The American Spectator

/A>. An examination of the committee's all-stars shows it may instead be a magnet for social liberals. p>Professor Charles Fried has opposed overturning Roe . Pro-life groups have been hostile to the new Attorney General Michael Mukasey, a prominent committee member, while liberal court activists have warmed up to him. Supreme Court papabile Miguel Estrada and Maureen Mahoney are judicial but not social conservatives, according to renowned Supreme Court insider Jan Crawford Greenberg, who says that President Bush's advisors didn't consider Mahoney for the high court because “they didn't believe she was conservative enough.” Committee chairman Ted Olson seems to spend a lot of his time insisting that Giuliani's judicial conservatism “doesn't mean overturning Roe is part of that agenda.” Professor Steven Calabresi is reportedly participating in the committee despite , not because of, his own opposition to abortion. p>Distinguishing social from judicial conservatism could pave the way for more substantive campaign promises about judges. Pro-lifers who ask a candidate what his nominees would think about