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Why would anybody use the LA Times as a source for an argument. Their report was faulty and biased, BIG SURPRISE.

Please consider the following: John G. Roberts, Jr.
This is my compiled response to the absurd and ignorant claim that JGRjr is a Gay Rights Advocate.

JGRjr has spent about 25 years as a lawyer and Judge which equals about 52, 0000 hours in these endeavors. People on FreeRepublic are freaking out about 6.5 hours of that time in which he advised the lawyers on this case about THEIR (not his) appellate case.

Facts about JGRjr’s involvement in this case.
1) He was an employee of the firm of Hogan & Hartson which had 1000 lawyers all over the world handling all sorts of cases on all levels.

2) JGRjr was the head of the Appellate Davison at H & H and as such was obligated to help the attorneys with THEIR appellate cases (including Supreme Court Cases).

3) According to many who worked with him at the time, HE NEVER SAID NO to ANY request for help. I can’t see how he could turn down such a request given that he was the head of the department. Nor was he in a postiion to tell the lawyers what cases they could or could not take.

4) He did not ACCEPT THIS PRO BONO case, he was not a lawyer on this case, he did no work on this case other than in a mock court exercise and with regard to the PROCEEDURAL aspect of appellate law.

5) He has the highest regard and reverence for the Supreme Court and it has been his aim to increase the quality of advocacy before the Court.

General Information about JGR, Jr

1) If he is such a Liberal, Souter Like, Gay Rights, Pro-Abortion advocate, why have the Dems in Congress spent 12 years filibustering his various Presidential nominations?

2) Can you name another “Gay Rights” case of which he had ANY part?

3) Google the phrase “Stop John Roberts” and you get 510 hits from the likes of Naral, Pro-Choice America, MoveOn.Org, People for the American Way, et al.

4) If Charles Schumer, Teddy “The Swimmer” Kennedy, Patrick Leahy, Barbara Boxer, and Harry Reid are against him, can he really be all that bad?

One more thing. Does anybody know if John Roberts was pleased with the Supreme Court's decision in this case?
Perhaps he had more faith in the court and thought it would come to a different conclusion than the one it did.

Why would anybody use the LA Times as a source for an argument ...

Agreed. It is transparently obvious that the LATimes is trying to use this case as a wedge issue to split off some of the support for Roberts.

he did no work on this case other than in a mock court exercise and with regard to the PROCEEDURAL aspect of appellate law.

I think his brain got ahead of his common sense. Even if it was doing something as mundane as mimicking Scalia.