"Someone with his stature wouldn't have to take on a pro-bono project like this unless he wanted to"
Please read the article .. he did NOT take on this pro bono case, the firm he was with at the time did. It's a HUGE, 1000 attorney firm. They have a department devoted to pro bono work of all kinds. It's pretty much a requirement of large firms in D.C. to have a pro bono department. Roberts was their top appellate guy who most likely reviewed everything that was going to the Supreme Court. He would advise the firm's lawyers on how to write a winning brief, how to argue successfully .. much like a law school professor teaches whomever is in his class. By this reasoning, Bork should have been excluded from the SC on the grounds that he taught Bill and Hillary Clinton.
This story is so slanted it makes me angry but conservatives have an obligation to understand more than what the MSM is feeding them, and how easily they will bolt from a candidate based on a LAT/Baltimore Sun article is pretty discouraging.
Yes, it's exhibit skaty-eight showing the dumbing-down of conservatism.