September 14, 2005

And I Always Assumed He Was A Catcher






(Sen. Joe) Biden (D-Del.) challenged Roberts' description of judges as baseball umpires, who simply call balls and strikes and don't "pitch or bat." "Much as I respect your metaphor," Biden said, "it's not very apt, because you get to determine the strike zone. The founders never set a strike zone." Roberts offered no protest.

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