“John G. Roberts Jr. enjoys a staunchly conservative record and impeccable legal credentials. Add his apparently mild manner, his many friends in high places on both sides of the aisle, and his scant public paper trail, and it is likely he will win confirmation easily.
The real question is how he will interpret the Constitution once he is Justice Roberts.
While he denies adhering to any particular philosophy, we know President Bush pledged to nominate a justice who will follow ‘strict construction.’ That signals ‘conservative,’ but it doesn’t tell us what type of conservative a Justice Roberts would be.”
– DU law professor Julie Nice
“The rights guaranteed by … the Constitution, are being stolen away little by little by a few black- robed vigilantes: liberal justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. … President Bush has taken an important step toward reversing that trend. He has nominated federal Judge John G. Roberts Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court. …
Liberal justices have moved the country’s laws away from the literal content of the Constitution for far too long. We have the chance to reverse that trend. This is the first Supreme Court vacancy in more than a decade, and Roberts is only 50 years old. If he gets a seat on the court, he will likely impact American legal tradition for generations to come.”
– Focus on the Family manager Carrie Gordon Earll
