I’d highly recommend David’s analysis of John Roberts’ pro bono work for the plaintiffs in Romer v. Evans, including his take that Lambda Legal is missing the forest for the trees:
So, memo to liberal advocacy groups. Don’t get so caught up in your single-minded determination to object to anyone Bush nominates that, when something that is actually quite positive comes along, you’re not able to take advantage of it. Play smart. We’re still a minority party, but we don’t have to be for long.
It’s well and good to say the opposition party should “fight” for what it believes, but it also has the charge of discouraging bad choices or encouraging good choices of the party in power. So far, Roberts seems about as reasonable a choice that we could have asked for.
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