Isn't Roberts kinda underqualified?

[LittleClarkie]

All politics aside, have we ever had a chief justice who'd hardly spent any time on the bench before?

Anyone know their history?

[fooj]

1. Kinda?

Peace.

[opihimoimoi]

He is a CRONY...and Cronyism just showed America the Horrific

results... it allows inept people to high Position with disastrous consequences....

[valerief]

2. Not to worry

He's an expert equestrian.

[Quixote1818]

3. He has about as much experience as Brown had before being

put in charge of FEMA. Qualifications mean nothing to Bush.

[gollygee]

4. Oh! You think they want *professional* qualifications!

Silly silly silly. Those aren't the qualifications they want.

*sigh*

[yourout]

5. I am as qualified as this loser and....

the only court time I have is for traffic tickets.

[Joe Chi Minh]

20. That may sound like a joke to you, but

in Bushworld, it's no less than the reality. Your professional potential virtually knows no bounds. Your parents sure would be proud of you... if they were neocons, anyway.

[shraby]

6. All the people * has appointed or nominated are

underqualified. He has a perfect records on that.

[highplainsdem]

7. Kinda underqualified, like Katrina was kinda a big storm.

He's unbelievably underqualified. Like Michael Brown at FEMA.

Like W, too...

[Jeanette in FL]

Like you need experience in this administration

Mike Brown FEMA Director, he was fired from his last job, Arabian Horse Judge Committee

[StellaBlue]

8. ...

He's far more qualified than *.

[mattclearing]

9. They like to nominate young, in order to ensure longer dominance. n/t

[leftofthedial]

10. no more underqualified than any of the bushturd's appointees

has there ever been a bigger group of less qualified asswads?

[Webster Green]

11. That meets the #1 requirement for a chimp appointee...

Don't know about this historically though.


Demand resignations! Now!

[dogday]

12. You have to wonder how this is sitting with the other Justices nt

[LittleClarkie]

15. Esp. Scalia

Who wanted it badly.

[KingFlorez]

13. Maybe a prostitute like Gannon

Strange how he could get the position with very little qualification.

[Mz Pip]

14. You don't even have to have a law degree

to be on the Supreme Court. Correct me if I'm wrong but I seem to have read that somewhere. So if that is true then Roberts is certainly "qualified" by the virtue of being alive and human.

Still he hasn't had much judicial experience but for Bush that is a good thing since there is little "paper trail."

What I find interesting about this is the timing. I really wonder if this move would have happened if it had not been for the hurricane. This nomination of Roberts to Chief Justice sure has diverted some attention away from BushCo's inept handling of the hurricane disaster.

Nominating Scalia wouldn't have caused much talk. That was expected, really. Roberts on the other hand is sure to get the pundits focus off of Katrina.

THis has Rove's fingerprints all over it because it once again deflects the focus and puts the Deomcrats on the defensive.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[punpirate]

16. His mentor, Rehnquist, had...

... no judicial experience at all before nomination. Lewis Powell had spent his entire life as a corporate lawyer.

So, having a couple of years on the court of appeals is not the least experience of prior nominees.

[KamaAina]

17. Well, look who appointed him, for crying out loud!

King Dumbass** is underqualified to be a dogcatcher!

[yorkiemommie1]

18. he's an ideologue

a nastyminded ideologue in the Bush mold. just perfect for *.

[FormerRepublican]

19. He wants Roberts running the show for the impeachment hearings.

[killbotfactory]

21. but he's a photogenic family man...

what more qualifications do you need?

[Talismom]

22. Since when did that make any difference to this admin.? n/t

[Fescue4u]

23. Yes, but I understand the strategy

Obviously Roberts is Bushys kinda of guy. I dont think anyone would argu that.

1st, The younger the chief justice is, the longer they'll serve and hence the longer the mark the president gets to make on the court. By Choosing an existing Justice who is already getting up in years, would ensure that he won't serve nearly as long as a freshly minted Justice.

2nd, By doing its this way, its almost a 3 for 2 deal. Bush gets to appoint the Chief Justice, and fill 2 vacancys, hence 3 impacts with two appointments.

[MojoXN]

24. Kind of?

Understatement of the year.

MojoXN

[billkurtmeyer]

25. Not in bizzaro Bush world - the least qualified rise to the top -

look at Brownie!