And yes, Roberts worked for the wrong side on this one. Excellent - the left has managed to find a single case on which Roberts worked for the wrong side. Apparently he did so primarily because he routinely agreed to requests to assist in Pro Bono cases. I see no compelling evidence here that he agreed with the position he supported, or that he would agree with it now. I am certain that he will not tell us now what his position is on this case, either way.
And no, I am not outraged that a Supreme Court nominee has some case in his past where he worked for the wrong side. I remain confident that there is high probability that Roberts will be an excellent judge, and serve this Republic and its constitution well.
There are never any guarantees in such matters. But Bush has shown excellent skills at picking people, especially for key slots, and has stated repeatedly that he is choosing justices who will respect the constitution, not legislate from the bench.
Roberts has taken the 'good' side in all but apparently this one case, over his entire career (if there were more such cases he took the 'wrong' side on, I am confident that the Left will inform us, in good time, as they continue to try to divide and conquer America). Others, including George W. Bush, Reinquist and Mark Levin, whose judgement I trust in such matters more than my own, have heartily endorsed Roberts, for both competence and judicial philosophy.
We have done the reasonably best we can do. Let us confirm Roberts, and await the next vacancy on the Court, to continue to recover this fine Republic from the damage that has been done.
I wish I could share your optimism, but I don't think so. I believe that Pres Bush has shown himself to have feet of clay at the most inopportune moments....including this one. There were a number of excellent, principled, constitutional candidates for SCOTUS nominee, and instead Bush gives us a blank slate that we are all trying to fill in and guess at the outcome. Even Bush himself declared that he did not ask Roberts for his opinions on key issues. So we all left with trying to second guess and determine what kind of a justice he will be.
Personally I think that Roberts is doing as much as he can to disassociate himself from conservative views or positions in order to curry favor and placate the liberal/left-wing Dimwits.
I hope you're right and I'm wrong.... but I believe that Roberts will break left once he is confirmed and fully set as a SCOTUS justice. I believe that Roberts will be conservative in big business rulings and liberal/activist on issues of abortion - gay agenda advancement - restrictive religious rulings - social/cultural issues - expanding govt power over states & individual property rights, etc. And then once again, the conservative majority base in this country will be left to bemoan how this could have happened again? (or to be more precise, for the 8th time out of 11 times).