A momentous occasion

<<joining in on the applause>>

I think his teeth are capped with gemstones.  A "Cadillac Grill" as they say in the hood.  He doesn't want people to get the wrong idea...

I was thinking of going with titanium.

<<laughing out loud>>

So you're afraid of my avatar?  You should be.....mwuaaahaha (evil laugh).

Renee, sorry about the potential hijack, but Oipolloi, just what the hell is that thing?

By the way, regarding John Roberts confirmation, agreed - it is a rather momentous occasion.  Though what may come next could be a firestorm, what kind of Supreme Court Justice should POTUS nominate next?  Do you think that he'll see this as his chance to leave his mark on how the Constitution will be interpreted for years (decades?) to come and nominate an idealogue from the right, or will he play nice and nominate someone similar in thought to Justice O'Connor?

Just curious -

Steve

When I first saw it and asked me about and didn't get a repsonse, I had to PM him.  I agree- I think it's freaky, andalmost reminds me of slug- never seen anything like it!  Anyways, he told me google it- lol!  Still haven't done my research yet, but when I do I'll post everything I learned.  Hyjack over...

W certainly wanted his Supreme Court nominees to have a long tenure and was putting his brain to work on it.  One of the potential candidates for replacing Sandra O'Connor (not Roberts) commented after his interview with GW, that all W asked him about was his running.  Hmmm.

TW

To stop the hyjack of this thread, I will start my own thread regarding my poor, defenseless avatar. 

He's not the only one--it's the fangs loping toward me that gets to me...

Says the girl with the creepy ocean sunfish (which I love, btw...).

No, no, I didn't mean to imply that I think he's an idealogue - my question was do you think that's who Bush will nominate next?  Will POTUS see the next vacancy as an opportunity to wrench the court to the right?

Frankly, from all outward appearances, Chief Justice John Roberts is an incredibly intelligent man.  Though his aversion to answering some questions during his confirmation hearing worried me somewhat, his answers were always of the "I'd rather not answer that question specifically as it would automatically bias me".  A pretty smart freakin' cookie if you ask me.

POTUS has claimed in the past that he's "a uniter, not a divider".  If he really wants to live up to that claim, he'll nominate a moderate, a swing vote, someone who thinks much like Justice O'Connor. 

Besides, Chief Justice Roberts' favorite movies are "Dr. Zhivago" and "North by Northwest" - two of my favorite movies, too.  He can't be all that bad.  I just wish he would've named "Blazing Saddles", too... 

Steve   

As a lawyer, clerk and inhouse counsel, John Roberts worked for conservatives and strongly advocated that point of view.  Do you think he was just fooling?  Could he be a closet liberal?  C'mon.  He is a Rehnquist clone and an ideologue.

TW

Don't get me wrong, I know he's no closet liberal and I am worried about the kinds of decisions he may hand down, but I still think POTUS could have nominated someone much worse.  I just hope that his much worse nomiation isn't the next one. 

By the way, is Big Ed's pizza still around in Oak Ridge?  I have a friend who grew up there and took me home for Thanksgiving one year.  He and I went to Big Ed's for pizza one night.  Good stuff.

Steve

Let's talk about it in a few years.  So far, Chief Justice Roberts has not written an opinion as Chief Justice or even answered any significant questions on his legal perspectives. 

When he does write an opinion, he will have to give his logic and basis for the decision.  Then we will know how he really thinks.  Moreover, he's a fairly smart guy (not in Renee's league but fairly smart).  His opinions will be read and interpreted by others.  He'll get more intense scrutiny on his work than he has ever received.  It may change him from a conservative advocate to a jurist.  I hope so.  But, my prediction, based on precious little in the confirmation hearings, is that he's an conservative idealogue just like Thomas, Scalia and Rehnquist.  That is bad for the country.

TW

Maybe he'll read Camus and change his perspective! There's an idea... I'll toddle off to amazon.com and send him The Plague or The Fall as a congratulatory confirmation gift...

OK, I don't get it.  The "existential literature" section of my brain must be taking a break.

Please explain.