Below The Beltway

The onslaught against the nomination of Judge John Roberts to the Supreme Court has started. Yesterday, NARAL began an ad campaign that claims that Roberts supports abortion clinic bombers.
Reality, of course, is different:
The ad, sponsored by NARAL Pro-Choice America, focuses on Roberts’s role in a case involving whether a 19th-century anti-Ku Klux Klan statute could [...]

The NY Times is apparently investigating the records surrounding the adoption of Judge John Roberts’ two children. This is really despicable. It was bad enough when, in 1986, reporters were looking into Robert Bork’s video rentals but to involve the man’s children in a witch hunt is beyond contempt.
Of course, this does come from Drudge [...]

Its early in the process, but so far, I’m liking what I hear from Judge John Roberts
“When the other branches of government exceed their constitutionally-mandated limits, the courts can act to confine them to the proper bounds. It is judicial self-restraint, however, that confines judges to their proper constitutional responsibilities.”
Exactly. Too often, both sides [...]

Something tells me, though, that if the word “Catholic” in the headline to this story were to be replaced with the name of virtually any other religious or ethnic group, the protests would’ve already started.
I’m not going to call it anti-Catholic bigotry, but some have and I can’t say the conclusion is absurd.
Update: Link to [...]

So who is this guy John Roberts really ? Much like Vodapundit, I have absolutely no idea.
The last time a President named Bush nominated a stealth candidate with a minimal record, we ended up with a guy named David Souter.

The usual sources are reporting that President Bush will nominate John Roberts, Jr. from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court. I know nothing about this guy but the reports seem to indicate he would fit right in with the conservative wing of the Court.
I have a [...]