NYP: A BORING CHOICE, AN INTERESTING PICK - Roberts will be tough for liberals to rattle.

New York Post ^ | July 20, 2005 | John Podhoretz

[Always Right]

I forget which talking head last night said Roberts would be in line to succeed Rehnquist as chief justice now, even if Rehnquist retires relatively soon, like within 6 months. That would be an interesting move but I wonder if it wouldn't be a bit of an insult to the more senior Scalia or Thomas.

I would be really surprised if it wasn't Scalia. Thomas would be an excellent choice, but I see Bush going with seniority. I don't see Roberts being in the cards for the chief justice job anytime soon.

[Polyxene]

Isn't John Roberts from the state of New York originally? Wouldn't it behoove Upchuck and Hillary the Heinous Harridan to vote FOR him? Oh, I forgot -- they don't care where he is from -- it is the seriousness of the charges he is going to face!

[Lou L]

Kennedy will come up with that molehill!

I saw Senator Blowhard on the Today Show this morning, trying to "frame the debate," so to speak. He spoke with an urgency, describing how a SC justice's job isn't just interpreting the Constitution, no. The justice's job is (loosely paraphrasing) also to define whether or not he's for the environment, or if he's going to pollute it; whether he's for the working man, or the greedy corporations, blah, blah, blah.

Interestingly, I didn't hear him say anything about "women's privacy and health," which are code words for abortionists' rights.

[rwa265]

"Isn't John Roberts from the state of New York originally?"

I think he is. He grew up in Indiana. I wonder if Senator Bayh is on board.

[rwfromkansas]

Even Reagan didn't get all his picks right.