppose President Bush's nominees -- however, he adds, the New York lawmaker is not entitled to ignore the U.S. Constitution.
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