{"id":1473,"date":"2005-07-22T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-22T19:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/07\/22\/judge-roberts-environmental-record\/"},"modified":"2005-07-22T19:10:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-22T19:10:00","slug":"judge-roberts-environmental-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/judge-roberts-environmental-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Roberts&#8217; Environmental Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, let me say that it&#8217;s been heartening to see environmental issues coming up frequently in discussions of Judge John Roberts&#8217; nomination to the Supreme Court. While the Supreme Court has a lot of power to determine the fate of environmental regulations, I wasn&#8217;t sure that these issues would receive the prominent attention they&#8217;re getting in the mainstream media and the political blogosphere.<\/p>\n<p>ENN has published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ens-newswire.com\/ens\/jul2005\/2005-07-19-04.asp\">an overview<\/a> of Roberts&#8217; published statements and positions on environmental claims, and I tend to agree with the environmental lawyers quoted that he has a troubling history in this area. While this article quotes various cases Roberts was involved in as both judge and attorney, I don&#8217;t find any of those particular opinions as worrisome as his acceptance of the broader notion that citizens must demonstrate &#8220;injury-in-fact&#8221; in order to bring suits on environmental protection (a position espoused by every progressives&#8217; least favorite SCOTUS member, Antonin Scalia). This is a direct attack on the concept of the commons, and represents part of a worrisome trend to, well, privatize everything. Furthermore, it&#8217;s a direct slap in the face of sustainability, as proponents of that concept (yours truly included) argue for maintaining resources for future generations &#8212; under the concept of injury held by Roberts, sustainability is invalidated as a cause for legal action. While Roberts is doing a hell of a job on his charm offensive through Capitol Hill, I hope Senators are taking note of such positions and considering their ramifications on a whole host of issues. It&#8217;s hard to believe, given the record, that Judge Roberts wouldn&#8217;t support further attempts to privatize every element of our society (except, of course, women&#8217;s bodies&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I&#8217;m not a lawyer or legal scholar, so feel free to enlighten me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Technorati tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Supreme+Court\" rel=\"tag\">Supreme Court<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/John+Roberts\" rel=\"tag\">John Roberts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/environmental+law\" rel=\"tag\">environmental law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/cgi-bin\/partner?partner_id=29592&amp;cgi=product&amp;isbn=089608650x\">Buy Vandana Shiva&#8217;s <em>Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit<\/em> at Powells.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, let me say that it&#8217;s been heartening to see environmental issues coming up frequently in discussions of Judge John Roberts&#8217; nomination to the Supreme Court. 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