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Thanks for visiting. On a semi-daily basis we scan Florida's major daily newspapers for significant Florida political news and punditry. We also review the editorial pages and political columnists/pundits for Florida political commentary. The papers we review include: the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Naples News, Sarasota Herald Tribune, St Pete Times, Tampa Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Tallahassee Democrat, and, occasionally, the Florida Times Union; we also review the political news blogs associated with these newspapers.

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The Blog for Wednesday, July 20, 2005

A Challenge for Charlie

    In the above post Charlie Crist is quoted as saying Roberts is a "a brilliant jurist", which very well may be true - though one wonders how that can be discerned after a whopping 20 months on the bench. In any event, we'll take the State of Florida's chief lawyer at his word, that Roberts is "a judge's judge" and
    "a brilliant jurist" in two years on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
    Again, that may be true. But, knowing Charlie to be a deep thinker who would not jump to conclusions about so serious a matter, we have a challenge for Charlie:

    Please name a single court opinion, legal brief or indeed anything else written by Mr. Roberts that led you to reach your considered opinion that Roberts is a "a brilliant jurist"

    As Florida's most prominent lawyer and a leading light in the profession, we hold you to a higher standard on such things, and both need and respect your opinions about critical issues concerning the quality of nominees to the Supreme Court, a matter important to all Floridians; but we simply wish to be assured that your publicly stated opinions are based on neutral, objective principles, rather than, say ... rank politics.

    So, we ask again, Charlie: Please name a single court opinion, legal brief or indeed anything else written by Mr. Roberts that led you to reach your considered opinion that Roberts is a "a brilliant jurist"
    We're waiting.

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