ABCnews: Some documents to be released

Washington DC- "Risking a showdown with Democrats, the White House said Tuesday it won't release documents that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts prepared while working on cases to argue on behalf of the first Bush administration..."

One of the duties of a Judge, or in this case a Justice, is to follow established precedent regardless of one's personal or political views, and to apply the law impartially, that is, without prejudice.

Nominee John Roberts said he will do that.

However, the process has become severely politicized and publicized which does not bode well for the doctrine of Separation of Powers. A Justice of the Supreme Court is not supposed to be swayed by political forces, nor publicity. Yet both the press and the politicians are exerting a great amount of pressure on him. They need to cut it out.