Quotes about Roberts

Every game, Robert's getting better and better. He's kept us in so many games this year with his goaltending.

Rob Kelley

It was apparent from the first day we were there that [Roberts] was an extraordinary intellect with a great work ethic, and he was going to do special things. And he has.

Dean Colson

The politics are going to get pretty hot once the new nominee comes in, because it's the O'Connor spot. Why mess with the Roberts' nomination?

Marci Hamilton

John Roberts' purchase is the third-largest voluntary green power purchase in the state of Minnesota. The Green Power Partnership applauds their leadership and hopes that other businesses will follow their example.

Blaine Collison

(Roberts) said we've been down before. He was saying we're better players. Even though we're down now, we can come back because there's a lot of time left. Everyone got together, came back and played a lot harder.

Daryll Hill

Every question to Roberts is obviously a question to the next nominee. They are sending a signal to Bush about where Democrats will engage in a strong fight and where they will be willing to allow the next candidate to flow through.

Julian Zelizer

I knew the ball was hit hard, a 1-2 hopper to me. I knew Roberts could run well and would be running for home.

Jamal Strong

Hopefully, 21 years later, Judge Roberts possesses an openness with respect to issues of gender-based wage discrimination.

Olympia Snowe

We've got other guys who do a great job, but Robert's exceptional. He does the things you can't coach. You can't coach speed. Some of his cuts, some of his acceleration, some of his cutbacks, there's no coaching in that. It's just a gift.

Maurice Freeman

Judge Roberts' civil rights record and views remained the most controversial and unexplained part of his record when the Judiciary Committee hearing concluded, just as his civil rights record and views had been the most controversial part of his record when the hearing began.

Mel Watt

We found a way to win and that's the main thing. I don't like the way that we let them comeback, but we did find a way to win. Blake Roberts came in at the end and shut them down for two innings.

Jimmy Harris

Roberts is aggressive. He sets his sight on something and he achieves it.

Greg Gorbatenko

The groups want certain questions asked of Roberts to lay a predicate for future nominees. Unless there's a revelation we can't fathom, this will be the meat of the hearings.

Marshall Wittmann

Was the runner-up to Roberts in the first selection process, but the word in legal circles is that she did not do well in her interview with the president and now is out of the picture.

Bob Novak

To trigger some kind of response by Roberts that feeds into the fears that a lot of liberal groups have, and that could create a more volatile dynamic for him in the next few weeks.

Julian Zelizer

The liberal groups spent months raising money so they could take down anyone President Bush nominated, ... But they have not been able to touch judge Roberts.

Michael Oxley

It would be a real stretch to claim this purely factual statement about how our court system operates is indicative of how Judge Roberts would address the abortion issue, or any other issue.

Tasia Scolinos

There could not be a better person for such an important position than John Roberts.

Jay Sekulow

Robert did a great job. Robert's a big body and he moves well. He stayed in front of him and he maybe wore him down a little bit. Robert just came in for six or seven minutes and gave it 100 percent and was able to deny him the ball and get his big body on him.

Steve Jaskulske

I was happy with the way Roberts pitched. She missed a few spots and one of those got deposited in left-center in the fifth inning for two runs, but Jackie played well. I was happy with the overall effort.

Todd Fairbourne

I don't know what to say. It's a tough situation, especially when you lose one of the best leadoff men right now. A lot of things have gone on this year and this is the biggest one. To lose Brian Roberts is like losing half the team.

Melvin Mora

The other irony is that Roberts is a lifelong advocate of federalism and states' rights. Like his mentor, Rehnquist, he has a narrow view of the commerce clause.

Jonathan Turley

I am very reluctant to see internal stuff revealed except where there is some clear public reason for doing so, ... No one seriously thinks that Roberts is a raving lunatic, and as a pragmatic matter he is simply not going to be defeated. So neither on public nor partisan grounds do I think that my presumption of confidentiality is overcome.

Jefferson Powell

Roberts has demonstrated a commitment to reversing the historic civil rights gains of the past 40 years.

Bruce S. Gordon

We don?t have a true number one guy. We don?t have Derek Roberts, but we have some guys who know how to pitch.

Brian Crowley

John Roberts must use the hearings as an opportunity to account for his unacceptable stances on civil rights and other important issues.

Wade Henderson

So the log accidentally fell on Mr. Roberts? Yes sir.

Jeffery Spurgeon

Roberts wants to restrict the role of government. His early writings ... have really raised question about what he will perceive as the appropriate role for strong centralized government. You will see more questions about that, especially with him as chief.

Jenny Backus

John Roberts is no Martin Luther King, Jr.,

Roger Wilkins

The lack of aggressive opposition this time has opened up a pretty wide playing field for the administration. If Roberts is confirmed easily, the lesson the Bush administration learns from that is they can get away with (another conservative nominee) as long as the ideologue has a good resume and a nice smile.

David Seldin

The new Roberts court has sent a powerful and compelling message and that message is we don't give a damn about minorities in this country.

