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I was listening to the John Batchelor program late last night.

Batchelor was speaking to MSNBC reporter Tom Curry.

Curry spoke about a loud exchange between the very Conservative Congressman Trent Franks and John Roberts. Franks approached Roberts and slapped him on back, shook his hand, they spoke for a long time.

When asked by Curry, Franks stated that we go back a long time and share mutual friends in conservative circles.

If someone as conservative as Franks is pals with Roberts, why would anyone consider him another Kennedy, O'Conner or Souter.

Democrats do not like Roberts.

They know what Bush has handed them. A Teflon Bork.

“Judge John Roberts has proven himself to be a man of judicial fealty to the plain and timeless intent of the United States Constitution as written.”

Judicial fealty?

The question is, and tell me in plain, non-ambulance-chaser language...

Is he going to rule, eventually, that the 2nd Amendment, means what it says, is an INDIVIDUAL right, and is, as the amendment PLAINLY states - NOT to be infringed.

If we ever lose this right, the rest are sure to follow (but of course, not without a lot of freedom-robbing gun-grabbers dying).

By the way, does anyone know if gun-grabbing media-whore, Chuckie Schumer, or any other Senator (i.e., Feinswein), asked Judge Robert any questions related to the 2nd Amendment?

I am in Austin and have a good friend who is a professor at UT law school. He is moderately liberal. He told me Roberts is the liberals worst nightmare! He knows him and people very close to him, is is very conservative in the strict sense more a Thomas then Scalia, he said in philosophy. The difference is he is extremely likable and as an attorney very persuadable. He will not isolate Kennedy as Thomas and Scalia do, he will be a major force in bring the middle more to the right! This is the big problem from a liberal stand point. If Bush gets a conservative thru to take O'Connor's spot then Kennedy becomes the key vote going forward. Kennedy and Roberts are very close, which no one seems to be talking about! Roberts as Chief will be much more influential in moving the other Judges to the right, more than any other conservative Bush could have nominated I was told. Again, Roberts will be very conservative, not as sharp a writer as Scalia, he said he would be a split between Thomas and Rehnquist FWIW. He actually said he would be like this other famous conservative Judge who I have never heard of and cannot remember the name.

This just a FYI, but this person (liberal law prof)was very down on Monday and is a friend of the families, thinks that the court will be much different over next 20 years. He thinks Bush will name Jones next than will get to name one other judge before his term ends, his greatest fear nest would be M. Estrada, he said he is the most Conservative and brilliant candidate out there and being Hispanic the Republican could get him thru!