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His thesis, 166 pages of terse prose and measured arguments, traces the rise and decline of the Liberal Party. His analysis is decidedly ambiguous.
That's a good sign. Being ambiguous is not always being wishy-washy. Sometimes it means the person is careful to weigh all sides of an issue. It may also mean they see both sides of the coin, both the pluses and the minuses.
We showed long excerpts of Roberts's thesis to Boston College Professor of History James Cronin, also an affiliate of the Center for European Studies at Harvard where he co-chairs the British Study Group. “For a B.A. thesis," he told us, "this is an impressive piece of work—it is well-written and quite thoughtfully argued and it appears that Roberts has done a good deal of research and has read the most recent literature. Roberts does not appear to be in any serious way an ideologue in this piece of work. He's fairly cynical and hard-headed, but not overtly ideological.
And that's a good sign. Justices are to not supposed to judge cases based on what their ideological beliefs are. They are there to interpret the laws and judge how cases line up with what is written in the Constitution.
But we all know that this won't be mentioned by the Four Knuckleheads. Boxer, Schumer, Leahy, and Kennedy. It paints Roberts as a fair thinking man in his youth.
What they want is a scandalous item, like him streaking across campus or a public intoxication arrest. They can look all they want, but they may not find anything. Because it may not be there. But rest assured if there is anything scandalous in his past, it will be found. The Democratic hacks are no doubt running 3 shifts a day, to find something.
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Yes, "the Four Knuckleheads. Boxer, Schumer, Leahy, and Kennedy" are going to oppose Roberts all the way.
From what I've learned so far, John Roberts is the kind of justice we need sitting on the Supreme Court. We need more Constitutional constructionists on the bench, NOT more legislating from the bench. The Kelo Decision was an outrage!
Roberts appears to be a great choice. I feared for a Gonzales pick. Bush has kept his word.
AOW,
The Kelo Decision has soured a lot of people. It is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice, in this nation's history.
We don't need anymore of those kinds of decisions or our rights will start flying out the window.
Mark,
It looks like Bush did his homework on this one. But, the Dems are running shifts to dig up dirt. So nothing is for sure, yet. And, it's not for lack of effort on their part.
To me, if they were going to find anything of any real consequence, they would have found it by now. If nothing comes up, the Dems will make it a ideological battle and that one they will lose.
You watch, the ones that oppose him will be nitpicking to the Nth degree. You will hear the damnedest excuses and reasonings. It will set a record.
Looking forward to it.
And I simply cannot imagine myself being in the presence of Teddy without asking ho Mary Jo is doing.
I hope he still has nightmares about it.
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