John Roberts, Jr to become a Supreme

[glatt]

Originally Posted by lookout123

and the problem with that judgement is what?

I personally have no problem with that judgement. I applaud it.

In fact, even though Roberts is by all accounts a solid conservative, I have no real problem with him. I haven't seen anything come to light that makes me outraged by Bush's choice. I may change my tune if something rotten about him comes out, but with every passing hour, that looks less and less likely. A lot of people are digging hard to find dirt on this guy, and they are coming up empty. He's far from my first choice, because he's on the wrong end of the political spectrum, but Bush could have done a lot worse. He could have nominated a nutjob.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by glatt

I personally have no problem with that judgement. I applaud it.

In fact, even though Roberts is by all accounts a solid conservative, I have no real problem with him. I haven't seen anything come to light that makes me outraged by Bush's choice. I may change my tune if something rotten about him comes out, but with every passing hour, that looks less and less likely. A lot of people are digging hard to find dirt on this guy, and they are coming up empty. He's far from my first choice, because he's on the wrong end of the political spectrum, but Bush could have done a lot worse. He could have nominated a nutjob.

I second the whole post. In fact, I already said so in this thread.

[Griff]

On the question of experience, (if someone else mentioned it I apologize) he has argued many cases before the SC and was a clerk for Renquist back in the day. NPR also interviewed a friend of his who is an enviro lawyer. It seems Roberts argued a case for him once when he had a teaching comitment and won one for the regulators. That said, I don't have any idea what he'd do on the court. Is he bright? Yes. Competent? Seemingly. What sort of conservative is he, the big gummint type, the anything thats good for corporations type? The bow and scrape before authority type? If he's the W not really a conservative by any serious definition type we may have a problem. If he is the sort of conservative that understands government is currently over-reaching and would limit left and right wing intrusions, I'd be pleased.