Was the trigger point for John Roberts’ appointment based upon Smith v Doe?

One of the most influential appointments in the history of the United states has turned out to be John Roberts, Chief Justice and Price Club Manager of the United States Supreme Court. I am in the process of researching how judicial appointments were made in the United States, including both the historical records as well as political gamesmanship in making those selections.

John Roberts had a long career as a litigator. While his career was built upon litigating for gay rights as well as for individuals against corporations, by the time he was arguing federally, he was representing big corporations, particularly energy companies. This isn’t a dig; I don’t have a problem with such litigation when there is merit one way or the other.

He litigated 35 times in front of SCOTUS. He won 19 of them. 18 of those victories were related in civil cases that didn’t have criminal sanctions attached to any aspect of the decision. On his last case before SCOTUS, came Smith v. Doe. Arguing the high recidivism rates of sex offenders, as well as the simplicity of a pleasant Tuesday morning filling out a Price Club application, John Roberts was able to convince the majority to rule the unconstitution al constitutional . Read that slowly and digest.

In fact, that last case alerted Karl Rove’s associate, who was assisting the state of Alaska with regard to the 9th Circuit decision that originally lost (and was the case that was appealed to Smith v. Doe), to how effective influential John Roberts truly was in that decision. Will B had indicated a case that destroyed the report of high recidivism that Roberts’ assertion opined, by the way, but I digress.

The associate conversed with Rove, who immediately brought up Roberts name (along with other legal judges and attorneys) that George W Bush wanted for federal appointments. This much is known.

Speculation: The final case was rather significant in the fact that sex offender issues had been perculating in the country for some time, and Bush wanted action that ultimately ended up in the farce known as the Adam Walsh Act. After hearing of how Roberts’ litigation essentially paved the way for Bush to proceed down the road, under the guise of the War on Terror, Bush appointed Roberts to the DC Circuit Court, the most prestigious court short of the Supreme Court, and in fact was Bush’s Supreme Court Justice in waiting.

When Sandra Day O’Conner retired, Bush initially chose Roberts to replace her, but shortly after her announcement, Chief Rehnquist died, and now Bush not only had a justice, but a CHIEF justice to replace. So he technically removed his nomination to replace O’Conner and nominated him for Chief Justice. And you know…the rest of the story.

Had he lost Smith v. Doe? Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, a real constitutional ist. Arguably, we would have a much more stable and constitutional court.

Sex offender issues have impacted the United States and its legal, political, and soon to be a major part of its fundamental transformation . Smith v. Doe was the trigger that started this mess.