Ut Humiliter Opinor

I have no other words for this type of low-life opportunism during what should be a time of grief and remembrance:

Outside The Beltway : Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Crashes Marine Funeral to Lobby Against War:

Catherine Baker Knoll, Pennsylvania’s Lieutenant Governor, came univited to the funeral of Marine Staff Sergeant Joseph Goodrich and proceded to hand out business cards and lobby against the war, according to the deceased’s family members.

RedState.org has an interesting analysis of John Roberts’ arguments before the Supreme Court:

These results are undoubtably influenced by the type of cases that Roberts would generally be involved in; few of these cases involve social issues. However, in the cases that were brought before the Court where the result was not unanimous and Roberts was involved, it is clear that Justice Stevens was not often swayed by his arguments. However, the percentage of non-unanimous cases where Justice Kennedy sided with Roberts’ arguments is notable. The sample size is small, but there is some indication that a Justice Roberts might have considerable influence on Justice Kennedy– the primary swing vote on the court.

So, Roberts may have enough charisma to possibly have a significant impact on the middle-of-the-road Justices. That makes his nomination and confirmation that much more important and interesting.