Bush makes a smart choice for his Supreme Court nomination in John Roberts.



Do I know enough about either Roberts or the law to comment - not really.

That being said, the fact that the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to place him on the DC Circuit Court not too long ago by a vote of 16-3 (Link is to people that don't like him much) may make it more deifficult for Senate Democrats to vote as a bloc against him.

A short bio from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit website:

Judge Roberts was confirmed by the Senate to a judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on May 8, 2003, and sworn in on June 2 by Chief Justice Rehnquist. Judge Roberts graduated from Harvard College in 1976, and received his law degree in 1979 from Harvard Law School. Following graduation from law school, he served as law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the following year to then-Associate Justice Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States. Judge Roberts served as Special Assistant to United States Attorney General William French Smith from 1981 to 1982 and Associate Counsel to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1986. He then joined Hogan & Hartson where he developed a civil litigation practice, with an emphasis on appellate matters. From 1989 to 1993 he served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States. He returned to Hogan & Hartson in 1993. At the time of his confirmation, Judge Roberts was the senior partner in charge of Hogan & Hartson's appellate practice. He is a member of the American Law Institute and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.

NARAL is already asking for donations on their home page to defeat the nomination less than 10 minutes after the nomination was made.

Another briefing document against the nomination.

At least Powerline is over the moon. Lots of good stuff here.