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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:21 PM
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What qualifies John Roberts Jr. for the Supreme Court?
Roberts, John G. Jr.

Born 1955 in Buffalo, NY

Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by George W. Bush on January 7, 2003, to a seat vacated by James L. Buckley; Confirmed by the Senate on May 8, 2003, and received commission on June 2, 2003.

Education:
Harvard College, A.B., 1976

Harvard Law School, J.D., 1979

Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Henry Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1979-1980
Law clerk, Associate Justice William Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States, 1980-1981
Special assistant to the attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1981-1982
Associate counsel to the president, White House Counsel's Office, 1982-1986
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1986-1989, 1993-2003
Principal deputy solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1989-1993

Race or Ethnicity: White

Gender: Male

http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=3001
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:22 PM
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1. in * world this
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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:23 PM
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2. Bush just likes the initials "JR"
It's a Texas thang, ya'll.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:23 PM
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3. Be fair; he HAS been a judge for 2 whole years now....
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Fiona Donating Member (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:24 PM
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4. Many justices were never judges at all....
there's no question that this guy is qualified. In fact, he's more qualified than many nominees in the past.
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 06:44 PM
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21. Argued something like 39 cases before the Supreme Court
Won something like 25.

Let's not make fools of ourselves, people. We simply can't argue that he's not qualified -- there are plenty of other reasons to oppose him. Competence ain't one of them.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:27 PM
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:36 PM
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9. Who the hell is Durgan?
Usually the first give-away.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:36 PM
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10. Huh? What the fuck are you talking about? Who is Durgan?
:shrug:
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:41 PM
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:43 PM
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13. Can you figure out that it's D-U-R-B-I-N?
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:44 PM
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14. Teddy? Are you talking about Kaczynski? What kind of bullshit
are you smoking, pal, he's a comeplete fuckup! :rofl:
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:48 PM
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15. Yeah, Teddy Kasczynski. Next Secretary of Defense!
Why have a wuss like Rummy, when you can have a real mad bomber.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:52 PM
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17. Holy shit, I was just joking, but it *does* make some kinda sense in
Bizarro Bushworld. :spank:
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:56 PM
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18. Me too, but it does make sense.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 05:20 PM
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20. This thread has been fun...we've smoked out two infilTRAITORS!
:toast:
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LiviaOlivia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:51 PM
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16. Somebody order pizza?
Edited on Wed Jul-20-05 04:51 PM by LiviaOlivia
Clean up on aisle 5 and 12
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FrankLee Donating Member (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:29 PM
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6. Sexual harrassment?
When do the women start coming forward to allege sexual harrassment on this guy?

But you know, he looks a little gay to me. Maybe that's why Bush picked him...
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samsingh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:31 PM
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7. nothing really.
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:33 PM
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8. Since when did * start appointing qualified people?
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:37 PM
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11. His white penis. That's the most important criteria to be on the SCOTUS
Republican Creed: There must be a penis and is should be white. The rest is well just secondary.
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queeg Donating Member (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 05:03 PM
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19. Clean, Well Combed hair--- n/t
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bonzotex Donating Member (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 06:53 PM
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22. Dr James "Spongedob stickypants" Dobson loves him.
Just in case you wondered why Roberts is a bad bad choice....
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