For conservatives, the question: Who is John Roberts?

Washington Examiner ^ | July 2, 2012 | Byron York

[robowombat]

Note the following :

In the confirmation process, it emerged that Roberts, as a private attorney, had done pro bono work for Lambda Legal, the gay advocacy group that was fighting what became a key homosexual rights case, Romer v. Evans.

Roberts also troubled some conservatives by the positions he argued on behalf of plaintiffs in the giant antitrust case against Microsoft.

And while it was at first reported that Roberts had been a member of the Federalist Society -- standard procedure for conservative lawyers -- it turned out he had never, in fact, joined the group.

Roberts and his supporters -- among them Steve Schmidt, the operative chosen by the Bush White House to shepherd Roberts' nomination through the Senate before later going on to run John McCain's presidential campaign -- argued that Roberts was simply working as a lawyer, representing his clients as best he could, and his work didn't say anything about his judicial philosophy.

Any time that fat POS Steve Schmidt is connected with some one you know a trojan horse operation is underway.

[dps.inspect]

to the point... He’s a Dick Head...

[Republican Wildcat]

Not who we hoped he was, that’s for sure.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Roberts is not a “Machiavellian genius.” Roberts is a moral degenerate lifetime Washington D.C. politico, who is well known in the beltway to be borderline obsessed with his image. In other words, Chief Justice John Roberts emotionally operates on the same level as the average twelve year old girl, and just sold out not just the Republic, the Constitution and the entire American populace, but really the entire planet, because now that the United States is no more, the forces of evil will run absolutely rampant over the rest of the planet. And Roberts did it so that a bunch of coke-snorting sodomites and psychopaths in Georgetown will pretend to like him – for about five minutes. --Ann Barnhardt

[Perdogg]

Did he actually do the work, or did the firm he where he was an associate or partner?

[Williams]

In short, he was a typical privileged big firm attorney, the epitome of greedy cowardice and mush melon thinking.

[Williams]

Bingo!

[MattinNJ]

Powerful and true.

[MassExodus]

John Roberts is a complete and total D-Bag....

[hinckley buzzard]

while it was at first reported that Roberts had been a member of the Federalist Society -- standard procedure for conservative lawyers -- it turned out he had never, in fact, joined the group

I read this just the other day--some people still believe it. But his allowing the mis-impression to stand, and to be reported repeatedly without setting the record straight, as a public figure, is highly unethical.

On this alone, it turns out that John Roberts is an opportunistic piece if shit, and that's apparently all that he is. Figures that the McCainiacs and Bushies would love his slimey ass..

[nhwingut]

Reminds me of that Tom Brokaw and Charlie Rose skit Rush always plays... What do we really know about Barack Obama....

We knew nothing about Roberts. And he is going to the Chief Justice for the next 20 years, a true swing vote who could easily become a solid lib.

[donna]

Probably blackmail.

That’s the best explanation.

[mongo141]

SOCIALIST and Traitor!

[tflabo]

Behold thou disHonorable misChief inJustice John Robs US.

[EGPWS]

Going by Byron York's write up Roberts has a conservative background almost as impressive as Mitt Romney's.

[2nd Amendment]

George Washington caught him planning on turning West Point over to the lobsterbacks.

[SpaceBar]

I don’t buy the blackmail theory. If that were the case, he could simply call an impromptu press conference, and say the following “Hello, I’m supreme court justice John Roberts. You probably wouldn’t know me if you passed me on the street, but today I received death threats from the White House if I ruled against their wishes...”, and then detail the nature of the threats. It would be on Drudge and all the newswires within minutes, and the jig would be up.

[scram2]

Why does any of this matter NOW? There are no elections for this position. He will be on the court until he retires or dies so why bother discussing him and his supposed motivations, allegiances and political bent?

[alloysteel]

Now either John Roberts has just pulled the greatest “rope-a-dope” maneuver ever on the Left in this country, or he has pulled down the entire edifice of the “government of laws, not of men”, like the blind Samson in the temple.

History is not in its final draft on the day it is written, and this may play out in ways nobody has yet considered.

But however it goes, got to be interesting to watch. If your heart does not stop first.

[Sudetenland]

This is what happens when you buy a pig in a poke.