Don't throw that Pretzel, Laura!You're Gonna Luv em! Roberts for Supremes

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Bush Speak: Now Laura...I know you and the Media are all pissed off at me but doncha know that Rick Santorum and Arland Specter (that guy who's dying of cancer)said "this guy" is someone everyone's gonna love.... I did it for you Laura...HEY don't throw that Pretzel, again!!! I luv ya' darlin...I did it for you and the twins.

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Federal Judge Roberts Is Bush's Choice

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago

President Bush named federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. for a seat on the Supreme Court Tuesday, delighting Republicans while unsettling some Democrats with the selection of a young jurist with impeccable conservative credentials.

"John Roberts has devoted his entire professional life to the cause of justice," Bush said in a prime-time announcement at the White House, "and is widely admired for his intellect his sound judgment and his personal decency."

If confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate, the 50-year-old Roberts would succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who has long been a swing vote on a court divided narrowly on issues such as abortion, affirmative action, states' rights and the death penalty.

Roberts stood at Bush's side as the president heaped praise on him, calling him "one of the finest legal minds" in the country.

The president said he had recently spoken with Senate leaders of both parties and said they "share my goal" of confirmation proceedings conducted with dignity and fairness.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/scotus_bush&printer=1;_ylt=AuPSRgB8ZV0uCm4q12HeG8BAw_IE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-

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1. From MSNBC...more on Robert's Bio:

Solid conservative
Advocacy groups on the right say that Roberts, a 50-year-old native of Buffalo, N.Y., who attended Harvard Law School, is a bright judge with strong conservative credentials he burnished in the administrations of former Presidents Bush and Reagan. While he has been a federal judge for just a little more than two years, legal experts say that whatever experience he lacks on the bench is offset by his many years arguing cases before the Supreme Court.

Liberal groups, however, say Roberts has taken positions in cases involving free speech and religious liberty that endanger those rights. Abortion rights groups allege that Roberts is hostile to women’s reproductive freedom and cite a brief he co-wrote in 1990 that suggested the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 high court decision that legalized abortion.

“The court’s conclusion in Roe that there is a fundamental right to an abortion ... finds no support in the text, structure or history of the Constitution,” the brief said.
Roberts on Roe
In his defense, Roberts told senators during his 2003 confirmation hearing that he would be guided by legal precedent. “Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land. ... There is nothing in my personal views that would prevent me from fully and faithfully applying that precedent
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8625492