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WASHINGTON - Environmentalists didn't like John G. Roberts' opinion on protecting California toads. And some Gulf War veterans felt he was unfair to prisoners of war mistreated by Saddam Hussein's regime. But on balance, critics were finding it difficult Wednesday to muster a strong attack on the Supreme Court nominee based on his brief record as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Roberts will be called on to defend legal briefs he wrote while serving as deputy solicitor general in the first Bush White House, including one that argued that "Roe v. Wade...

Ever loyal, President Bush is rewarding conservatives with his choice of John Roberts—a man that liberals will have difficulty blocking. George W. Bush keeps surprising the wise guys. They keep thinking that he’s going to be something other than what he is and that he will do something other than what he says he will do. Well, he and Karl Rove built his career on West Texas Bible Belt conservatism, with deep ancestral ties to the Establishment “up East.” And it was that president—half Cambridge, all “Come to Jesus”—who chose John G. Roberts Jr. for the U.S. Supreme Court. In...

John G. Roberts pairs a youthful demeanor with a sharp, seasoned legal mind that has impressed Ivy League professors, government lawyers and U.S. presidents. Befitting his age of 50 and limited time on the appellate court, the book on his judicial decisions remains a work in progress. President Bush on Tuesday tapped Roberts to become the nation's 109th Supreme Court justice, introducing the Harvard honors graduate, former clerk to William Rehnquist and successful Washington attorney to the nation in prime time. "He has argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court and earned a reputation as one of the best legal...

7/19/2005 - 8:44:00 PM Contact: Jerry Horn of Priests for Life Washington, July 19/U.S. Newswire/--Today, Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, called upon the US Senate to do its work "swiftly and fairly" regarding the confirmation process for Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the Supreme Court. "I am thrilled that the President has kept his promise by selecting a nominee who understands the importance of strictly adhering to the Constitution," Pavone said. "The President's selection of Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. shows that he has a fundamental understanding of the types of judges that we need...

After pretending to consider various women and minorities for the Supreme Court these past few weeks, President Bush decided to disappoint all the groups he had just ginned up and nominate a white male. So all we know about him for sure is that he can't dance and he probably doesn't know who Jay-Z is. Other than that, he is a blank slate. Tabula rasa. Big zippo. Nada. Oh, yeah...we also know he's argued cases before the supreme court. big deal; so has Larry fFynt's attorney. But unfortunately, other than that that, we don’t know much about John Roberts. Stealth...

WASHINGTON - President Bush nominated conservative appellate Judge John G. Roberts Jr. for the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday night, calling him "one of the best legal minds of his generation." Bush, making one of the most significant decisions of his presidency, said in a televised address that Roberts "has the qualities Americans expect in a judge: experience, wisdom, fairness and civility." The selection of Roberts, a former law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist and an aide in the Reagan White House, won praise from Republicans and skepticism from Democrats. Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said...