More to Come . . .

As August wears on with Congress in recess, the press will need something to cover besides the fizzling Nadagate -- so expect more stories like this one.

It's about Judge Roberts, and the sub-headline screams, "Court Nominee Was Part of Legal Team Seeking to Shift Course on Civil Rights Laws." Not only is it inaccurate in many respects (set forth here, for starters) -- but it's part of the set up the Democrats will use for the inevitable charge that Judge Roberts has tried to "roll back the clock" on civil rights protections.

There is nothing "shocking" in the article (except the numerous falsehoods -- updated catalog of them here) -- if anything, it merely reinforces the fact that John Roberts was a typical Reagan conservative, albeit an extraordinarily young and influential one. But that isn't the point. The point of the piece, it seems to me, is to paint an image of Roberts as part of a sinister cabal of "mostly white males in their twenties who ate lunch almost daily with [Attorney General William French] Smith in his private dining room and then worked late into the night to advance the administration's views."

Don't believe there's any agenda there? Check out the summary of the piece on the Post's website. It's as follows: "Supreme Court nominee worked to curtail the use of courts to remedy racial, sexual discrimination."

In fact, Judge Roberts was only dealing with the federal courts -- and the article could have been summarized just as accurately as follows: "Supreme Court nominee worked to curtail the use of courts to limit state, individual rights."