Maria Cantwell: “for the 29 tribes in my home State of Washington, and the many tribes throughout the West, this is a troubling report.…”

“for the 29 tribes in my home State of Washington, and the many tribes throughout the West, this is a troubling report. To be clear, I am not opposing Mr. Myers's nomination simply because we disagree on issues. I have voted for many of this President's nominees whose views on a range of issues differ from my own. I have had ideological differences with many of the nominees put forth by this administration, yet I have voted to approve the overwhelming majority of those candidates. I do not believe that a difference in a nominee's views alone justifies voting against him or her. But I cannot assent to a nominee who I do not believe will uphold the law when it conflicts with his ingrained political philosophy. Unfortunately, I believe Mr. Myers is such a nominee. Mr. Myers has written, ``Judge Bork's judicial philosophy was well within the parameters of acceptable constitutional theory, worthy of representation on the Supreme Court.'' More importantly, Mr. Myers indicated his support of ``judicial activism'' in his discussion of Bork's views: ``Interpretivism does not require a timid approach to judging or protecting constitutionally guaranteed rights . . . interpretivism is not synonymous with judicial restraint and may require judicial activism if mandated by the constitution.''”