Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
And it turned out that the Roberts Commission did not fully utilize the information available and that it came to conclusions which were I think quite short sighted and, indeed, in some cases, scapegoated individuals.
Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans.
I think what we ought to be focusing on is that we are on path for the release of 75,000 pages of documents in connection with John Roberts' work in the White House, as in the counselor's office and as his time working as an assistant in the office of the attorney general.
The events with Henry III happened, obviously the way it happened, liberties were taken.
I probably would have voted against Justice Thomas, and, and, and I've been disappointed by what Justice Roberts has done.
I feel very confident that that information should be sufficient for the members of the Senate to make an informed decision about John Roberts' qualifications.
There's no question that Roberts will vote like William Rehnquist... If he swings, it will be from right to far right.
The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.
Everyone puts all of the advances that we've made on Dr. King, but there's a lot of people who were part of the civil rights movement.
It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the need for thoughtful legal reasoning.