John Roberts

American Constitution Society has some dirt on Roberts:

In Rancho Viejo, LLC v. Norton, 334 F.3d 1158 (D.C. Cir. 2003), Judge Roberts issued a dissent from the decision by D.C. Circuit not to hear en banc the ruling by a panel in this upholding the constitutionality of the Endangered Species Act as applied to a real estate development project in California. Roberts’s dissent suggested that the he thought the Endangered Species Act to be unconstitutional in as applied to these facts.

In Hedgepeth v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Auth., 386 F.3d 1148 (D.C. Cir. 2004), Judge Roberts rejectinged the civil rights claims brought by a 12-year-old girl who had been handcuffed and arrested for eating a single french fry in the D.C. Metro. Roberts’ opinion rejected the claim that the girl’s equal protection rights had been violated. Under then-D.C. law, an adult in the same situation would only have been given a citation, while the police were required to arrest juveniles.

Judge Roberts' nomination to the D.C. Circuit was opposed by organizations concerned with his prior record. As a law student, Judge Roberts argued for an expansive reading of the Takings and Contracts Clauses, something which might suggest his sympathy towards the Constitution-in-Exile movement, a movement of political conservatives who favor reinterpreting the Constitution to strike down economic regulations.

I've always wondered about those signs in DC metro cars that says you're not alowed to eat. Jeez, this guy is a creep.