Juridics: Supreme Court: Bush nominee John Roberts undergoes process quite different from Canada's lame exercize

Heah cum da Judge! Bush nominee John Roberts - "A conservative with few hard edges," reports Warren Richey in The Christian Science Monitor, July 21, 2005

Bush's pick meets measured reaction - "Democratic statements on Roberts could signal a less-than-contentious confirmation", by Linda Feldmann and Gail Chaddock, CSM, July 21, 2005

Ideology's high profile in hearings- It's figured before, but not always overtly, by Gail Russell Chaddock, CSM, July 22, 2005

Roberts' record shows resistance to limits on Prez Power, by Warren Richey, CSM, July 22, 2005. "Clues on how Roberts might act on high court - His record while at a federal appeals court, though sparse, shows a resistance to limits on presidential power.

Advice and Consent: what the US Constitution says about Senate's role in Presidential nominations, Heritage House's Research WebMemo #800, on American founding and history, July 22. 2005 (part of a forthcoming book).

Supreme Court nomination process Canada

Justice Minister Irwin Colter defends farcical Supreme Court nomination processs, January 1, 2004

CBC calls this item "INDEPTH" but its' actually a thumbnail numbskull piece without any critical depth whatsoever, updated June 17, 2005

Report says Supreme Court nomination process "needs work," in wake of 2 recent quickie installations of justices by Paul Martin, August 27, 2004

Measuring the Growing “Democracy Gap” Between the Supreme Court and Parliament by Neil Seeman, Adjunct Research Fellow, Fraser Institute, August 6, 2003