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- -07-19-05 Bush Nominates Roberts for the Supreme Court (ABC News)
"President Bush chose federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. on Tuesday as his first nominee for the Supreme Court, selecting a rock solid conservative whose nomination could trigger a tumultuous battle over the direction of the nation's highest court, senior administration officials said." 7-05
- -07-19-05 Bush Nominates Roberts for the Supreme Court (CNN News)
"President Bush will select U.S. Circuit Judge John Roberts Jr. to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the nation's highest court, CNN has learned." 7-05
- -07-25-05 John Roberts on Industry Issues (Washington Post)
Presents some of the positions argued by John G. Roberts, nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. 7-05
- -07-25-05 John Roberts on the Issues (Washington Post)
Presents several positions argued by John G. Roberts, nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. 7-05
- -07-26-05 Issues Over Past Documents by Roberts (CBS News)
"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 before the high court." 7-05
- -08-02-05 Documents Reveal Positions of Roberts (CBS News)
"A series of government documents surfaced Tuesday that shed light on U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts's past, present and future." 8-05
- -08-02-05 Memos Question Right of Privacy (Bloomberg.com)
"Memos U.S. Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts wrote two decades ago questioning whether there is a constitutional right to privacy will likely draw scrutiny at his Senate confirmation hearings." 8-05
- -08-02-05 New Documents on Roberts Released (CBS News)
"Supreme Court nominee John Roberts as a young government lawyer pushed for a limited Supreme Court role on hot-button issues in the 1980s such as death penalty appeals, newly released documents show." 8-05
- Roberts, John G. - Biography (Wikipedia.org)
"He was selected as President Bush's nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court of the United States." 7-05
Papers
- Editorial: Roberts, John G. (Family.org)
Provides a conservative view of the nominee for Supreme Court. " 'Judge Roberts is an unquestionably qualified attorney and judge with impressive experience in government and the private sector," said James C. Dobson, Ph.D., chairman of Focus on the Family Action. "He has demonstrated at every stop on his career path the legal acumen, judicial temperament and personal integrity necessary to be a Supreme Court justice.' " 7-05
- Editorial: Roberts, John G. (IndependentJudiciary.com)
Provides a progressive view of the nominee for Supreme Court. "John G. Roberts, nominated by President Bush to a seat on the United States Court Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, has a record of hostility to the rights of women and minorities. He has also taken controversial positions in favor of weakening the separation of church and state and limiting the role of federal courts in protecting the environment. The Alliance for Justice opposes his nomination to the D.C. Circuit." 7-05
- Roberts, John G. (Fredericksburg.com)
"It's expected that a Roberts confirmation would shift the court sharply to the right."
"Conservatives have applauded the nomination. In Virginia Beach, television evangelist Pat Robertson said in a statement that Roberts was at the top of his own list of candidates for the court vacancy." 7-05
- Roberts, John G. (U.S. Department of Justice)
Provides a biography. 7-05
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