The Uphill Fight

THE nomination of John Roberts brings up the recurrent and crucial question of who is to govern America and, therefore, what is to be the course of our culture and morality. It is hardly surprising, then, that the power seekers of the left-wing wolf pack are on the prowl, attacking Judge Roberts with their customary mendacity.

“With every passing day, it is becoming clearer that John Roberts is one of the key lieutenants in the right-wing assault on civil-rights laws and precedents,” proclaims Ralph Neas, the far-left ideologue who heads People for the American Way. Not to be outdone, Sen. Ted Kennedy asserts that in doubting that Congress’s power over interstate commerce extends to preservation of the arroyo southwestern toad-a homebody that never moves out of California and is not engaged in commerce—Roberts is somehow endangering Social Security, Medicare, civil rights, and, for all we know, the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation. Listening to the absurd Kennedy and Neas accusations brings to mind an old Irish ballad: “Johnny, we hardly knew ye.”

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Robert H. Bork

The late Mr. Bork was a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute.

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THE nomination of John Roberts brings up the recurrent and crucial question of who is to govern America and, therefore, what is to be the course of our culture and morality. It is hardly surprising, then, that the power seekers of the left-wing wolf pack are on the prowl, attacking Judge Roberts with their customary mendacity.

“With every passing day, it is becoming clearer that John Roberts is one of the key lieutenants in the right-wing assault on civil-rights laws and precedents,” proclaims Ralph Neas, the far-left ideologue who heads People for the American Way. Not to be outdone, Sen. Ted Kennedy asserts that in doubting that Congress’s power over interstate commerce extends to preservation of the arroyo southwestern toad-a homebody that never moves out of California and is not engaged in commerce—Roberts is somehow endangering Social Security, Medicare, civil rights, and, for all we know, the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation. Listening to the absurd Kennedy and Neas accusations brings to mind an old Irish ballad: “Johnny, we hardly knew ye.”