Roberts 'Played' for Playboy in SCOTUS Case

Human Events Online ^ | August 11, 2005 | Robert Bluey

[hinterlander]

Supreme Court nominee Judge John Roberts, while serving as the head of Hogan & Hartson’s appellate division, spent about a dozen hours working on behalf of Playboy Entertainment Group in a case before the Supreme Court in 1999, his former colleague told HUMAN EVENTS.

[WestTexasWend]

Well, he just picked up Kennedy & Dodds votes...

[Peach]

Actually that's a very good point. And one of the few things I've seen on this forum that makes me wonder about him.

But, as a private firm attorney, what was his obligation to help a client who came to him, regardless of his personal feelings?

[highball]

I don't think that if Scalia were a private attorney he would have helped Playboy in any way at all.

I don't know about that. Attorneys are hired gunslingers - they fight for their clients. Even if their clients don't believe exactly what they believe.

If an attorney is going to be successful, at some point in his career he's going to work for people he wouldn't necessarily invite into his home.

[Larry Lucido]

I have a standing offer to provide pro-bono work for any Playmate with any legal problem. If it affects my future confirmability to SCOTUS, well, so be it.

[Mo1]

Can you hear that scrapping noise at the bottom of the barrel ??

[NathanBookman]

Any pics of his "clients"?

[TheBigB]

Huh-huh, huh-huh...you said "bone-o." :)

[MEG33]

LOL!

[hinterlander]

Why do some conservatives take delight in eating their own young?

Is it "eating the young" or "preserving the young"?

Roberts was working to assist his law firm to allow Playboy's images to be seen by kids.

(From the full article: "Playboy’s case challenged the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which required cable TV operators to scramble sexually explicit content or restrict the pornography to hours when children would be unlikely to view it. Playboy won the case, 5-4, much to the consternation of conservatives. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a biting dissent.")

Yes, parents should control what their kids are watching -- absolutely. And parents who think they have blocked porn from appearing on their TVs are exercising such control.

To say that conservatives who even dare to point out Roberts' affiliation with Playboy are wanting to "eat their own young" is a mischaracterization at best.

Many leading conservatives, Ann Coulter included, have doubted this man's conservative/constructionist credentials. This may be just another example of his lack of integrity. Whoring yourself out for your law firm does not make you a good lawyer/team player, it makes you a whore.

[hipaatwo]

Thanks for all the pings today. They are much appreciated. I've had a lousy day and haven't been able to respond to them but wanted to thank you. :)


As for this article..I'm sure my son would vote to have him on the Supreme Court now..LOL

[popdonnelly]

And Ruth Bader Ginsburg was chief counsel for the ACLU. Bet she never got involved in any controversial cases. At least, she was never asked about them.

[Scholastic]

The more we know. And the "conservative" excuse machine keeps on going.

[Paradox]

pro-bono

You'd help this guy?

[hinterlander]

a true conservative could have taken no other position

I'm assuming you mean a "true conservative" like Ginsburg, not Scalia???

[NeoCaveman]

Are we supposed to judge lawyers by their clients? If so then Souter is an uberconservative. Give me a break.

[verity]

lol

[misterrob]

You would have to really listen to the arguments presented to know all of the facts of the case. Bottom line is that we want someone who follows the Constitution, not their own personal agenda. He has shown in the past that he will defer to the legislature and not impose law from the bench.

Their are plenty of so called conservatives who gripe about it when liberals do it but cheer when the courts legislate in their favor.

[AliVeritas]

I mean really...just confirm him, it's getting really batty.

I had my slight doubts until the necrocrats started losing it...they played much better when they were going along...it made us nervous.

[AliVeritas]

I guess the direction they'll go with next is some bimbo he was allegedly sleeping with.

Sorry Gotti, Roberts will now be known as..."Teflon John".

[AliVeritas]

That would be the sign of a necrocrat...someone slid over from RINO to snuff.