[Alberta's Child]

There were better jurists with a lot more experience and a conservative track record on the bench than Roberts that W could have chosen.

The fact that Roberts has not spent most of his life as a judge ought to be a point in his favor. Maybe next time Bush will go even further out on a limb and nominate a Supreme Court justice who isn't even a lawyer.

This country has already been influenced way too much by a bunch of mediocre, limp-wristed career jurists who have no idea what it takes to earn a real living.

It would be refreshing to see a rancher or a truck driver on the U.S. Supreme Court. You can be sure there won't be too many "penumbras" in his opinions, and to someone like that the U.S. Constitution will mean exactly what it says.

[Texas Federalist]

Yeah, appointing truck drivers to the Court is a great idea. Where do you come up with this stuff?

[kellynla]

oh I agree that that the fact that Roberts has actually been in the private sector is advantageous, it's just that for someone going to the Supremes, I would have liked a candidate with a little more judicial experience from whom I could better determine their judicial philosophy