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To: koan who wrote (192881)	6/30/2012 12:28:50 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542940

"I wish she/everyone would mentioned Roberts teacher" OK Laurence Tribe: I think my former student, John Roberts, will vote to uphold ObamaCare hotair.com Got a problem with that? Laurence Henry Tribe (born October 10, 1941) is a professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School and the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University. He also works with the firm Massey & Gail LLP on a variety of matters. [4] Tribe is widely recognized as a leading liberal scholar of constitutional law. [5] He is the author of American Constitutional Law (1978), a treatise in that field, and has argued before the United States Supreme Court 35 times. [6] en.wikipedia.org

To: koan who wrote (192881)	6/30/2012 12:40:22 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542940

I wish she/everyone would mentioned Roberts teacher, . . . That's a mixed bag. The author of the piece I posted yesterday, a law professor at Yale, argued that Brandeis social security decision is a strong source. Brandies, according to that piece, based his support for SS, in a 5-4 decision, on the taxing power rather than commerce clause. Brandeis' most favored clerk, Henry Friendly, became a highly respected federal appeals court judge who continued that line of reasoning--may still be on the court--I don't know, in many, many cases. John Roberts was his clerk and by all reports the two were quite close. A fairly strong argument, I submit.

To: koan who wrote (192881)	6/30/2012 11:06:55 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542940

<<<Rhenquist was ruthless, a racist >>> I fully agree with you wrt Rhenquist. I don't see how historians could scrub his racist history without a second thought and judge him by erasing a large part of his world view. <<<saving it from the appearance of open partisanship while setting down markers for the game that resumes in October and for the long years ahead.>>> Wrt Roberts, I am going to keep my mind open. After all, he was editor ofthe Harvard Law review just as Obama was a few years later. I think he has fundamental philosophical differences with Obama but I think he has respect for Obama'sintellect. Roberts is a truly "intelligent" person. There is no telling how he will end up.