[Mb-civic] Record of Accomplishment -- And Some Contradictions - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

Record of Accomplishment -- And Some Contradictions

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Jo Becker
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, July 20, 2005; Page A01

In 1991, John G. Roberts Jr., then deputy solicitor general in the 
George H.W. Bush administration, told the Supreme Court that its 
historic decision supporting a woman's right to an abortion was "wrongly 
decided and should be overruled." In 2003, when Roberts was up for a 
judgeship, he played down his earlier statement, explaining that he made 
the administration's case against Roe v. Wade only because that was his 
responsibility as its lawyer.

<>After 11 years in government service and 10 years at one of 
Washington's largest law firms, Roberts has earned a reputation as a 
brilliant litigator who argues passionately for his clients' positions. 
The question the Senate will debate as it decides whether to elevate him 
to the Supreme Court is which of those positions are also his own.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/19/AR2005071902065.html?nav=hcmodule 

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