You are right in observing that I have strong disagreements with President Bush on many of the policies of his administration. I am especially concerned about the legislative and judicial branches remaining free and equal branches of the government, providing the checks and balances that our country has been built upon.

Our country has also been built upon open and friendly political debate. The name calling that takes place on both sides of the debate, in my mind only contributes to further weaken our country.

David, et al.,

I am particularly concerned about what appears to be an erosion of due process in the United States. I believe that limitations to this due process presents a dangerous threat. Guantanamo is an example of this erosion, as is provisions of the Patriot act. I do not believe that Judge Roberts is a dangerous extremist in the way that a member of the klan is, and I believe that Judge Roberts, members of the klan, and detainees at Guantanamo as deserve fair and speedy hearings.

Yet even this raises concerns in my mind about Judge Roberts. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal says this:

During Judge Roberts's time as principal deputy solicitor general in the administration of George H.W. Bush, his office chose to get involved in dozens of state cases to limit the rights of criminal defendants. The cases backed state prosecutors seeking to preserve convictions won with warrantless searches and confessions obtained without Miranda warnings about the right to remain silent; to dismiss claims by inmates of "cruel and unusual punishments"; and to validate aggressive law-enforcement techniques, such as sobriety checkpoints and "protective sweeps" of crime-infested dwellings.