{"id":2299,"date":"2005-09-16T11:52:06","date_gmt":"2005-09-16T11:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/krauthammer-on-roberts.html"},"modified":"2005-09-16T11:52:06","modified_gmt":"2005-09-16T11:52:06","slug":"krauthammer-on-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/krauthammer-on-roberts.html","title":{"rendered":"Krauthammer on Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"

His prediction:<\/a><\/p>\n

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predict two things: (a) Chief Justice Roberts will vote to uphold Roe v. Wade, and (b) his replacing his former boss, Chief Justice Rehnquist, will move the court only mildly, but most assuredly, to the left<\/em> – as measured by the only available yardstick, the percent of concurrences with the opinions of those conservative touchstones, Scalia and Thomas. <\/p>\n

I infer this not just by what Roberts has said in his hearings – that he supports Griswold v. Connecticut, that he respects precedent, that he finds Roe itself worthy of respect. I infer it from his temperament, career and life history as an establishment conservative who prizes judicial modesty above all. Which means while he will never repeat Roe, he will never repeal it and be the cause of the social upheaval that repeal would bring. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This time, David Brooks amuses.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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