Barbara Becnel

[Conservative allies will press the White House to pick another Roberts.] He's a perfect fulfillment of the president's promise, ... There's great happiness with him. If there were another Judge Roberts out there, or the closest thing, I think that would be perfect.

Wendy Long

Someone who comes in and says exactly what Roberts said for the O'Connor seat is not going to be given the benefit of the doubt.

Jeff Peck

There are a lot of other very highly qualified lawyers who have more of a public record than John Roberts. The fact there is not a strong paper trail should make it easier for the president to sell this candidate, which is somewhat regrettable but this is a political appointment and, so, political factors are key.

Allan Wolf

[Roberts] is in exactly the same position that O'Connor and others have been, ... he's going to be on the court for 30 years, and those issues will continue to come before the court. There's no legal or ethical obligation to get rid of your holdings. But the other justices seem to have made a pragmatic decision that (doing so) is best for the operation of the court.

Thomas Goldstein

We are disappointed with those Democrats and moderate Republicans who chose to support Judge Roberts despite his long record of working to undermine rights and legal protections, his evasive answers to the Senate, and the Bush administration's continued refusal to release key documents that would have illuminated his record and approach to the Constitution.

Ralph Neas

Neither one believes the fact that [Roberts] was an excellent student in school and a superb lawyer in private practice means the end of the inquiry.

Marcia Greenberger

I think Specter is going to be protective of Roberts against what he thinks are intrusive questions. But if he thinks Roberts is not even beginning to address larger questions of philosophy of judging, then I think he'll be unhappy.

Norman Ornstein

I've never met John Roberts personally, although he was a young lawyer on President Reagan's staff at about the same time that I came to Congress in the early 1980s.

Michael Oxley

The fight is over the next one. Roberts is taking the Rehnquist voting slot and no one worried about him being much more conservative than Rehnquist.

Nick Baldick

To elevate Roberts, Ayres said. ''It makes a whole lot of sense to switch Judge Roberts over to the chief justice position.

Whit Ayres

In some ways, Chief Justice Roberts is more open. He has a more welcoming countenance. He's younger. He smiles more.

Viet Dinh

The existing record suggests that Judge Roberts lacks sufficient appreciation for how the law affects ordinary people.

Nan Aron

They put a log on top of his body and jumped up on it several times until Roberts was dead. The teenagers said they murdered the man because they were bored.

Tarik Minor

Roberts is going to be hard to oppose, on a principled basis.

Marci Hamilton

The Democrats won't do themselves any favors if they give Roberts a free pass. They have to put down some markers, contrast their beliefs with Roberts' beliefs, demonstrate where they stand, and frame the debate over the long-term direction of the court.

David Greenberg

This is a great rivalry, even though we are not in the same league, ... I know that Owen J. Roberts players talk about getting the state championship back.

Becky Edwards

[Her traveling companion, Patricia Roberts of Lithonia, Ga., whose son was killed in Iraq in 2003, echoed the comments of her friend.] I can't bring my son back, but I can stop other sons and daughters from being killed, ... Powerful things happen in numbers. We need (more parents) to stand up, so we can stop this war.

Patricia Roberts

We regret that many people have misconstrued our recent advertisement about Mr. Roberts' record.

Nancy Keenan

The president should name the best-qualified and proven constitutionalist to replace O'Connor as soon as Judge Roberts is confirmed, regardless of sex, race or ethnicity. The American people will decide the consequences of partisan politicians trying to intimidate the president into surrendering his constitutional duty.

Jan Larue

From where I was, I didn't see it. But coach Roberts said it was an unbelievable swing.

Vance Law

It is clear Judge Roberts has the necessary legal experience and character to be the chief justice.

Jim Jeffords

We are not dealing with anything but Judge Roberts and hurricane stuff.

Jack Finn

Courtney Love is really cool and funny. I would like to meet Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. I think I could play their daughters.

Dakota Fanning

It will be an extraordinary moment in the first confidential conference when a legendary figure like William Rehnquist is replaced at the head of the table by someone so junior. But John Roberts is one of the few people who would be up to that challenge.

Walter Dellinger

There's a strange minuet going on. In some ways, even the activists feel they could do a lot worse than Roberts, but they can't say it. They have to put up some kind of fight.

Ross Baker

[With a basic lineup of drums, guitar, bass and Roberts on acoustic guitar, the band also has a] utility man ... a rock band with an Irish overtone.

Keith Roberts

It's a pretty pathetic addiction. I'd sit there actually concerned, really hoping that Jorge Sosa got the win or Dave Roberts got a stolen base. No rational person behaves in this manner.

Christian Williams

Right now it seems like the uncertainty would make senators more circumspect with Roberts.

Carl W. Tobias

I don't think anybody wants to play (Oral Roberts) in the first round. I think Oakland is in the same position as a lot of us: If we can win the next couple of games, it will put us in a lot better position for the tournament.

Rand Janes

He's a man who seems to take his legacy seriously, ... The last thing he wants is to be viewed as the man who ran through Roberts on a party vote.

