Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Bush Chooses John Roberts for Supreme Crt

So, Bush picked John Roberts as the Supreme Crt nominee to make his uber-conservative court wetdream come true. The People for the American Way have an amazing PDF on Roberts. Check it out. Okay, so what do we know about Roberts & his rulings? 1) He was a Bush/ Cheney lawyer for the 2000 FL recount. 2) He worked for Ken Starr- ya know- the guy who routed out all the sex details on Clinton & Monica & spent millions to do so 3) School sponsered prayer at public school graduations poses no church/ state problems because students who don't like it can just stay home from their graduations. 4) Congress can ban flag-burning w/out a freedom of expression problem because bans don't prohibit the expression of burning the flag - they just remove the flag as the prop which is to be burned. 5) Arresting minors for crimes for which adults are given citations poses no equal protection challenge because minors are more likely to lie. 6) On women's choice, Roberts authored a govt brief in Rust vs Sullivan that Roe "was wrongly decided and should be overturned." 7) Roberts is a card carrying member of the Federalist Society. This bodes negatively for our future ability to use the courts to hold corporations accountable for their actions. Please consider this: John Roberts is 50 yrs young. Chief Justice Rehnquist is 81 yrs old. How old will you & your kids be in 31 yrs? Can we live w/Roberts' decisions for the next 31 yrs?
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