Roberts Rules: Moving the Supreme Court back toward the center.

From The Wall Street Journal Editorial Writers:

Within minutes of President Bush's nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court, the folks at People for the American Way sent out their all-points bulletin: "Sparse Record Raises Serious Concerns." In other words, they don't know how in the world they're going to assault this guy, but they'll try like mad to come up with something.

We doubt they'll succeed. While it's always possible that opponents will simply make something up, Judge Roberts is a judicial conservative who is no easy political target. He deserves to be confirmed easily and soon, and he probably will be.

Even liberals are conceding Mr. Bush's description that the 50-year-old federal judge is "one of the best legal minds of his generation." He's served as Associate White House Counsel to President Reagan, principal deputy Solicitor General under Ken Starr in the administration of the first President Bush, prominent appellate litigator who's argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court, and two years on the D.C. Circuit. That's a resume.