Last night, an episode of complete frustration ensued from the dazzling ignorance and animal-like incivility that seems to have swept our nation right out of the Civilized World, into the realm of a rogue-state or "WTF? It's time to GTFO-land." So instead of complaining all night in bed, my girlfriend encouraged me to re-start The Real-Nation.

The following statement from me is at her behest.

Chief Justice welcomes his newest family member with an extended middle finger.

Yesterday, WashPo released some excerpts from their interviews with all the different Supreme Court judges. In these interviews, the justices describe the court as one big giant family.

But when they started asking questions about the newest member of the Justices' family, Sonya Sotomayor, "Chief" Justice John Roberts welcomed her with this message: "I think it's unsettling."

Love her or hate her, this speaks more about the Chief of the court than Sotomayor.

Now, in his defense, Justice Roberts should be forgiven for not understanding the way things like the Supreme Court and the Constitution work, or that his political opinions really have no place in the highest halls of Justice. Because before he was anointed Chief Justice by a Republican President and GOP congressional majority, he was never actually a judge of any kind. He was a Republican Party lawyer. A political flack. Who's primary focus was making sure GOPers got away with winning, and if need-be, stealing elections.

As was the case in the Florida recount in 2000. Which John Roberts played the part of senior attorney on Bush's recount team. So the venerated Chief Justice's spot was turned into a quid-pro-quo, or "political reach-around" for those non-Latin-speakers, From George Dubbya to his buddy Johnny for stealin' him an election...

I digress.

With that knowledge of his background, it's easy to see why Justice Roberts would have no idea that his opinion matters ZERO on the President's constitutional right to appoint WHOMEVER he wishes to the court for a lifetime term. And one can also award him the benefit of the doubt in not fully understanding that the Supreme Court is, as they have all said, a FAMILY, who's nine members sit, side-by-side and work out the nation's constitutional dilemas for each of their entire lives.

So just because he's a Republican and she's a moderate, there's no excuse for Mr. Roberts to violate Court etiquette and even basic manners, and give Sotomayor a giant and very public F-U on her very first day of work. Next time, he should ditch the rookie plays and try to uphold the sacred tradition of the court; that Justice is blind, no one is pre-judged, and that politics goes out the window when you wear the robe!

Chief Roberts, you are a clumsy obstacle in our quest for a more perfect union.


for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Roberts