It hasn't really been much of a battle so far, with John Roberts, Bush's candidate to replace the late William H. Rehnquist on the Supreme Court's Chief Justice seat, basically tiptoeing around without answering any of the questions the Democratic Senators have been asking him.
Now the hearings are over and a vote is scheduled for next week. Today, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid announced his opposition to John Roberts, voicing doubts about his commitment to civil rights and accusing the Bush administration of stonewalling requests for documents that might shed light on his views.
It is unconscionable that the White House wouldn't release documents related to a candidate for the Supreme Court (let alone the Chief Justice post.) What are they trying to hide? It must be something pretty condemning, don't you think? Why else would they keep everything secret? If those documents painted him in a good light, I'm sure they'd have released them right away, right?
Well, only time will tell, since it looks like all the Republicans will vote for him and many Democrats as well, and Roberts will sit on the center seat of the Supreme Court probably for the next 35-40 years. Let's just hope he turns out to be a moderate and law-abiding judge, instead of a partisan hack and/or a religious right wingnut.
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