Roberts, Roberts, Roberts
AMERICAblog is quickly putting together a compendium of all things John G. Roberts. A one-stop source of information and links for anything you might want to know about the new Supreme Court nominee, it includes this tidbit from The New York Times:
"The president is a man of his word," said Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian group. "He promised to nominate someone along the lines of a Scalia or a Thomas, and that is exactly what he has done."
The religious right is very happy with the choice. That can't be good for the rest of us.
posted by Doug @ 12:37 AM
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Strategy for moving forward on new Supreme Court justice -- One of my brothers is a staunchly conservative Christian who will proudly tell anyone who cares to ask that he is a One Issue Voter, and that issue is abortion. I have suggested to him that he could end up sacrificing other conservative causes in the name of his One Issue, but he remains resolute. So now it occurs to me -- maybe that's the way to go here. Maybe we should resign oursleves to the notion that W is going to get his pro-life person on the bench, and look for someone who will be a bit more reasonable on other issues -- make W and his people pay for their alliance with the Christian right. In other words, fulfill the very possibility I suggested to my brother. The only remaining problem is that I have no clue whether there is a suitable candidate out there, but the idea still offers me a little bit of cheer, and that may be the best we can do at this point.
I don't know if we should resign ourselves, but I agree that we'll have a pro-life, anti-choice court by the time W's through with it (in fact, I'm a little bit surprised that, well into the fifth year of the Bush administration, Roe v. Wade is still around as a topic of conversation). But what else can we trade for it? What would a pro-life judge who's moderate on other issues look like?
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