Right Wing Upset with Roberts Pro-Gay, Pro Bono Work (NY Slimes Quotes El Rushbo)

PageOneQ.com/ New York Times ^ | August 5, 2005

[gopwinsin04]

The New York Times reported in Friday's editions that radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, James Dobson of Focus on the Family, and Collen Parro of the Republican National Coalition for life spoke negatively about the latest disclosure of stories that surround Judge Roberts legal career.

Reports of Roberts involvement, [in a gay rights case] generated outrage and disbelief. 'There is no question that this is going to upset people on the right,' Rush Limbaugh told his listeners.

'There is no question that people on the right are going to say, 'Wait a minute! This guy is doing pro bono work and helping gay activists?'

James C. Dobson, chairman of the evangelical group Focus on the Family, said Judge Robers work in the case 'was not welcome news for those of us who advocate tradtional values,' though he said that he did not necessarily mean that Judge Roberts had shared the plaintiffs views.

Colleen Parro, executive director of the Republican National Coalition for Life, and one of the few conservatives to raise questions about Judge Roberts, said his work on the case 'was cause for more caution and less optimism about his nomination.'

The conservative American Family Association's president, Tony Perkins, attempted to downplay the significance of Roberts contributions to the case by writing: 'We are told that Roberts role was apparently limited to providing a few hours of participation in a moot court procedure as he routinely did for all of his clients.'

What Perkins omitted from his newsletter was that in fact Roberts provided key strategies for fashioning a majority on the court.

The strategies were described by lead attorney Jean Dubofsky as the successful strategy she used to win the case, according to the Times.

[Texas Eagle]

This just goes to show that we are not just a bunch of mind-numbed robots who march in lockstep with a President just because he's a Republican.

This is a legitimate concern for us. We know from experience that The Left never gives up on its destructive agenda. It's only a matter of time before another case involving gay marriage reaches The Supreme Court. If Roberts is a Justice hearing the case, how would we expect him to vote knowing that he had previously argued a case before the same Supreme Court in favor of gay marriage?

[kharaku]

If that's the case why don't we have Bush nominate George Clooney as a supreme curt judge, after all it only counts once you're on the bench right? Anything before that is unrelated, clearly Clooney would morph from liberal slime to conservative upon being presented robes and a hammer.

[zendari]

That's up to Bush, not me. Contact the white house if you want George Clooney on the bench.

Bush has a better judicial record than other Presidents in recent history IMO, I have no reason to believe that record has somehow changed.