REMINDER: John Roberts helped prepare case Bush v. Gore in 2000

[seafan]

Wed, Jul. 27, 2005

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12230971.htm=

Roberts had larger 2000 recount role

By MARC CAPUTO


TALLAHASSEE - U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts played a broader behind-the-scenes role for the Republican camp in the aftermath of the 2000 election than previously reported -- as legal consultant, lawsuit editor and prep coach for arguments before the nation's highest court, according to the man who drafted him for the job.

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Until now, Gov. Jeb Bush and others involved in the election dispute could recall almost nothing of Roberts' role, except for a half-hour meeting the governor had with Roberts. Cruz said Roberts was in Tallahassee helping the Bush camp for ''a week to 10 days,'' and that his help was important, though Cruz said it is difficult to remember specifics five years after the sleep-depriving frenetic pace of the 2000 recount.

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Soon after getting the call from Cruz, Roberts traveled from his Washington office at Hogan & Hartson to Tallahassee to lend advice and help polish legal briefs. Later, Roberts participated in a dress rehearsal to prepare the Bush legal team for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Cruz's account is the first to place Roberts firmly within the Bush vs. Gore battle, filling in substantial blanks in the memories of everyone from Bush's campaign lawyer, Ben Ginsberg, to the governor.

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Ted Olson, the lawyer who successfully argued George W. Bush's case before the U.S. Supreme Court, said Roberts helped, but couldn't recall what legal briefs, if any, Roberts reviewed. Olson said he was certain that Roberts participated in a ''moot court'' hearing to prep him for arguments before the high court in the first of two hearings.

''It was a conference room full of people and John was there. I had known him for 20 years by that point, and I highly respected his opinions,'' Olson said.

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[texpatriot2004]

1. So are you saying he made the case for the "High Court" to

sell us all out by usurping our political will as Americans? Did I get that right?

[texpatriot2004]

2. That seems to make him some kind of political liaison between

two branches of our Government...ostensibly combing them, or at the very least building a huge bridge between them.

[seafan]

3. Hell yes. And how ANYONE could give this traitor a pass to the

Supreme Court is grounds for immediate removal from power.

Any Senator voting for someone who actively participated in the theft of our democracy does not deserve to call himself/herself an American.

The Dems are so deathly afraid of *losing the filibuster* option that they lose it anyway by NOT exercising it. It's CRAZY.

If ever we needed some honest leadership in this excuse for a Congress, it is now.


This isn't just some run of the mill position. The repercussions of Roberts' brand of extremism on the SC will last for decades. DECADES.



And if this man is already on record by his actions as being against counting the people's votes in a presidential election, he should be immediately dismissed from any consideration for the SC.


I am thoroughly disgusted with these lily-livered clowns.

[texpatriot2004]

4. Treason that actually is an impeachable offense...unlike Clinton's

situation.

[texpatriot2004]

7. You know, I am an average American, how is it that I can

see this so clearly and quickly and our "finest" leaders and legal minds seem blind to it? Not true really, because the finest leaders and legal minds see it clearly just like me.

[texpatriot2004]

11. It's all coming together for me now, this whole Roberts

nomination thing...ARE YOU TELLING ME THIS SON OF A BITCH DENIED MY INALIENABLE RIGHT TO VOTE AND DID THE SAME FOR MY FELLOW COUNTRYMEN?

[Clark2008]

5. Oh, Joy! More cronyism and paybacks.

:puke:

[MintOreoCookie]

6. Hmmm. I do think Roberts should be confirmed. Right now

it won't change the current make-up of the Court. He would replace Rehnquist, who is a conservative. I think the democrats are holding out a possible filibuster for the nominee to replace O'Connor. I don't think the dems can get away with filibusting more than one nominee.

[jilln]

8. Tell CSPAN... they said the opposite the other day...

Around 8 am CT, a caller asked if Roberts had anything to do with that election and the host said NO. I thought he was wrong.

[seafan]

9. No surprise. Still carrying water for this rotting administration.

This whole thing has blown my gaskets today.

I sent this info to Reid and Leahy right after it was published. Heard nothing about it since.

[PurityOfEssence]

10. Jeb Bush swore up and down that he'd recused himself

Why was he meeting with Roberts to discuss legal maneuvers that would allow him to use the legislature to overturn a Gore victory if they were unable to stop recounts and stuff the ballot boxes?

Roberts' consultation with Jeb was on how to use legal tricks to subvert an election count that gave the plurality to Gore. This is PRECISELY the kind of person one doesn't want in the Supreme Court; in the aerie reaches of the highest legal issues of the land, the SPIRIT of the law is often more important than the letter of it, and the spirit of the law is OBVIOUSLY in favor of having the will of the people prevail in elections.

Jeb Bush needs to explain his dastardly lie about remaining above the fray when it's obvious he didn't.

John Roberts needs to explain why he thinks it's okay to use legal tricks to cheat millions of people out of the outcome for which they legally voted. He's scum and a monarchist.

[seafan]

12. Kick again, because it's now or never. n/t