Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Haunting Supreme Court nominee, John Roberts
Roberts Poked at Congress as White House Lawyer, By Jesse J. Holland Associated Press Writer.
Since it was a Democratic Congress at the time of his remarks, I'm sure it won't bother the Republicans.
Supreme Court nominee John Roberts took shots at Congress while a Reagan administration lawyer, saying in documents released Wednesday that a congressman killed in connection with cult leader Jim Jones' massacre could be viewed as a "publicity hound" and that what Congress does best is "nothing."...
...Two of the released documents show Roberts, then an assistant to White House counsel Fred Fielding, taking the then-Democratic Congress to task...
...Several groups announced their opposition to Roberts on Wednesday, including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the National Partnership for Women & Families, and the National Womens Law Center. Groups announcing their support of Roberts included the National Black Republican Association...
Since it was a Democratic Congress at the time of his remarks, I'm sure it won't bother the Republicans.
