Bush to Nominate Roberts for Chief Justice

FoxNews ^ | Sept 5, 2005

[TomGuy]

Newsreaders on FoxNews just said a 'Senior administration spokesman' has said Bush plans to nominate Roberts for Chief Justice position.

[Darth Republican]

To paraphrase a line from 'The Godfather'...

"It's the smart move... 'W' was always smarter."

[Morgan in Denver]

I hope we're both right. The one complaint on Roberts is our not knowing for sure how conservative he is, as Ann Coulter and others have pointed out. Since I have no way of knowing one way or the other, I'll continue trusting Bush on making the best choice.

[Morgan in Denver]

Hope so. We all have a lot riding on the Bush choices for the court.

[Cinnamon]

I say good move. connor is still sitting... and Roberts is a good man. Libs have been working overtime to derail him... this will get interesting. Better to fill in Chief Justice position now and not move an aging connor only to have her retire when a democratic is in power.

[ConservativeDude]

"This is a BIG mistake he should have nominated Janice Rodges Brown to the chief spot or promoted Scalia or Thomas and put Rodgers in their spot.

I just don't trust Roberts enough for Chief Justice."

You got that right.

We all see the wisdom of this politically, the since on the domestic front SCOTUS is really the only thing that matters, taking the path of least resistance is not admirable. Putting people on SCOTUS is not about how cute and clever you can be in whizzing your confirmations through.

I think all the conservatives would feel much better were it not for Roberts gay pro bono work. As it stands right now, I feel that Roberts would probably be about the same as O'Connor, but definitely to the left of Rehnquist. This means that we have moved left, net, unless Roberts turns out to be a true originalist. But the gay thing makes a lot of us nervous.

[July 4th]

Two fights instead of three. A practical move.

[ConservativeDude]

"I hope we're both right. The one complaint on Roberts is our not knowing for sure how conservative he is, as Ann Coulter and others have pointed out. Since I have no way of knowing one way or the other, I'll continue trusting Bush on making the best choice."

In the absence of knowing one way or the other, there are a lot of us who do NOT trust GWB to make a truly conservative choice. That is sort of the rub here. That and the gay pro bono thing.

[Marysecretary]

I think so, too. Our christian school has a dress code (no tee shirts and jeans and always dress modestly) but I do wish they would have uniforms. In the long run, it's cheaper, and there's no poor vs. not so poor.

[GoBucks2002]

This might work for the short term, considering the Supremes go back in session in a month. Politically, it will move the court to the left. Bush needed Roberts to replace O’Connor, not Rehnquist. There is no way in heck that the Senate Republicans have the stomach to get a guy of Rehnquist’s conservatism through the confirmation process.

With a Roberts-for-Rehnquist swap, not only does he move the Court as a whole to the left, he moves the Chief Justice to the left as well.

Even moving Thomas or Scalia to CJ and getting another Roberts-type as an associate justice to go along with Roberts himself would have been better.

[Revel]

This is the pits. Someone who has not been proven as a SCJ should never be nominated for this job. This job needs to earned. If this guy turns out to be turn coat then we are going to be in really bad shape. His record is too wishy washy for this position.

[Soul Seeker]

Predicated only on the belief Roberts is not a strict constitutionalist.

Which others disagree with you on, including myself.

[Soul Seeker]

By your logic Rehnquist should never have been Chief Justice.

[AmishDude]

I wonder if O'Connor will retire now. She said she will resign when her replacement is confirmed.

Food for thought.

[HiJinx]

Bush is going to take the heat for not promoting from within.

That was my thought. I would have loved to see him nominate Clarence Thomas for Chief...

[GoBucks2002]

Predicated only on the belief Roberts is not a strict constitutionalist.

He is no Rehnquist, Scalia, or Thomas, that's for sure.

[Revel]

"Bush is going to take the heat for not promoting from within."

Actually I was watching CNN yesterday and commentators were almost foaming at the mouth in anticpation of this move. They seemed to like the idea. If that does not scare you then I don't know what will.

[PhiKapMom]

Good choice. When the whole story comes out (we heard it from Sen Inhofe), you will see why Coulter/Michael Reagan wrote what they wrote. Trust me, there was a reason and it worked. :)

[NatsFan]

As I said in another thread, it's definitely the politically sensible move to make to make one of the new judges CJ rather then Scalia or Thomas. Had he tried to promote Scalia or Thomas, he would be facing three politically tough confirmations rather then two, and you can be sure that on Scalia or Thomas the Dems would have claimed "extraordinary circumstances".

One nice thing about this pick is that since Roberts is so young, we'll have a conservative CJ for a long time.

[PhiKapMom]

You guys are flat out wrong! Maybe you shouldn't believe what the media has to say. You are all going to have egg on your faces when the facts come out with your comments.