Let me add two cents — not so
much mine as those of a wise judge I know. “Incompetent,” he said.
Roberts’s ruling was incompetent. “Silly, absurd, not worthy of respect.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was far more reasonable in her argument.” (Yikes!)
“If a district-court judge pulled a stunt like the one Roberts pulled,
he would be reversed by the next court in about two seconds.”
In the deepest cut of all, the judge said, “Roberts failed to do his
duty — his constitutional duty. He’s not supposed to be looking at the
political situation. He’s not supposed to think about his ‘legacy.’ He’s
supposed to uphold the Constitution, plain and simple. The majority
decision will come to be embarrassing. The dissent will stand as
something true and admirable.”
I said, “So, do you think Bush 43 may have inadvertently saddled us with another Warren
Burger?” “No!” said the judge. “Burger would never have written
something so stupid” as the Roberts ruling. “He was not incompetent.”
- Jay Nordlinger, writing today at National Review Online ◙
