Audio of John G. Roberts, Jr.'s arguments before Supreme Court

John Lott ^ | 7/24/05 | John Lott

[BCrago66]

Mr. Roberts has not left much of paper trail of judicial opinions or even speeches and extemporaneous comments, leading some conservatives, including the great Ann Coulter, to fear that we have another Souter on our hands.

I don't have the knowledge to weigh in on this subject, but I did find, courtesy of John Lott (author of More Guns, Less Crime) a list of RealAudio recordings of Supreme Court oral arguments in which Roberts was one of the advocates. Of course, in these cases he as adopting the positions of his clients, but nevertheless listening to these arguments should, I imagine, provide some insight into the man's style of thinking.

Below is the list of cases; click the above link for links to the RealAudio files:

First Options v. Kaplan (March 22, 1995) argued the cause for the respondents

Adams v. Robertson (January 14, 1997) argued the cause for the respondents

Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government (December 10, 1997) argued the cause for the petitioner Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. (January 21, 1998) argued the cause for the petitioner

NCAA v. Smith (January 20, 1999) argued the cause for the petitioner

Rice v. Cayetano (October 6, 1999) argued the cause for the respondent

Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. Mine Workers (October 2, 2000) argued the cause for petitioner

TrafFix Devices Inc. v. Marketing Displays Inc. (November 29, 2000) argued the cause for the petitioner

Toyota Motor Mfg v. Williams (November 7, 2001) argued the cause for the petitioner

Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (January 7, 2002) argued the cause for the respondents

[BCrago66]

I just clicked all the links myself, and there's audio provided for all the cases except the 1st one, First Options v. Kaplan.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

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[Congressman Billybob]

Day-um. Since I live on dial-up, I lack the time to download all of these nice tidbits. One of the greatest challenges in this world is to be on your feet in front of nine sharp but conflicting intellects who can and will interrupt you at any time with a radical change of questions.

Consider it talk radio raised to the 10th power. LOL.

Congressman Billybob

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