Honey, Scalia is the cream of the crop when it comes to Constitutional Law. That's one of the reasons Ann is suggesting he should've been nominated for Chief Justice. In addition, we know exactly what we're getting with him because of his prior rulings.
While Roberts appears to be a good man and extremely well versed in Constitutional Law, he is still an 'unknown commodity' --- much like Souter was at one time. We didn't get to see Souter's 'interpretation' of the Constitution until it was too late; he's now firmly ensconced in his lifetime appointment.
And BTW, just what do you have against Italians?
Mark Levin is the CREAM OF THE CROP, as far as knowing Constitutional law and knowing all about the SCOTUS is concerned, of Conservative punditry. Compared to him, Ann isn't even ready for the sandlot team! She is apparently unaware, as are you, that it is exceedingly rare, to the point of almost NEVER happening, that a justice is elevated, from within SCOTUS, to be the Chief Justice. And besides that, elevating Scalia to that post, would not only have raised a terrible stink, quite possibly would be stymied by the Senate, but would then have left open TWO places on SCOTUS, not one, to be filled by President Bush and we would have then been faced with THREE bloody fights in the Senate.
I beg to differ...just because Scalia has been there for a while, neither you, nor I or anyone else has any idea if being Chief Justice would change Scalia ore not. It still would be a crap shoot!
Roberts is one of THE best known nominees any president has EVER made to the SCOTUS! He clerked for Rehnquist, who, for all we know, was the one who told the president to put him up in the first place.
Roberts worked for President Reagan, he argued before the SCOTUS and won more of those cases, than any other lawyer, EVER, and we even know who his friends are! One of his oldest and BEST friends is LUTTIG,whom many here have yearned was the nominee.
I have NOTHING at all against Italians. But many you should ask Ann why she is so crazy to have an Italian Chief Justice and then, you might also want to ask her why it is that she has ignorantly left out the salient fact that Reagan also put Kennedy on the court and ignores the fact that President Bush the elder gave us Thomas, whom she implies was a Reagan nominee.