Roberts Rules of Order

By Jed Babbin
The American Spectator

Since July, the Senate Judiciary Committee has been studying everything it could get its hands on bearing on the qualifications -- or, for the Dems, disqualifications -- of John Roberts preparing for the confirmation hearings on his nomination to be a side judge on the Supreme Court. On Monday morning, the president announced he was re-nominating Roberts as the new chief justice. Moving Roberts' nomination up to chief was precisely the right move for two reasons. A Roberts Court -- which could be with us for the next three decades -- can restrain and roll back much of the judicial activism that has been the most divisive force in American life. Of equal importance, the president has just flushed the liberals from cover for Americans to see them do their worst.