Justice(?) Roberts

As the hearings get underway and the future of the Supreme Court is debated, it is difficult to muster much concern. The imperial Presidency has emerged once again under the guiding hand of Karl Rove, et al. and has reduced the relative importance of the Court proportionately. Robert's confirmation would simply cement an already existing decline of the balance among our three governmental powers and leave the country open to Constitutional crisis when the political pendulum swings back across the center. Let us hope that the brilliance of this justice will outweigh his reluctance to assert the power of his co-equal branch.

Perhaps his reticence conceals his stated willingness to approach each debate with an open mind. There is, as they say, always hope.