Thursday, September 15, 2005
Golden Boy
Andrew “Dr. Natural” Weil has said that if you want to keep your health don't read the newspaper. Roberts' confirmation hearings could be the exception; the hearings are interesting without being irritating.
If there has ever been a public figure who has received better press than John Roberts, across the board, I can't remember it. This man who always has the modifier “very bright” attached to his name, seems in the hearings prior to his sure confirmation, to live up to the glowing publicity. A quiet spoken, decent, reasonable, and yes, very bright individual — boy oh boy, do we as a country need someone like that to run the Supreme Court. If Roberts delivers as a reasonable gradualist, the benevolent glow of these hearings will aid this country — even if Roberts is more conservative than I would like. I mean he is being nominated by Bush, and it could have been much much worse.
Here is Jan Crawford Greenburg speaking about Roberts @ Lehrer:
[Roberts]…solidified his reputation as one of the finest lawyers to appear of his generation before the Supreme Court. People would say that it was just a joy to watch him stand there before the Justices and make his presentation [to] the Justices. And I've seen him argue many times… [The Justices are] clearly so engaged in his argument, so respectful of his views and insight, really pressing him on the legal issues to see his analysis and explanation of the law.