# Judge John Roberts: Partisan Hack **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 20, 2005, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265 "2005-07-20T08:37:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/201 "2005-07-25T13:06:44Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > He didn’t figure all the Angles. What’s up with jute? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/202 "2005-07-25T13:55:58Z")
> [@furt](#): > > What’s up with jute? And once again **elucidator** gets off scot-free. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/203 "2005-07-25T14:04:09Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > And once again **elucidator** gets off scot-free. Only if one doesn’t wish to nit-pict… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/204 "2005-07-25T14:07:29Z")
:: Wales at pun :: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/205 "2005-07-25T14:12:15Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > :: Wales at pun :: Okay, the humor in this thread is starting to get really cornish… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/206 "2005-07-25T14:20:36Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Okay, the humor in this thread is starting to get really cornish… But I’m viking it! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/207 "2005-07-25T14:36:11Z")
This is quite beneath me, and I will not Dane to respond. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/208 "2005-07-25T15:30:23Z")
You guys are just having a Gael time. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/209 "2005-07-25T15:37:55Z")
There’s Norway I can put up with this. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/210 "2005-07-25T16:46:55Z")
Heh. Isle Wight you out. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/211 "2005-07-25T17:26:10Z")
With all these puns I worry that the mods will Finnish this thread. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/212 "2005-07-25T17:30:15Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > With all these puns I worry that the mods will Finnish this thread. Don’t worry. They’re Lapping it up… ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/213 "2005-07-25T17:47:29Z")
Certainly, they’re not Russian to close it. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/214 "2005-07-25T18:15:58Z")
If they were merciful, they would have Celt it by now… ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/215 "2005-07-25T18:18:09Z")
Back on post #49, **ArchiveGuy** , quoted Jeffrey Rosen as saying that Roberts was “against broad protections of personal property rights”. This is a much bigger red flag for me than anything he may have to say about abortion. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/216 "2005-07-25T18:43:35Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > If they were merciful, they would have Celt it by now… Merciful? Who needs Merseyful in the Pit? Just suck it up, you Eirehead. Are you a Manx or a Meuse? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/217 "2005-07-25T18:45:17Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Back on post #49, **ArchiveGuy** , quoted Jeffrey Rosen as saying that Roberts was “against broad protections of personal property rights”. This is a much bigger red flag for me than anything he may have to say about abortion. Indeed, I’d like to know more about the context of that observation, in what fields of law precisely Roberts believes that, or is it a broad principle? Of course, it’s not the sort of thing that makes for good soundbites. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/218 "2005-08-05T00:36:20Z")
However, this does make for good soundbites: > [@](#): > > But the Los Angeles Times is telling us something about Roberts we might not have expected: As a private lawyer, Roberts “worked behind the scenes for gay rights activists, and his legal expertise helped them persuade the Supreme Court to issue a landmark 1996 ruling protecting people from discrimination because of their sexual orientation.” > > Roberts didn’t write the briefs or appear at oral arguments in Romer v. Evans, the 1996 case in which a divided Supreme Court struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment that effectively prohibited the state or its political subdivisions from passing laws protecting gay men and lesbians from discrimination. But according to several lawyers who were involved in the case, Roberts was instrumental in reviewing filings and helping other lawyers prepare for oral arguments, the Times says. > > Roberts didn’t mention the gay rights case in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing he completed earlier this week, and the Times doesn’t say how it first learned of his work for the cause. Over at the Washington Monthly, Kevin Drum wonders how the story came to be. Did a supporter plant the story in order to placate liberals who fear that Roberts is another Scalia? Or did an opponent drop the dime to strike fear in Christianists who fear Roberts is another David Souter? This should be interesting… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/219 "2005-08-05T02:40:22Z")
Interesting indeed! Still more reason why the Democrats should think long and hard before deciding to oppose this nomination. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265/220 "2005-08-05T02:42:13Z")
Cripes, maybe they’re afraid of the Republicans! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-john-roberts-partisan-hack/313265.md?page=10)