Another Bush monkey?

After a roaring good time of Trading Spouses last night, I was suddenly reminded of the great occasion occurring at 9PM. I scoffed when they showed a big head picture of Dubya floating across the screen. I chuckled when he misread his own speech. But I was ominously astounded when he announced his Supreme Court nominee: John Roberts.

I waited till this morning to read up on him a little. He seems like a giant punch in the face to any non-conservative person in the world. Technically, his strategic defensive against liberal accusations has been, "I was only representing my client." Well, that's not alarming at all. Proven to be a solid back up to the agenda of the Bush administration (his client), we're looking at another bonafide chimp in another branch of the government that Mr. President the Chimp King can manipulate.

Obviously, Bush is a very shrewd man who is not very good at covering up his own tracks (which maybe makes him not shrewd at all, but shut up). He wants to dominate the government and turn America into Bushland, and he's doing a fine job of it. With the fiery ideology war, it's pretty easy to sway even the levelheaded conservatives into electing a Bush monkey.

It wouldn't be so bad if Bush made good decisions that were effective or at least relevant to the welfare of the country. Why would we give so much power to an outright numbskulled individual? That's what I want to know.

Besides that, Roberts doesn't seem like such a horrible guy. He's pretty funny. He seems pretty decent. I hope this is his clever plot to hang on to Bush's every word so he could get on the Supreme Court, and then make some kick-ass decisions which Bush never suspected would happen (meanwhile overriding all the dumbassedness of the executive branch). Actually, he's like a mystery wrapped in an enigma. He seems to have that mercenary quality that good lawyers possess. So what the hell?

Some excerpts:

Abortion rights groups say Roberts in a 1991 case tried to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision legalizing abortion, during his days as a lawyer in the administration of President George H.W. Bush. Roberts helped write a brief that stated, "We continue to believe that Roe was wrongly decided and should be overruled."

Pressed during his 2003 confirmation hearing for the appeals court for his own views on the matter, Roberts said: "Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land. ... There's nothing in my personal views that would prevent me from fully and faithfully applying that precedent."

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Roberts issued a dissent in a preliminary decision against the Bush administration's efforts to keep secret records of Cheney's energy task force. Roberts was in the minority when the court voted 5-3 to deny the Bush administration's request for a rehearing. However, the Supreme Court upheld the administration position on a 7-2 vote and the appeals court subsequently implemented the Supreme Court decision with an 8-0 vote.

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As a private lawyer, the Buffalo, New York, native represented Toyota at the Supreme Court, winning limits on disabled workers' claims.

He also joined in a decision last year to throw out a $959 million judgment for U.S. prisoners of war who say they were tortured by the Iraqi military during the 1991 Gulf War, ruling that Congress never authorized such lawsuits against foreign governments.

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At the appeals court, he won hearings for welfare recipients whose benefits had been terminated.

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To liberals' dismay, Roberts issued a dissent in a case involving the constitutionality of the Endangered Species Act. The group People for the American Way said Roberts' dissent indicated he may be ready to join the ranks of right-wing conservative judges who seek to severely limit congressional authority to protect the environment.

SAVE THE PANDAS!!

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As an example, Strauss pointed to a brief Roberts wrote stating public high schools can include religious ceremonies in their graduation programs, a view the Supreme Court rejected. Roberts authored the brief while working with the solicitor general's office, under Kenneth Starr, on behalf of the first Bush administration.

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Will someone tell me what the "French-fry" case is all about?