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Fri, 22 Jul 2005
(Tue 7/26) Useful links at the NY Times: a career summary with links to Roberts's decisions and opinions.
(Mon 7/25) Yet more update: A NYTimes article about whether Roberts' writings as a Deputy Solicitor General are covered by attorney-client privilege. Let's remember that the Solicitor General's office exists to argue the Government's case, not the President's. The President has his own counsel, and Ken Starr said that even those lawyers were not covered by the attorney-client privilege, so long as they were employed by the government. This is why Clinton and other White House staff retained their own private attorneys during the Whitewater/Lewinsky probe. The idea that any principle resides behind the unwillingness to share opinions or briefs written by a Solicitor General or one of his deputies is laughable.
(Mon 7/25) Still more update: Read this. (subscription required, but here's the money quote):
Roberts was asked by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) what he would do if the law required a ruling that his church considers immoral. Roberts is a devout Catholic and is married to an ardent pro-life activist. The Catholic Church considers abortion to be a sin, and various church leaders have stated that government officials supporting abortion should be denied religious rites such as communion. (Pope Benedict XVI is often cited as holding this strict view of the merging of a person's faith and public duties).Renowned for his unflappable style in oral argument, Roberts appeared nonplused and, according to sources in the meeting, answered after a long pause that he would probably have to recuse himself.
It was the first unscripted answer in the most carefully scripted nomination in history. It was also the wrong answer.
So presumably he would either vote no on choice, gay rights, pornography, or anything else that matters to the Pope, or he wouldn't vote at all? Isn't he essentially saying here that his first allegiance is to the Church before the Constitution? I wonder how he feels about separation of church and state.
Via dKos.
More update: Media matters has been tracking several misuses of the media about Roberts. See especially this one about his comment that Roe v. Wade is "settled law."
Update: briefing memo from the Senate Judiciary Committee Majority staff.
Other links, mostly from dKos.
- dkosopedia
- John G Roberts's federal campaign contributions - Newsmeat
- The Supreme Court Shortlist - Slate magazine, Friday, July 1, 2005
- Opposition to the Confirmation of John G. Roberts to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (PDF) - Alliance for Justice
- The Record of John G. Roberts, Jr.: A Preliminary Report (PDF) - People for the American Way
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