And so it begins again:

I am sometimes amazed at the things that Bush pulls out of his 
ass.  He really doesn't give a flying fart about "the little people". 
Thanks for reading this.

Last night, President Bush nominated a right-wing lawyer and corporate 
lobbyist to take Justice O'Connor's seat on the Supreme Court. 

In nominating John Roberts, the president has chosen a right wing 
corporate lawyer and ideologue for the nation's highest court instead 
of a judge who would protect the rights of the American people. Here's 
a list of some of the things that make Roberts the wrong pick for the 
Supreme Court: 

     - Wrong on environmental protection: Roberts appears to want to 
       limit the scope of the Endangered Species Act, and in papers he
       wrote while in law school he supported far-right legal theories 
       about "takings" which would make it almost impossible for the 
       government to enforce most environmental legislation. 

     - Wrong on civil rights: Roberts worked to keep Congress from 
       defending parts of the Voting Rights Act. 

     - Wrong on human rights: As a appeals court judge, Roberts ruled 
       that the Geneva Convention doesn't apply to some prisoners of 
       war. 

     - Wrong on our right to religious freedom: Roberts argued that 
       schools should be able to impose religious speech on attendees. 

     - Wrong on women's rights: Roberts wrote that "Roe v. Wade was 
       wrongly decided and should be overruled." He also weighed in on 
       behalf of Operation Rescue, a violent anti-abortion group, in a 
       federal case. 

President Bush could have chosen many fair-minded and independent 
jurists to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. Instead, he chose a corporate 
partisan loved by Bush's right-wing base but out of step with the rest 
of the country.


Tell your senators to oppose Roberts now by signing the petition at: