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Mon Aug-01-05 11:38 AM
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what's the worst thing we've learned about John Roberts? |
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A centrist Democrat is asking me to tell her what's bad about Roberts. She thinks he's a brilliant choice. So I thought I'd give her a list of the bad things about him. She's not impressed with the news that he lied about belonging to the Federalist Society.
Got anything? I just sent her the Civil Rights article for starters.
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Mon Aug-01-05 11:41 AM
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1. His haircut tells you everything you need to know. |
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Perfect republican-neocon-fundie clone.
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Mon Aug-01-05 11:43 AM
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He could easily be the deciding vote in overturning Roe v. Wade. He could easily be the deciding vote on opposing campaign finance reform. He has expressed doubt that Federal authority extends to protecting endanged species and can easily be the deciding vote in restricting all sorts of environmental laws. Have you said your state-approved prayers today? He could decide that too.
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Mon Aug-01-05 11:43 AM
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3. Why he's a brilliant choice |
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There is virtually nothing on record about him. Most of what we do have is similarly elusive -- legal speculations, position papers written for someone else, and academic matter.
In addition, chances are he won't be all that radical a conservative, which means that apologist historians will have an opportunity to use the Roberts appointment as "evidence" of Bush's keen political acumen.
--p!
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Mon Aug-01-05 11:45 AM
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He has ruled in favor of corporate interests over the individual in all cases where he either argued, voted, or wrote opinions.
He has made statements that indicate that he is a strict constructionist, and would like to see anything that is not specifically stated in the Constitution overturned. That not only means Roe, but Brown v Board and who knows how many other decisions.
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Mon Aug-01-05 11:45 AM
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5. His work with Reagan to redefine the limits of the 1965 Voting |
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Mon Aug-01-05 11:47 AM
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6. Two good links of links |
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Mon Aug-01-05 11:48 AM
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7. He's a conservative, what did we expect? IMHO we shouldn't waste......... |
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the political capital in fighting this one. The next one is bound to be evil incarnate.
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Mon Aug-01-05 11:52 AM
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8. There's a lot of stuff in his Dkospedia page. |
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Mon Aug-01-05 11:59 AM
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9. involvement in 2000 recount - secreting Solicitor General Memos |
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Edited on Mon Aug-01-05 12:06 PM by dajoki
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