John Roberts

So he's the man of the hour, the new nominee. In the words of Dan Fielding, he want's to wear black satin and send people to jail. Roberts with so little judicial record that few people know what he actually thinks. Kim du Toit has some good remarks on the confirmation process:

My bet: the Senate CommunistsDemocrats will discover to their horror that this man once put three spoons of sugar in his coffee!* and will therefore tirelessly campaign against his nomination.

Here’s what the People For The CommunistAmerican Way had to say about Roberts. (I’ll save you from reading their tripe. Translation: he’s not a liberal, vote against him.)

*Mark my words: their actual reasons to oppose him will only be marginally less idiotic than the one I’ve used.

Sounds about right. Iowahawk has similar commentary.

UPDATE: Ann Coulter doesn't like him simply because he's fifty and still an unknown:

Finally, lets ponder the fact that Roberts has gone through 50 years on this planet without ever saying anything controversial. That’s just unnatural. It’s especially unnatural for someone who is smart and there’s no question but that Roberts is smart. If a smart and accomplished person goes this long without expressing an opinion, they'd better be pursuing the Miss America title.