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But didn't the lawyer lady in Romer say that Roberts' help was "absolutely essential" to their having won the case? Makes it sounds like it was a BIT more than just volunteering to do an impression of Scalia, who would have accepted Romer when hell froze over.

61 posted on 08/07/2005 11:03:34 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])

The "advice" Roberts gave to the "lady lawyer" was to "count your votes" and "be prepared on the cases." Anyone who is not dumb as a brick would know to predict where the Justices are likely to fall on a given case, and to know the cases inside and out, so as not to be embarrassed by questions from the bench.

If you think that advice like that was "absolutely essential" for her handling of the case, you are grossly ignorant of what it takes to conduct a case in the Supreme Court. Since I have worked on 19 cases, now, in that Court, I assure you from experience that Roberts' advice in this instance was the legal equivalent of "run along, little girl."

Quit getting excited on other people's missated facts.

John / Billybob

90 posted on 08/07/2005 11:29:56 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Will President Bush's SECOND appointment obey the Constitution? I give 95-5 odds on yes.)