The Honorable John Roberts, Jr.
Not that anyone has anything even slightly resembling in any fashion a single preconception, but Senator Harry Reid, through a spokesman, has indicated that Judge Roberts' first task will be to "demonstrate to the Senate that he has a commitment to core American values of freedom, equality and fairness." The implication being, of course, that not just any old D. C. Circuit Judge, nominated by the President to the Supreme Court, would necessarily be committed to freedom, equality or fairness. Many, in Senator Reid's view, are apparently crypto advocates of slavery, favoritism, and bias.The shameless hack Harry Reid should be . . . , well . . ., ashamed of himself.
John Roberts, Jr. A.B. (1976), J.D. (1979), Harvard. Law clerk for the Hon. Henry Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1979-1980. Law clerk to Justice William Rehnquist, 1980-1981; special assistant to the Attorney General, 1981-1982; associate counsel to the president, White House Counsel's Office, 1982-1986; Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC, 1986-1989, 1993-2003 (ultimately in charge their appellate practice); Principal Deputy Solicitor General, 1989-1993.
Judge Roberts was confirmed by the Senate to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on May 8, 2003, and sworn in on June 2 by Chief Justice Rehnquist.
Presented for your delectation by the Gentleman Farmer at 9:43 PM
Comments on "The Honorable John Roberts, Jr."
-
Yeoman said ... (12:17 AM) :
-
Anonymous said ... (1:46 AM) :
post a commentJudge Friendly, I can't help but recall, was the author of an opinion in the BNS Importing Corporation v. Frigaliment (sp?) Corp case which was the first case in the Contracts text book used when I was in law school. It starts off with the sentence stating something like, "The issue of this case is what is a chicken?"
An odd think like that stays with you, it would seem.
On Charlie Rose tonight, William Barr observed that Roberts is not a "movement conservative". And from the Washington POST:
'John C. Yoo, a conservative professor of law at University of California at Berkeley who served in the Justice Department under the current Bush administration, emphasizes what he called Roberts's traditional approach to the law. In the 39 cases that Roberts argued before the Supreme Court -- 25 of which he won -- Yoo said he never pushed the court to adopt "big new theories," but rather argued the facts of his cases.
'"He's the type of person that business conservatives and judicial restraint conservatives will like, but the social conservatives may not like," Yoo said.
'"What the social conservatives want is someone who will overturn Roe. v. Wade and change the court's direction on privacy," he added. "But he represents the Washington establishment. These Washington establishment people are not revolutionaries and they're not out to shake up constitutional law. They might make course corrections, but they're not trying to sail the boat to a different port."'
An establishment, country club Republican who will keep the country safe for Mammon.
Do we know anything about Roberts's religious profession (if any)?