Roberts, Norquist, + founder of Federalist Soc classmates at Harvard???

[bobbieinok]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/politics/politicsspecial1/21harvard.html?ex=1282276800&en=635aeacd43b4a998&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

[gumby]

1. Seems they've been training

to play the victim since they were in college. Now that they have taken over, they still play the victim while they smugly destroy this country and our constitution.

[whistle]

2. The senate committee needed to hammer Roberts about his ties

....with the Federalist Society

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The Federalist Society
The Conservative Cabal That's Transforming American Law

By Jerry Landay

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To see that he¹s right, one need only review changes that litigators linked to the Federalists have wrought upon the law. They have weakened or rolled back statutes on civil rights and affirmative action; voting rights; women¹s rights and abortion rights; workers¹ rights; prisoners¹ rights; and the rights of consumers, the handicapped, and the elderly. Add to that the consequences of non-delegation if further extended. Regulatory oversight by federal agencies would then be kicked back to Congress and the states--like the power to preserve open pipelines in telecommunications, to regulate transportation, the drugs we take, the food we eat. Would we really want elected officials directly responsible for regulating industries that are also major sources of their campaign funds? That is very much a political question--one to which the Federalist Society¹s answer is unfortunately all too clear.
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<link> http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2000/0003.landay.html


....and look at this:

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Roberts Listed in Federalist Society '97-98 Directory
Court Nominee Said He Has No Memory of Membership

By Charles Lane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 25, 2005; Page A01

Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. has repeatedly said that he has no memory of belonging to the Federalist Society, but his name appears in the influential, conservative legal organization's 1997-1998 leadership directory.

Having served only two years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit after a long career as a government and private-sector lawyer, Roberts has not amassed much of a public paper record that would show his judicial philosophy. Working with the Federalist Society would provide some clue of his sympathies. The organization keeps its membership rolls secret, but many key policymakers in the Bush administration are acknowledged current or former members.

John Roberts's membership has been reported by the media in recent years. (J. Scott Applewhite - AP)


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Roberts has burnished his legal image carefully. When news organizations have reported his membership in the society, he or others speaking on his behalf have sought corrections. Last week, the White House told news organizations that had reported his membership in the group that he had no memory of belonging. The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and the Associated Press printed corrections.
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<link> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/24/AR2005072401201.html

[Igel]

3. Not quite.

The article says Norquist was a year behind Roberts (and if students at Harvard's law school were anything like those I knew in LA, the various years didn't mix much).

The Federalist Society was founded at Yale a couple of years afterwards. The Harvard connection is that a review started there by a Roberts classmate later published the proceedings of the Federalist Society's first conference.

[bobbieinok]

4. thanks for the corrections