Below The Beltway

It ain’t over till its over.
Well, in the case of the nomination of John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the United States, its over.
Consider this from David Broder in today’s Washington Post:
The question of whether Judge John Roberts is qualified to be chief justice of the United States has been rendered moot by his [...]

In today’s Opinion Journal, Manuel Miranda recounts disturbing but not surprising developments at the Roberts confirmation hearings.
While questioning John Roberts on Tuesday, Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter asked: “Would you say that your views are the same as those expressed by John Kennedy when he was a candidate, and he spoke to the Greater Houston [...]

Professor Ann Althouse is watching the Roberts confirmation hearings.
Patrick Leahy. I got my first out-loud laugh when Leahy just started reading the whole Preamble of the Constitution to Roberts. Then he kept saying “We the People” as many times as he could. Roberts has a really intense expression on his face ? shots of him [...]

I commented back on August 10th about the rather obvious anti-Catholic bigotry coming from some opposed to the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court.
Now, comes this article from today’s Washington Post about the role religion is likely to play in his upcoming confirmation hearings.
The degree to which Roberts’s religious beliefs may inform his [...]

That’s what the opponents of John Roberts’ nomination to the Supreme Court are doing now that its become apparent that there isn’t anything on his record that can credibly defeat his nomination.
The latest example comes from today’s Washington Post
When John G. Roberts Jr. prepared to ghostwrite an article for President Ronald Reagan a little over [...]

First came the news that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts helped attorneys trying to defeat an anti-gay rights referndum in Colorado now comes news that he also worked for Playboy on a Supreme Court case.
I’m not sure what any of this really means because, in both cases, Roberts was working as an advocate for a [...]

One more quote from the Washington Post story about John Roberts noted below:
In another development yesterday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) sent Roberts a letter warning that lawmakers are angry about the Supreme Court’s denigration of Congress and by actions that have trimmed congressional powers. He said he plans to question Roberts closely [...]