The Roberts nomination is all about a trust issue for the President — why should we trust George Bush when he says that John Roberts is the most qualified man to become the next Supreme Court justice? Bush has lied over and over again. Now, he expects us to trust him blindly to know what’s good for our country.
Bush lied about the Niger-Iraq Uranium connection and looked the other way as Karl Rove committed treason by outing Valerie Plame, wife of the US diplomat and American hero Joe Wilson. Bush actively conspired with others to fix the facts around the case for War in Iraq. Therefore, the burden of proof should be on Judge Roberts to show us he is the best man for the job.
From what we can tell, Judge Roberts has been a partisan hack all his life. He has said in the past that Roe was a bad decision for the country and that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to Al-Qaeda suspects.
His defenders may argue that what he said as a lawyer and how he would rule as a judge are two different things, and that he had pledged to uphold the rule of law as a judge. Fine, then. Let him give a detailed accounting of his views on Brown, Roe, Griswold, Title IX, gay rights, school prayer, and other controversial legal issues so we can determine for ourselves how well qualified he is to serve on the Supreme Court.
The most troubling thing about Judge Roberts is that Emperor Dobson and his ilk are already singing the praises of Roberts and demanding that Bill Frist invoke the nuclear option if the Democrats filibuster him. If that happens, all government business will shut down, and there will be a massive public outcry against the GOP’s abuse of power.
Judge Roberts has had hardly any experience on the judicial bench. Therefore, we have no way of knowing how he will rule on critical situations. George Bush expects us to just trust him to pick the right man and go back to watching to see who the next blonde is that gets kidnapped.
But George Bush has forfeited that trust a long time ago. As long as he continues to employ Karl Rove, there is no way he can earn it back.