SOUTER IN ROBERTS CLOTHING, ANN COULTER

Ann Coulter.com ^ | 7-30-05 | Ann Coulter

[RockinRight]

The pictures I got last night wouldn't be appropriate for FR... ;-)

[MNJohnnie]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1446937/posts


Check this out. Seems to me Roberts is pretty solid if he voted to overturn that idiot Robetson.

[MNJohnnie]

"The pictures I got last night wouldn't be appropriate for FR... ;-)"

How about a private showing just for me?

[steve-b]

Does he trust democracy?

If the answer is "yes", he is unfit for office in a Constitutional REPUBLIC.

[AntiGuv]

OK, for the term before last this is what I came up with. Justice O'Connor agreed in full with either Justice Thomas or Justice Scalia in 70.12% of cases; Justice Kennedy agreed in full with either Justice Thomas or Justice Scalia in 74.68% of cases. Justice O'Connor did not take part in two cases, and I did not count the Pledge of Allegiance case because Justice Scalia did not take part.

So! My personal expectation is that Justice Roberts will end up somewhere to the right of Justice Kennedy and to the left of Justice Rehnquist. I will be very surprised if in 90%+ of rulings Justice Roberts reaches agreement in full with either one of Justice Thomas or Justice Scalia. $100 donation to FR is our bet then. Let the games begin!

We shall meet again by June 2006. =)

[MNJohnnie]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1446937/posts


Check this out. Seems to me Roberts is pretty solid if he voted to overturn that idiot Robetson.

[goldstategop]

More to the point, what IS Roberts' judicial philosophy? How does he read the Constitution? Does he think cases should be decided according to an original theory of intent or does he think there is merit to a living tree theory of jurisprudence? On what grounds does he think Roe have been decided? Does he believe in private property rights? What's his view of the Supreme Court's holding in Kelo? Where does Judge Roberts stand on the Second Amendment? What's his view as a jurist on States' Rights? How does Roberts look at the issue of religion and state? We need to get his sense of judicial philosophy and answers to these questions BEFORE we send him to the Supreme Court. Just the assurance he's a conservative doesn't mean anything. That's why Ann looks at it from the point of view that substance matters more than looks. Hey, he's a great looking guy with a wonderful family, but who IS John Roberts? We still don't know enough to be assured he will remain a conservative once he gets on the Supreme Court. We need to know more before saying the President made the right call. Even Presidents can and do make mistakes.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[old and tired]

Jane Sullivan Roberts.

[penowa]

With no record, I was bothered by this appointment. Listening to Rush Limbaugh this afternoon, he said something about Roberts having lots of liberal friends in Washington's social circle which he interpreted to mean they would have a difficult time "trashing" a friend. When I heard him say that, I thought, "uh oh!" Reading Ann's article only makes me more nervous, so I guess we will all have to wait and see what he does once he is on the court, and we'll have to wait several years to see if he slowly slides left like so many others have done.

[old and tired]

But that's the point of this article

Truth is, I didn't read the article. I just looked at one of the last posts and responded. Sorry.

[Theodore R.]

I just read that Judge Roberts donated to the conservative IN Senate candidate Peter Rusthoven, who failed to win the 1998 nomination to oppose popular Evan Bayh. Rusthoven, a former official in the Reagan administration, was defeated in the primary by a liberal Republican named Helmke. So hopefully Roberts' backing of the conservative in the primary means that he has no "Souter-like" surprise in store for us.

[steveegg]

Glad I could help :-)

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

But why on earth would Bush waste a nomination on a person who is a complete blank slate when we have a majority in the Senate!

Because we don't have a reliable majority in the Senate.

[MNJohnnie]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1446937/posts


Check this out. Seems to me Roberts is pretty solid if he voted to overturn that idiot Robetson.

[goldstategop]

Exactly. He may not be Gonzales. But in the cold light of day people need to ask him hard questions. As Ann wrote, I find it difficult to believe a guy went through life without ever once saying anything controversial. Either the guy is a saint or a blank slate. And if he is a blank slate, then we are stuck with another Souter clone. So in the midst of all the conservative rejoicing, its necessary to take a closer look. Ann is not trying to sound like the proverbial skunk spoiling the party. No one who works in the legal world is without enemies. Just ask Ann about it and when you start turning off libs left and right then you know someone has a philosophy and core convictions that are for real. And real is the key word here. Its up to Roberts to prove the skeptics like Ann Coulter that their fears are groundless.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Theodore R.]

Peter Rusthoven was general counsel to the commission that investigated the space shuttle Columbia disaster.

Judge Roberts also donated to Senator Lugar and former Senator Peter Fitzgerald, who may yet have the dubious title as the "last Republican senator in the history of IL."

[Always Right]

We shall meet again by June 2006. =)

Sounds good, but I think it will be August or September before Roberts gets confirmed and then the year period starts. It will be fun to track and I think we will have a good indication fairly quickly.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

That's an excellent start. Thanks for the information.

[Theodore R.]

Sununu should have been fired for picking Souter, but he stuck around another year and a half and was ousted for misusing White House aircraft. I guess too that the perversion of Souter was not known until after Sununu had left, only to go co-host Crossfire.

[Always Right]

McCain't got the disease,,,, 'Specteritis'

No, not at all. Specter's main purpose in government is to protect the balance of the courts from swinging to the right, and in particular protecting Roe v. Wade. McCain is all about McCain. I would guess McCain has a very strong pro-life voting record, although I would imagine he is a pro-stem cell research guy since that seems popular.