I've figured out Roberts. He is a gay-loving, porn defending, school prayer supporting, abortion clinic bombing, man with an affinity for the Federalist Society.
I've figured out Roberts. He is a gay-loving, porn defending, school prayer supporting, abortion clinic bombing, man with an affinity for the Federalist Society.
He's Souter Dammit! Stop posting material that says otherwise. ;-)
In all seriousness Roberts is a Constitutionalist from all accounts. One of the rare few that doesn't allow ideology to infect his work. Some on right and Left are threatened by that. They keep peeking through his cases under the assumption that if THEY are an ideologue, then HE must be an idealogue, and they must make sure his ideology matches their's. So one day they are on a high, one day they are on a low when a new case or memo arrives.
I guess the appropriate analogy is how the Left, and sometimes Right, look at the President. They don't expect him to tell the Truth or do what he promised, so when he does, it takes them off guard. Well, similiarly the Left and right are so used to lawyers lining up on left and right they expect it. Anyone that doesn't play that game, anyone that has more allagiance to the Constitution then a political philosophy..well, something must be wrong with him. He can't be genuine. The very idea of someone just doing their job without bias just doesn't sit well.
It sits well with me however. This is what the President promised and it is what our Founders intended. I've seen nothing that would lead me to re-evaluate my assessment of him.
I will say I do believe him to be a conservative, for what's that's worth. I find being a Constitutionalist of more importance myself, but if I had to venture a guess I'd state the reason he has kept a quiet profile aside from it being a part of his personality is that he witnessed first hand what happened to more vocal conservative Jurists. being a young lawyer with high aspirations and watching what happened to Bork up close can have a way of making an impression. Let alone the attacks even "moderate" Justices went through if a Republican dared nominate them.