What do you guys think of this Judge Roberts?

[Boats]

I kinda like him. Not because he's young but because he's so damn good. No notes and he has a good demeanor about the law and what it stands for. I don't' know why the Democrat's want this guy out.

Ya know Congress makes the law not him. He just interrupts the law they give him.

Your thoughts.

[Chas H]

We certainly could do worse.
I was impressed by his comment that one of our most important freedoms is to be left alone by the g'ment.
The Democrats don't want this guy out "some Democrats" do and so do some Republicans.

[Boats]

I'm sure your right but the ACL and others sure want him out and I don't know why? I guess we will know Thursday unless they have a filibuster - which means he'd need 60 votes to be confirmed. Right now all he needs is 51 the majority from what I've been hearing.

[melody1181]

Teh democrats want him out just because Bush nominated him....that simple. They don't stop to think what kind of a judge he would be.

I was a little iffy on him in the beggining mainly because I didn't know much about him. After learning more I think he will do fine. To bad some of the idiots in there already can't be replaced. The Supreme Court seems to me to be way to liberal.

[SuperScout]

Maybe it was a Freudian slip, but I too wish more laws were 'interrupted'!

Judge Roberts is opposed by that same group of people who condoned the seizure of private property by other private citizens. He, like many other constitutional experts, cannot find the so-called privacy rights around which the abortion decions was reached. Judge Roberts would not deem it a wonderful thing to outlaw the words, "... one Nation, under God...." from the Pledge of Allegiance, nor would he countenance a lawsuit that would strike "In God we Trust" from our money. What the liberals can't stand is for a justice to actually use the U.S. Constitution as the basis from which judicial decisions are based, instead of what some bizarre and obscure ruling from a court in Zimbawe.

He will be confirmed overwhelmingly by the United States Senate, and will make an outstanding chief justice of the Supreme Court.

[Seascamp]

If I need my truck fixed, I?ll probably not take it to a wrecking yard where there are guys with cutting torches and a squish machine lurking about. And so it is with the interpretation of the law. If we want freestyle, Bull Durham, make it up as ya go, screw the legislatures, screw the Constitution, screw the voters type of Supreme Court Judges, then Judge Roberts is very definitely a bad choice. But, on the other hand, Judge Roberts is a good choice if there is a desire for ethical, logical and scholarly respect for the law.

Let?s see, decisions, decisions. Which appears to be the best course of action? Maybe the best thing to do, as always, is watch what TJ and Boss Tweed Teddy do and do the exact opposite. That is usually a winner.

Scamp

[Boats]

Bidden and Kennedy were really fixated on making their points rather then understand the reasons the Judge couldn't make a personal gesture. He has to remain neutral at all times or stand down from any judgment's as a conflict of interest would take precedence.

[Jerry D]

I say he should be confirmed too

I like the fact he didn't play politics with the dems or reps on the board. I like the fact that he said "If the law says the little guy wins, then little guy wins. If the law says the big guy wins, then the big guy wins". Means he believes in what the law says, not what people want him to say. Confirm him.

[Boats]

What I am finding out is that I'm not alone in my thinking. I appreciate all the feedback on this after all this guy will be in office long after I become dust.