A John Roberts Roundup
The latest information on the Supreme Court nominee.
Updated Monday, Sept. 19, 2005, at 5:52 PM
"Strictly Judicious: Are strict constructionists anti-civil rights?" by Peter Kirsanow, National Review. Aug. 16, 2005.
"Released Papers Document Supreme Court Nominee Roberts' Anti-Democratic Record," by John Andrews, World Socialist Web Site. Aug. 13, 2005.
"In His Opinions, Nominee Favors Judicial Caution," by Adam Liptak, New York Times. July 22, 2005.
"Thank You, Mr. President: Last week, John Roberts wrote Bush a blank check," by Emily Bazelon, Slate. July 19, 2005.
Partial listing of Roberts' cases from Oyez.com.
Summary of Roberts' opinions from the Supreme Court Nomination Blog.
Roberts and Roe v. Wade
"Sen. Graham: Roberts 'Not an Ideologue,' " Associated Press. September 18, 2005.
"Roberts Drops Hints in 'Precedent' Remarks," by Adam Liptak, New York Times. September 18, 2005.
"Roberts: Precedent Settles Abortion Ruling," by Jesse Holland, Associated Press. September 13, 2005.
"The Issue Senators Dare Not Speak of by Name," by Dana Milbank, Washington Post. September 13, 2005.
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Bidisha Banerjee is the San Francisco-based co-author of a forthcoming Yale Climate and Energy Institute/Centre for International Governance Innovation report on scenario planning for solar radiation management. She is collaborating on a geoengineering game and has written about geoengineering governance for Slate and the Stanford Journal of Law, Science, and Policy.
Torie Bosch is the editor of Future Tense, a project from Slate, the New America Foundation, and Arizona State that covers emerging technologies and their implications for society and policy.
Laurel Wamsley, a former Slate intern, is a writer living in Washington, D.C.