It’s interesting that one of William Raspberry’s complaints about Judge Roberts is that he has been an “advocate of positions,” such as limitations on mandatory busing, “seem well out of the settled mainstream” to “civil rights partisans.” Raspberry, after all, has himself often advocated positions “well out of the settled mainstream” as judged by “civil rights partisans.” Raspberry has criticized civil-rights groups for failing to support school choice and has raised doubts about the value of forced busing to improve educational opportunity for African Americans.