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WSJ: Nefarious Ties - Roberts & the Federalist Society, + the NY Times doesn't like his Catholicism
Wall Street Journal ^ | July 26, 2005 | Editorial (full text)

Posted on 07/26/2005 5:18:33 AM PDT by OESY

The reasons to worry about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts continue to accumulate. First we learned he attended Harvard, which is always suspicious. Then the New York Times informed us that his wife, who is also a Catholic lawyer, not only worked pro bono for Feminists for Life but has in the past "attended Mass several times a week." Holy mackerel.

Then yesterday brought the Washington Post's scoop that Judge Roberts may once have been a card-carrying member of the Federalist Society. Mr. Roberts has said that he doesn't recall belonging to the lawyers' outfit. But in the best tradition of Woodward and Bernstein, Post reporters dug through the society's "secret" enrollment lists and -- there it was, in black and white, the name of John Roberts, member 1997-98. This news actually made page one.

The Post's exposé continues: "The Federalist Society was founded in 1982 by conservatives who disagreed with what they saw as a leftist tilt in the nation's law schools. The group sponsors legal symposia and similar activities and serves as a network for rising conservative lawyers." That's a subversive group if there ever was one, not least because we've seen with our own eyes that representatives of the ACLU have sometimes attended these public "symposia," and without disguising their identities.

We don't know whether these news stories illustrate the desperation of liberals who can't find any real mud to throw at Judge Roberts, or whether they've been planted by the White House to make liberals look silly. Come to think of it, liberals these days don't need any White House help.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aclu; catholic; federalistsociety; feministsforlife; harvard; johnroberts; newyorktimes; scotus; supremecourt; washingtonpost
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1 posted on 07/26/2005 5:18:36 AM PDT by OESY
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To: OESY

Sometimes you join a group just to see what is going on. I've done it many times. Like Roberts in the Federalist Society, it's usually a one year stint.


2 posted on 07/26/2005 5:23:12 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: OESY
"Holy mackerel"

Heh, Heh, Heh, they said "Holy"!

Sounds like the WSJ is deciding to beat up on the "competition" - not that's it's much anymore. Before long the NYT won't need any comics as everything on page one and the Ed. page will be known to be a pure parody of its current self.

Heh, Heh, Heh.

3 posted on 07/26/2005 5:23:38 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Don't Tread on Me; Live Free or Die)
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To: Sacajaweau

Like being counsel to the ACLU is nothing. These libs are truly amazing.


4 posted on 07/26/2005 5:25:33 AM PDT by chris1 ("Make the other guy die for his country" - George S. Patton, Jr.)
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To: OESY
This bears repeating

Then the New York Times informed us that his wife, who is also a Catholic lawyer, not only worked pro bono for Feminists for Life but has in the past "attended Mass several times a week."

The more I hear about Mr & Mrs Roberts, the more I like them.

5 posted on 07/26/2005 5:25:52 AM PDT by mware ("God is dead" -- Nietzsch"....... "Nope, you are"-- GOD)
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To: OESY

He was also seen cavorting with Republicans.

Roberts is a shoo-in if this is the best the Times can do.


6 posted on 07/26/2005 5:26:03 AM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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To: Sacajaweau

There is nothing wrong with the Federalist Society, except in the minds of the far left-wing nutcases.


7 posted on 07/26/2005 5:28:50 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: OESY

Next thin' ya know, they'll be accusin' him of bein' a member of The Knights of Kolumbus!..........


8 posted on 07/26/2005 5:29:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (HURRICANES: God's way of telling you it's time to clean out the freezer...............)
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To: Sacajaweau

Named after those pesky papers that explain the intent of the Founders in the Constitution, I'm sure this is a subversive organization. (At least to the leftists.)

If America ever got a glimpse of what the Founders intended with our national founding document, they'd suddenly realize that things such as separation of church and state and gun-control simply don't exist.


9 posted on 07/26/2005 5:31:26 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: Sacajaweau

I guess it's a horrible group if you hang around and exchange ideas. Ideas OMG>sarcasm


10 posted on 07/26/2005 5:33:17 AM PDT by daddyOwe ("a man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to leave alone")
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To: OESY
Anti-Catholic bigotry is nothing new to the New York Times.

The New York Times was a center for anti-Irish bigotry in the mid-1800s, along with Harper's Weekly, which published the above charicature.

11 posted on 07/26/2005 5:34:34 AM PDT by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: OESY
So, Kerry's been caught going to Mass several times.

During election campaigns.

12 posted on 07/26/2005 5:34:37 AM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: Brilliant

Ya gotta love it! I guess the ACLU is just a coffee clutch, NOT! They're a bunch of dangerous socialists!


13 posted on 07/26/2005 5:47:57 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland ("Consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies")
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To: Semper Paratus
"Kerry's been caught going to Mass several times"

And any other church that could get him some "face time" during the election.

14 posted on 07/26/2005 5:49:56 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland ("Consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies")
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To: OESY

I seriously suggest that all Catholics cancel their subscriptions to the NYT. The Times doesn't like Catholicism; shy should Catholics support the Times?


15 posted on 07/26/2005 6:11:51 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Semper Paratus

"I was an altar boy" - J F*ing Kerry


16 posted on 07/26/2005 6:23:11 AM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: OESY
From the article:

... or whether they've been planted by the White House to make liberals look silly. Come to think of it, liberals these days don't need any White House help.

LOL!

17 posted on 07/26/2005 7:09:33 AM PDT by topher (God bless our troops and protect them)
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To: OESY

This house editorial reads like it was penned by Taranto.


18 posted on 07/26/2005 7:39:21 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: OESY
John Roberts, member 1997-98.

Sometimes a Law Firm will obtain memberships for their partners and associates.

Publications of the Federalist Society could be useful for a constitutional lawyer.

19 posted on 07/26/2005 8:29:55 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Mesocons for Rice '08)
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To: OESY
Then yesterday brought the Washington Post's scoop that Judge Roberts may once have been a card-carrying member of the Federalist Society.

Hmmm. I seem to recall that President Bush characterized Michael Dukakis as a "card-carrying member of the ACLU". Of course, Justice Ginsberg was confirmed 93-3 even though she was legal counsel to the ACLU.

Roberts won't be filiblustered and he'll get confirmed (barring some disclosure that costs him Republican votes). So what the NY Slimes or the rest of the lemmings on the Left have to say is unimportant.

20 posted on 07/26/2005 8:34:35 AM PDT by You Dirty Rats (WE WILL WIN WITH W)
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