John Roberts slammed the highly politicized Supreme Court nomination process — just 10 days before Scalia died

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Source; http://theweek.com/speedreads/613931/john-roberts-slammed-highly-po...

The following proves to me that Justice Roberts is either delusional or living in a fantasy world.

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{"Ten days before Justice Antonin Scalia died, launching the political battle over who would fill his vacancy, Chief Justice John Roberts delivered a speech slamming the Supreme Court nomination process. In remarks at Boston's New England Law, The New York Times reportsthat Roberts denounced the politicization of the process that he says is really just meant to ensure that nominees are qualified for the job.

"We don't work as Democrats or Republicans," the chief justice said, "and I think it's a very unfortunate impression the public might get from the confirmation process."

Roberts pointed out that while nominees back in his day were easily confirmed, the last three justices — Samuel Alito Jr., Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan — have all faced split votes from the Senate. "Look at my more recent colleagues, all extremely well qualified for the court and the votes were, I think, strictly on party lines for the last three of them, or close to it, and that doesn't make any sense," Roberts said. "That suggests to me that the process is being used for something other than ensuring the qualifications of the nominees."

President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court last week, despite Republicans' promises that they will deny any Obama nominee in favor of letting the next president fill the vacancy. Becca Stanek"}.

If a Supreme Court Justice does not see that the nominees are Politically motivated by the President, In my considered opinion should not be making judgments on the Constitutionality of laws. Just my opinion!

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The comment by Roberts, "We don't work as Democrats or Republicans," the chief justice said, "and I think it's a very unfortunate impression the public might get from the confirmation process." leads me to believe he must think that the other justices never had a personal opinion about what comes up and their opinions were never formed by their past experiences. To my way of thinking ruling on the Constitutionality of a law requires them to make a value judgment based on their personal and political preferences.