The New York Times was a center for anti-Irish bigotry in the mid-1800s, along with Harper's Weekly, which published the above charicature.
Posted on 07/26/2005 5:18:33 AM PDT by OESY
The reasons to worry about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts continue to accumulate. First we learned he attended Harvard, which is always suspicious. Then the New York Times informed us that his wife, who is also a Catholic lawyer, not only worked pro bono for Feminists for Life but has in the past "attended Mass several times a week." Holy mackerel.
Then yesterday brought the Washington Post's scoop that Judge Roberts may once have been a card-carrying member of the Federalist Society. Mr. Roberts has said that he doesn't recall belonging to the lawyers' outfit. But in the best tradition of Woodward and Bernstein, Post reporters dug through the society's "secret" enrollment lists and -- there it was, in black and white, the name of John Roberts, member 1997-98. This news actually made page one.
The Post's exposé continues: "The Federalist Society was founded in 1982 by conservatives who disagreed with what they saw as a leftist tilt in the nation's law schools. The group sponsors legal symposia and similar activities and serves as a network for rising conservative lawyers." That's a subversive group if there ever was one, not least because we've seen with our own eyes that representatives of the ACLU have sometimes attended these public "symposia," and without disguising their identities.
We don't know whether these news stories illustrate the desperation of liberals who can't find any real mud to throw at Judge Roberts, or whether they've been planted by the White House to make liberals look silly. Come to think of it, liberals these days don't need any White House help.
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Sometimes you join a group just to see what is going on. I've done it many times. Like Roberts in the Federalist Society, it's usually a one year stint.
Heh, Heh, Heh, they said "Holy"!
Sounds like the WSJ is deciding to beat up on the "competition" - not that's it's much anymore. Before long the NYT won't need any comics as everything on page one and the Ed. page will be known to be a pure parody of its current self.
Heh, Heh, Heh.
Like being counsel to the ACLU is nothing. These libs are truly amazing.
Then the New York Times informed us that his wife, who is also a Catholic lawyer, not only worked pro bono for Feminists for Life but has in the past "attended Mass several times a week."
The more I hear about Mr & Mrs Roberts, the more I like them.
He was also seen cavorting with Republicans.
Roberts is a shoo-in if this is the best the Times can do.
There is nothing wrong with the Federalist Society, except in the minds of the far left-wing nutcases.
Next thin' ya know, they'll be accusin' him of bein' a member of The Knights of Kolumbus!..........
Named after those pesky papers that explain the intent of the Founders in the Constitution, I'm sure this is a subversive organization. (At least to the leftists.)
If America ever got a glimpse of what the Founders intended with our national founding document, they'd suddenly realize that things such as separation of church and state and gun-control simply don't exist.
I guess it's a horrible group if you hang around and exchange ideas. Ideas OMG>sarcasm
The New York Times was a center for anti-Irish bigotry in the mid-1800s, along with Harper's Weekly, which published the above charicature.
During election campaigns.
Ya gotta love it! I guess the ACLU is just a coffee clutch, NOT! They're a bunch of dangerous socialists!
And any other church that could get him some "face time" during the election.
I seriously suggest that all Catholics cancel their subscriptions to the NYT. The Times doesn't like Catholicism; shy should Catholics support the Times?
"I was an altar boy" - J F*ing Kerry
... or whether they've been planted by the White House to make liberals look silly. Come to think of it, liberals these days don't need any White House help.
LOL!
This house editorial reads like it was penned by Taranto.
Sometimes a Law Firm will obtain memberships for their partners and associates.
Publications of the Federalist Society could be useful for a constitutional lawyer.
Hmmm. I seem to recall that President Bush characterized Michael Dukakis as a "card-carrying member of the ACLU". Of course, Justice Ginsberg was confirmed 93-3 even though she was legal counsel to the ACLU.
Roberts won't be filiblustered and he'll get confirmed (barring some disclosure that costs him Republican votes). So what the NY Slimes or the rest of the lemmings on the Left have to say is unimportant.
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