Roberts in 2000: "we do not have a very conservative Supreme Court"

[DeepModem Mom]

WP: Roberts Interview from 7/2000 via ABC This Week


Below are some excerpts from George Stephanopoulos’ ABC This Week, featuring a videotape of John Roberts speaking in a July 2000 interview, in which Roberts gives his views on a number of cases from the just-concluded Supreme Court term, on subjects including abortion, school prayer and the direction of the court:

STEPHANOPOULOS: ....this morning, for the first time on national television, we have Judge Roberts answering the kind of questions he’ll get at those hearings. Roberts, himself, discussing some of the most contentious issues that come before the Supreme Court. The conversation took place before Roberts was nominated, before he was even a judge. It was first aired on July 2, 2000, when Roberts was interviewed on a public affairs program for ABC’s Dallas affiliate, WFAA. He was there to analyze the Supreme Court term that had just ended from a conservative perspective....

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

(UNKNOWN): Looking back at the recently completed Supreme Court session, what do you think were the most important things that it did?

J. ROBERTS: Well, as a -- taking this term as a whole, I think the most important thing it did was make a compelling case that we do not have a very conservative Supreme Court.

Take the three biggest headline cases, you know: Miranda, school prayer, abortion. The conservative view lost in each of them....


http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/campaignforthecourt/2005/08/roberts_intervi.html#more

[papau]

1. So Roberts will overturn "Miranda, school prayer, abortion"..hmmmm??

:-(

[DeepModem Mom]

2. Roberts was cagey in the interview about his views -- hoping someone...

can read more into what he said. I'm assuming he did the interview, however, as a representative of a conservative point of view.