How about Ed Prado instead of Pirate Dread Roberts for SCOTUS?

[Hawkeye-X]

http://draftprado.org/chart


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Judge Prado

Experience

Judge Prado: 21 years as a federal judge.

Judge Roberts: 2 years as a federal judge.

A Historic nominee?

Judge Prado: Would be the first Latino on the Supreme Court.

Judge Roberts: Would be the 106th white man on the Supreme Court.

Women’s Rights

Judge Prado: Prado joined a decision to dismiss a challenge to Roe v. Wade. Suggests he thinks the issue is settled.

Judge Roberts: In 1991, Roberts wrote in court papers that "Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided and should be overruled."

Environment

Judge Prado: Prado has ruled the federal government can regulate issues like the environment and safety.

Judge Roberts: Wants to limit Endangered Species Act. Has supported far-right theories of scaling back government.

Other Issues

Judge Prado: A 21-year record of balanced, independent decisions.

Judge Roberts: Hard to say. Only 2 years on the bench. The Senate needs to ask him the tough questions.

[hermetic]

1. I sent letters out in his favor

several weeks ago. Evidently no one payed any attention to them.

[flpoljunkie]

2. Not gonna happen until we can get a Democratic President in 2008.

Sad, but true.