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WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate should only confirm President George W. Bush's Supreme Court nominees "in extraordinary circumstances," a leading Senate Democrat said Friday.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., told the American Constitution Society convention in Washington the Senate should "reverse the presumption of confirmation," Politico.com reported.
"The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance," he said. "We cannot afford to see Justice (John Paul) Stevens replaced by another (Chief Justice John) Roberts, or Justice (Ruth Bader) Ginsburg by another (Justice Samuel) Alito."
Democrats and some liberal advocacy groups have complained that the Supreme Court has moved faster than expected to overturn legal precedents since Bush's nominees -- Roberts and Alito -- joined the court.
Schumer Friday said senators too easily accepted the nominees' word, during their confirmation hearings, that they would respect legal precedents.
"There is no doubt that we were hoodwinked," said Schumer, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Schumer's remarks showed "a tremendous disrespect for the Constitution," Politico.com reported.
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