I figured it was time he got his own thread, divorced from the news of Sandra Day O'Connor's resignation and strange, baseless allegations concerning his penchant for cruising men's toilets.
It was
announced a couple of days ago that his confirmation hearings will begin Tuesday, September 6, so both sides have about a month to maneuver themselves into position.
I recall from John Ashcroft's hearings in 2001 that just about every piece of information about his past that appeared on the internet days before he sat down in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee surfaced in one of the panel member's questions, and there's no reason to believe that Roberts's experience will be much different.
Here is the
Senate Committee on the Judiciary's current membership.
There are some real entertainers on the dais, especially on the Democrat side, particularly Kennedy and Schumer. On the Republican side, the most penetrating questioner is Arlen Specter, while Jeff Sessions, as usual, can be expected to provide Roberts with a comfortable fellating.
Some more history and commentary on Judge Roberts:
John Roberts's Other Papers: Portrait of the judge as an undergraduate
Documents Show Roberts Influence In Reagan Era
Gross Distortions:The media on John Roberts’s civil-rights record
White House Memos Offer Opinions on Supreme Court
Finally, from today's
New York Times, a handy interactive feature that provides links to Roberts's 49 opinions as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, arranged by date or subject:
Changes at the U.S. Supreme Court