This WSJ article on environmentalists’ views on the Roberts nomination does a good job of fairly characterizing Roberts’s record. Of note, it quotes the Sierra Club’s David Bookbinder saying, “His record on the D.C. court is even-handed . . . There is certainly no pro- or anti-environmental bias we can see. We’re glad, but these are not the sort of cases that go to the Supreme Court.” What’s particularly interesting about the article is that it makes clear that many environmentalist legal types are more concerned with the policy outcomes in environmental cases than they are with the legal questions at issue. In this environmentalists are not alone – indeed, it can be said of many activist groups – but it is worth nothing nonetheless.