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July 20, 2005
Do we like this guy?
As most of you may now know, Judge John Roberts is the president's nomination for supreme court justice. He is being lauded as an excellent lawyer as well as acceptable to many Democrats.
Nevertheless, please allow me to read the tea leaves for a while. CNN has the transcript of the judge's nomination announcement. Judge Roberts says in closing:
And I also want to acknowledge my children, my daughter Josie, my son Jack, who remind me every day why it's so important for us to work to preserve the institutions of our democracy.
Is this a subtle indication that Roberts wants to act like a social conservative to nip gay marriage in the bud? Is it a signal that more generally he wants to advance a conservative social agenda? Or does the guy just mean that the happiness of his family reminds him of the government that makes it possible, without any specific intent to deal with any particular issue? The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal both seem to not pay any particular attention to this comment, so maybe I'm chasing shadows.
Posted by OneEyedMan at July 20, 2005 1:25 PM
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