Courtin' the Left and Right: [Chief Justice] Roberts Scare Seizes the Trail

The Washington Post ^ | August 2, 2007 | Peter Baker

[2ndDivisionVet]

After calling John G. Roberts Jr. two years ago last month to ask him to serve on the Supreme Court, President Bush hung up and told aides, "I just offered the job to a great, smart, 50-year-old lawyer." The emphasis, of course, was on "50-year-old" -- Bush's way of saying he had just made a choice that would help shape the Supreme Court for three or four decades to come. Or so he thought.

Roberts's seizure during a Maine vacation this week may not mean anything in terms of his longevity on the court but it certainly offered a reminder that anything can happen at anytime. If there were a sudden, unexpected vacancy -- and remember, Roberts is the young whelp compared to his brethren, ranging in age up to John Paul Stevens at 87 -- it would transform not only the Bush presidency but the campaign to succeed him. And even if not, the Roberts health scare pointed out again the stakes in 2008 with the future of the court on the line.

After all, the court term that ended this summer was the first full session featuring both Roberts and Samuel A. Alito Jr., Bush's other appointee, and the shift to the right has been notable on issues ranging from gender discrimination to desegregation to partial-birth abortion, thrilling conservatives and alarming liberals. An increasing number of Americans worry that the court is going too far to the right in the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll -- 31 percent compared to 19 percent in July 2005 when Roberts was first nominated. The proportion that thinks the court is generally balanced in its decisions has fallen from 55 percent to 47 percent in that time period.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Libtards are such ghouls, and such sore losers. If Mitt Romney would supposedly appoint justices like Roberts and Alito, can you imagine who we'd get from Duncan Hunter or Fred Thompson? Looks like Hillary will go deep into the 9th Circus to nominate justices, which should surprise no one!

[yldstrk]

God. It is all up to God.

[traditional1]

"the court is going too far to the right in the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll"

Sure....and the Hildabeast will nominate such intellectual giants and legal moderates as:

Lanny Davis

Janet Reno

David Kendall

John Podesta, etc.

That certainly will "moderate" judicial activism, alright.

[ishabibble]

>>the court is going too far to the right in the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll”<<

I did a search on the WaPo site and could not find this poll. What are the numbers and demographics, EXACTLY?

LIARS. STUPID POMPOUS LIARS.

[EQAndyBuzz]

My bet is that 75% of the American public cannot name 6 of the 9 Justices. And I bet the ones that do will name Roberts, Alito, Scalia and Thomas.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Sure....and the Hildabeast will nominate such intellectual giants and legal moderates as:”

Don’t forget Fitzy.

[PEACE ENFORCER]

“Not a single person voted for me. If you don’t like what I do, it’s kind of too bad,” he said. “I’m not there to make judgments based on my personal policy positions.”
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John Roberts on recent poll regarding the SCOTUS since January 07.
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