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In reply to the discussion: Know your BFEE: John Roberts earned his Sgt. Pepper stripes as an Iran-Contra cover-up artiste. [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)31. How John Roberts Got to the Top: The Spectre of White Affirmative Action
Some people are born to get ahead.
How John Roberts Got to the Top
The Spectre of White Affirmative Action
By LINN WASHINGTON, Jr.
September 28, 2005
CounterPunch
EXCERPT...
Bush's selection of John Roberts for Chief Justice is a glaring example of white affirmative-action irrespective of Roberts' respected legal acumen elevating him above the ranks of an inadequately prepared candidate.
The bigot Bush designated Roberts to replace, the late William Rehnquist, at least spent fourteen years as a Supreme Court Justice before his elevation to Chief Justice.
Roberts has less than three years experience as a federal appeals court judge, getting that lofty position without having any prior judicial experience.
SNIP...
Roberts landed a plum clerkship with a federal appeals judge after his Harvard Law School graduation, followed immediately by a prestige elevating clerkship with US Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist who never hired a black law clerk.
CONTINUED...
http://www.counterpunch.org/2005/09/28/the-spectre-of-white-affirmative-action/
Thanks, hootinholler. It's clear now the real Frankenstein's real father was Dr. Mengele.
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Know your BFEE: John Roberts earned his Sgt. Pepper stripes as an Iran-Contra cover-up artiste. [View all]
Octafish
Feb 2012
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Prof. Alexander delivers Truth regarding the racist and fascist natures of the War on Drugs.
Octafish
Feb 2012
#6
His means to occupying the Oval Office was to ensure there would be no ''October Surprise.''
Octafish
Feb 2012
#7
The BFEE - the world's ultimate I'll-scratch-your-back-if-you-scratch mine club.
Initech
Feb 2012
#3
Indeed. Indeed. Indeed. Theirs is a line of toadies in service to warmongers going back generations.
Octafish
Feb 2012
#10
That's exactly why they keep scumbags like Roberts and Alito and Scalia in power.
Octafish
Feb 2012
#18
No surprise. Almost all of W's people can be found somewhere in the the criminal ranks of the past.
jwirr
Feb 2012
#5
On a side note, Lawrence Walsh celebrated his 100th birthday last month.
Guy Whitey Corngood
Feb 2012
#9
Thank you for your effort and dedication in pulling this together so we can see the full picture
suffragette
Feb 2012
#15
You are most welcome, suffragette! The guy's friends with the likes of Clarence Thomas...
Octafish
Feb 2012
#37
And both he and Thomas clearly view rights as something for the privileged class and corporations,
suffragette
Feb 2012
#39
Understand, completely. My own Mrs. Octafish says, ''I am so glad I don't know what you know.''
Octafish
Feb 2012
#38
"Just because I look drunk and stoned in the photo doesn't mean I am." - Bush (R)
Miqqyy
Feb 2012
#19