It seems that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, has a rather poor memory. He doesn't remember belonging to the conservative
Federalist Society, but he's listed in their 1997-1998
leadership directory.
Roberts has burnished his legal image carefully. When news organizations have reported his membership in the society, he or others speaking on his behalf have sought corrections. Last week, the White House told news organizations that had reported his membership in the group that he had no memory of belonging. The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and the Associated Press printed corrections.
Over the weekend, The Post obtained a copy of the Federalist Society Lawyers' Division Leadership Directory, 1997-1998. It lists Roberts, then a partner at the law firm Hogan & Hartson, as a member of the steering committee of the organization's Washington chapter and includes his firm's address and telephone number.
Oops.
Various liberal organizations are rightly saying that this...
...episode makes clear, the Senate needs to go behind the glowing accounts of Roberts's record to figure out what he really thinks and what he really did."
No doubt about that. Of course the other side is dismissing this as business as usual, who remembers being on a committee and heck, we don't even push people for dues...nothing to see here, move along...
"It doesn't meet, it doesn't do a whole lot..."
Membership in the sense of paying dues was not required as a condition of inclusion in a listing of the society's leadership...
Whelan, who has been a member of the Federalist Society but said he had no recollection of his own membership on the steering committee, said the society is tolerant of those who come to its meetings or serve on committees without paying dues...
So there you have it. They're just a bunch of absent-minded philanthropists...confirm Roberts already!