Environmentalists are considering what to make of Bush's nomination of Judge John Roberts to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court. Here's one take from Grist, and another from Doug Kendall of Community Rights Counsel. I have some commentary on NRO's Bench Memos here and here.

Much of the attention focuses on Judge Roberts' dissent from denial of en banc review in the Rancho Viejo case. SCOTUSBlog's Tom Goldstein analyzes the opinion here. I have some more thoughts here.