Obama v. Roberts: The Struggle to Come

The coming months will feature two intellectual gladiators in a great struggle over the role of government in American society. Their Coliseum is the Supreme Court of the United States.

“There is absolutely no doubt in my mind Judge Roberts is qualified to sit on the highest court in the land,” Mr. Obama said then. He added that Judge Roberts told him “he doesn’t like bullies and has always viewed the law as a way of evening out the playing field between the strong and the weak.” But after studying the record, Mr. Obama said, “he has far more often used his formidable skills on behalf of the strong in opposition to the weak.”