I have't been able to find out where most of the potential nominees stood on the Second Ammendment. Anyone know where Roberts stands?
From what I gather, he is very pro-Constitution.
Good point! I definately want to know too!
From the looks of him on the other issues, it is difficult to imagine that he fell off the map on that one.
Only thing I saw was one high road post that was negative on guns, and that poster wasn't sure if it was that particular judge.
On a positive note, the Alliance for Justice hate his guts, and they are radical gun grabbers.
If he is a Constitutionalist as some have said on this thread then he recognizes the right to keep and bear arms.
To the individual that asserts that Roberts is a constitutionalist, I point to this opinion which has been quoted several times in the threads...
Criminal Law Joined a unanimous opinion ruling that a police officer who searched the trunk of a car without saying that he was looking for evidence of a crime (the standard for constitutionality) still conducted the search legally, because there was a reasonable basis to think contraband was in the trunk, regardless of whether the officer was thinking in those terms. (U.S. v. Brown, 2004)
It seems to me that this opinion is broadly inappropriate, but moreover gives the lie to any notion that he can be expected to uphold the constitution without let or bias.
Whatever his integrity, the frame of reference which he places on his constitutional interpretations is critical, and as such I am dismayed that there does not yet appear to be stronger evidence of a pro-gun stance.
Keeping my fingers crossed...