"Why would Judge John G. Roberts lie...."

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"about being a member of the Federalist Society (FS)?"

"FS became a network, or a self-described "cabal," for right-wing law clerks, judges, lawyers and was funded generously by far-right foundations like Richard Mellon Scaife, Koch, Olin, and Bradley. The main goal of the organization was to pressure justices to adopt right-wing positions in their decisions, to create endowments for right-wing university professors, organize conferences on a host of right-wing issues such as corporate deregulation, overturning civil rights, reproductive rights, and so on.

Prominent members of FS who served or currently serve in the Bush administration, include former Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, Interior Secretary Gale Norton, former Attorney General John Ashcroft, former Solicitor General Theodore Olson, and current Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff. Newly appointed federal judge William Pryor and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia are also members.

None of these FS members could be said to favor upholding current Constitutional law. All of these people, in one area or another, have fought to overturn, undo, or eliminate federal protections for civil rights, women’s reproductive rights, privacy rights, the Constitutional separation of church and state, federal protections for the environment, safety and health regulations, and more.

Last November, FS hosted a conference to boost US imperialism and the Iraq war and voicing anti-UN views that included presentations by a number of Bush administration extremists, including John Bolton, John Negroponte, and Paula Dobriansky. Bolton especially denounced the International Criminal Court and critics of US unilateralism.

FS believes in changing the US legal system by promoting far-right legal positions and influencing who becomes judges, top government officials, and decision-makers. Many members of FS advocate a rollback of civil rights measures, reproductive choice, and generally support conservative morality being enshrined in federal and state laws. FS favors public school privatization."

http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/1568/1/32/
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Funded generously by Richard Mellon Scaife, Koch, Olin...wouldn't you know it. :shrug: