Did Rehnquist and Reagan every donate their time to assist gay rights activists?
There is no proof that Roberts would vote to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Many think he would consider it settled law.
You have no idea whether Roberts will be as conservative as Rehnquist. No one can know.
It's highly unlike that Brown, Owens, Estrada, Edith Hollan Jones or any verifiable originalist will be named nominated now that the new nominee is going to take O'Connor's seat. It's like to be someone like Edith Clement, someone with no paper trail that will be easy to confirm.
We're going to likely end up two maybes to replace one of the three conservative members of the court and moderate liberal. That quite possibly will result in the court moving to the left or, at best, remaining the same.
Yes. As Governor and as President, Reagan helped gays (including one son).
Defending the rights of gays **can** be as important as defending the rights of everyone (presuming we are talking about actual civil rights and not the current PC use of "rights" as entitlements or special privileges).
Rubbish. Judge Roberts is far more conservative than Justice O'Conner. That moves the Court to the Right.
Judges Owen, Brown, Estrada, and Pryor are as conservative as Chief Justice Rehnquist, as are several others (e.g. SG Olsen, etc.).
CJ Rehnquist considered Judge Roberts to be one of his own, so Judge Roberts for CJ Rehnquist keeps the Court even...all that needs to happen to move the Court to the Right is for O'Connor's new replacement to be less than a 1970's liberal feminist. I've named several above who all qualify.
Easily.
Roberts simply was helping out colleagues in his office just like they would help Roberts out in preparing for a big case.
There is no proof that Roberts would vote to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Many think he would consider it settled law.
Roberts has also been quoted as saying, "settled law depends to a degree on the bench on which you sit". As a circuit court judge, a Supreme Court ruling is settled law. Roberts is a devote Catholic whose wife is a pro-life activists. Outside of helping friends in a few cases, Roberts career has been devoted to conservative causes. To suggest he is just some liberal in hiding is a preposterous claim.
You have no idea whether Roberts will be as conservative as Rehnquist. No one can know.
No one is absolutely certain the sun will rise tomorrow either, but I am as confident in the sun rising as I am in Robert being a staunch conservative.