John Roberts and Civil Rights

National Revew ^ | 8/23/2005 | Peter Kirsanow

[Personal Responsibility]

(S)ince his nomination, the mantra of John Roberts’s opponents has been that he’s “out of the mainstream” and “extreme.” These descriptions have been applied most often to Roberts’ positions on matters related to civil rights.

Roberts’s opponents have pored over thousands of pages of the memoranda and briefs written by Roberts as a counsel and advocate for evidence of his policy preferences. Their premise is that Roberts’ policy preferences — ostensibly revealed in such memoranda and briefs — will be incorporated into his decision making on the Supreme Court.

[Personal Responsibility]

This is the kind of stuff that should be shouted during his confirmation hearing. Every time those Dimocrat blowhards try and paint Roberts as out of the mainstream!

[republicofdavis]

There will be those hear soon enough decrying Roberts as a closet liberal.

[vpintheak]

This guy may not be the perfect conservative, but over all he looks pretty darn good. (Famous last words?)

[msnimje]

People who try to pick out a few cases or comments to determine who John Roberts is are idiots.