Jonathan Turley

Also, interestingly enough, some of the things he was accused of believing ...actually were not his personal beliefs but what he instituted as a government employee - some of the same arguments are now being suggested will be used by Judge Roberts in his confirmation hearings.

Alan Colmes

It's one more piece of the puzzle as we keep trying to find out who John Roberts is. Where does this fit in on his judicial philosophy and his view of the Constitution?

Kevin Cathcart

Judge Roberts moved NTP and Research in Motion closer to a settlement, and that's what investors were hoping for all along. NTP thinks past and future royalties may be as much as $1 billion, but our view is they could provide a discount to get the deal done, get the cash up front, and avoid a reexamination of the patents.

Susan Kalla

[Roberts] is an outstanding ballplayer. He was really ready to play.

Joe Murphy

John Roberts is a very careful and good lawyer, and I think the facts (of each case) will matter to him.

Alan Morrison

Pro-Choice Minnesotans are proud that Sen. Dayton stood up for our fundamental freedoms and opposed John Roberts' nomination to serve as chief justice.

Tim Stanley

He was fabulous, ... It was kind of like, when the word got out that Roberts was arguing, people would drop what they were doing and go watch because it was going to watch a real craftsman.

Richard Garnett

That Roberts is a conservative Republican willing and no doubt enthusiastic to be part of Bush I, we already knew, ... We will not learn much else from any memo from his time at the solicitor general's office unless [improbably] a personal note from him to the attorney general was revealed.

Jefferson Powell

One of the great ironies of this nomination is that it requires the White House machine to stop and spin in the opposite direction than they did in Roberts.

Manuel Miranda

Roberts, who was confirmed unanimously by the Senate just two years ago, is highly respected by Democrats and Republicans alike, ... Opposition to this nomination will be based on nothing but partisan politics.

Brian Mccabe

There's a signaling going on with this spending. Democrats who are on the margin might feel more free to support Judge Roberts this time, particularly if they feel they might oppose the next nominee.

Bert Brandenburg

There's no question that Roberts will vote like William Rehnquist, ... If he swings, it will be from right to far right.

Jonathan Turley

And we have serious concerns about any reckless and foolhardy effort that may irreparably damage the ability of the state of Ohio to successfully prosecute the person or persons involved in the death of Craig Roberts.

Robert Herron

[Roberts, who starred opposite Washington in] The Pelican Brief, ... the best actor of this generation, hands down.

Denzel Washington

I thought it was big of Fife to call after we recruited someone to run against him. When I got to the first meeting, there was U.D. Roberts -- and we also have a political history.

Frank Myers

We were told we should not pay any attention to John Roberts views and religion and now we are told that opinions and religion do matter. I believe there is a degree of sexism here. . .and ivy league prejudice going on here.

Cokie Roberts

It's real nice. C.W. Roberts has done it right.

Richard Lawrence

I thought of John Roberts as a peace offering. President Bush could have nominated someone much more conservative.

John Yoo

We are gravely concerned this new information could indicate John Roberts holds a hostile position on the fundamental right to privacy.

Karen Pearl

This is precisely the reason we need Judge Roberts to be confirmed as Chief Justice. He's made it clear that he puts the law and the Constitution first. And he's made it clear that he won't substitute his own values for the clear commands of the law.

Kay Daly

I didn't hear the conversation but Mr. Stephens explained to Mr. Roberts that he had plans for me and I'd be all right.

Carl Jackson

He's not a bomb-thrower. He cares about other people's points of view, ... In the hearings, we learned exactly what we wanted to learn about Roberts. He's judicious ... Bush stepped up in picking Roberts. He picked someone who was going to be a judicial conservative, not an injudicial conservative.

Joseph Hoffman

Judge Roberts has a brilliant legal mind and respect for the judicial process, which is supposed to interpret the law, not make it.

Michael Oxley

Roberts is going to be hard to oppose, on a principled basis. The next nominee is going to make someone unhappy.

Marci Hamilton

My own advice would probably be for the president to find the female equivalent of John Roberts.

Paul Rosenzweig

Even if the president wasn't up to it in alligators and his approval rating was 90 percent, John Roberts simply is the best guy for the chief justice's job. I think the thought of having John Roberts join him on the court kept the chief going despite his cancer. I think he's probably smiling about it now.

Richard Garnett

Judge Roberts as chief justice threatens decades of a federal court system tipped against equality.

Joe Solmonese

This is a docket that already has an extraordinary number of potential blockbuster cases. It will give us an early sense of who John Roberts is.

Erwin Chemerinsky

We have also added sprinter Dallas Roberts to give him one last chance to force his way into the relay squad.

Eric Hollingsworth

There is a very steep learning curve, even for someone as versed in constitutional law as Roberts is.

Edward Lazarus

Was very gracious in listening to a recitation of memos that go back a long way. I think the record will report that Judge Roberts has been entirely accurate in his statements.

Reed Gillespie