After Ruling, Roberts Makes a Getaway From the Scorn

NY Time ^ | 7-2-012 | Adam Liptak

[Sir Napsalot]

(snip) ...“Malta, as you know, is an impregnable island fortress,” he (Roberts) said on Friday, according to news reports. “It seemed like a good idea.”

The chief justice was correct to anticipate a level of fury unusual even in the wake of a blockbuster decision with vast political, practical and constitutional consequences. The criticism came from all sides. And it was directed not at the court as whole or even at the majority in the 5-to-4 decision. It was aimed squarely at him.

(snip) Professor Yoo, the former Bush administration official, said her report (referring to Jan Crawford's book) appeared to underscore the chief justice’s failure.

“If the report is true, Chief Justice Roberts has not just made a mistake of constitutional interpretation, but of political leadership,” Professor Yoo said in an e-mail. “His job is not to finesse the place of the Supreme Court in the political world, in which he and most justices are rank amateurs, but to get the Constitution right first and then defend the institution second.”

[BlatherNaut]

Hey, we all have a perfect right to be cranky these days!

[Bshaw]

“Hey, we all have a perfect right to be cranky these days!”

Keeping my anger in check is becoming somewhat of a challenge these days. The ceaseless torments by this government, at EVERY level, is quickly becoming intolerable.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Sorry, Roberts. Some scorn can, and does, last a lifetime.

[BlatherNaut]

The ceaseless torments by this government, at EVERY level, is quickly becoming intolerable.

"Yet let's be content, and the times lament, you see the world turn'd upside down."

[Sir Napsalot]

>>> Some scorn can, and does, last a lifetime.

Esp. on something as important as this. Not to say other court cases to SC are trivial, but THIS!

Roberts needs a lifetime to rehabilitate his credibility, after his written opinion.

[apostoli]

And here is JRoberts supporter at time of nomination:

“Former Senator Fred Dalton Thompson helped to promote Roberts’ nomination.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Roberts_Supreme_Court_nomination_and_hearings

[BlatherNaut]

The reasons for the adoption happening in the unnamed Latin American country remain unclear, though it was noted that the Irish 1991 Adoption Act only allows adoption of children born in Ireland by people resident in Ireland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Roberts_Supreme_Court_nomination