[lit-ideas] was that a slap in the kisser?
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:03:36 -0700
Friends, I need your help. No doubt I missed some fundamental step in the
controversial issue of Bush's Supreme Court nominee, John Roberts. As I
recall, John Roberts's judicial career was rather scanty, and so Dems were
sending out petitions asking fellow Dems to file a request through FOIA to
let Congress and the little people see John Roberts's opinions.
Then, suddenly--or so it seems to me--John Roberts was no longer Bush's
nominee as Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement, but Bush's nominee for CHIEF
justice.
Am I mistaken in assuming that the chief justice is a more important and
traditionally more significant role that that of a regular ol' lifetime
bench-sitting Supreme Court justice? And am I mistaken in thinking that when
Bush upped the ante, he was slapping Congress in the face? ("You dare
question my nominees? Take THAT!")
Was this discussed anywhere? Suddenly, or so it seemed, my lefty legislative
connections stopped e-mailing me about that FOIA request. Instead, John
Roberts--shades of Tim Robbins' _Bob Roberts_--was voted in as chief justice
of the US Supreme Court. I keep looking for commentary by pundits, but nada.
Did I miss something? Is this all a joke?
Carol,
stymied in Fresno
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