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| quote: | Originally posted by occrider
Souter was nominated by GHW Bush ... these sumpreme court justices sometimes work out in mysterious ways. |
Earl Warren and William Brennan were nominated by Eisenhower, and they turned out to be quite liberal. Byron White was nominated by Kennedy and he dissented in Roe Vs. Wade and also wrote the majority opinion upholding Bowers Vs. Hardwick (in other words he was very conservative).
Speaking of O'Connor, she originally joined the majority in Bowers Vs Hardwick, and overruled herself some years later in Lawrence V Texas.
So yeah, there's nothing to flame because nobody knows what Roberts will be like on the court, but I would not expect Judge Roberts to be any less conservative than say Anthony Kennedy.
| quote: | Originally posted by Vlad
The only thing that suprises me is not that he got confirmed, but that they gave him the seat of Chief Justice, instead of making him a regular ole Justice, considering his age. |
It doesn't surprise me at all.
Historically Chief Justices have been picked from outside the court instead of elevated from within the court like Rehnquist was.
Antonin Scalia has neither the personality nor the temperament to be chief justice (plus he's quite old), and Clarence Thomas lacks the intellect.
Roberts, from Bush's perspective was a no brainer for Chief.
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Last edited by DaveSZ on Sep-29-2005 at 23:26
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