Roberts advised Jeb Bush in 2000 Election controversy
AP reports: Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' brief meeting with Gov. Jeb Bush during the 2000 presidential recount in Florida has some Democrats questioning whether he would be a politically partisan justice.
Roberts, who was in private practice at the time, accepted the governor's invitation to come to Florida at his own expense to volunteer advice as Bush's brother was trying to clinch the election win over then-Vice President Al Gore.
Roberts spent about a half hour with the Florida governor and never played a major role at a time scores of attorneys swarmed into the state with legal advice for both sides during the 36-day recount.
"He came down and met with the governor briefly and shared with him some of his thoughts on what he believed the governor's responsibilities were after a presidential election, a presidential election in dispute," DiPietre said. "There were several experts, including professors, scholars, constitutional experts who came down to Florida at that time and Judge Roberts was one of them." -- AP Wire | 07/21/2005 | Supreme Court nominee helped counsel Gov. Bush in 2000 recount