On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:13:43 GMT, Rudy Canoza wrote:

Roberts appears to me to
be well qualified to sit on the court

Well, he does seem opposed to the rights of people,
women, for bible teaching in schools, for slavery ....?

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As a partisan lawyer for the Bush Sr. and Reagan administrations,
Roberts threatened:

Civil rights by asking the Supreme Court to severely limit the
ability of district courts to desegregate public schools 1, and
working to ensure the Voting Rights Act could not be used to remedy
many cases of actual discrimination against minority votes. 2

Women's rights by fighting for a law barring doctors from even
discussing reproductive options in many cases, 3 and arguing that Roe.
vs. Wade should be "overruled." 4

Free speech by arguing to the Supreme Court that political speech that
some considered offensive did not deserve First Amendment protections.
The Court rejected his claim. 5

Religious liberty by arguing to the Supreme Court that public schools
could force religious speech on students. Again, the Court rejected
the argument. 6

As a corporate lawyer, Roberts threatened:

Community and environmental rights by working to strike down new
clean-air rules and filing a brief for the National Mining
Association, arguing that federal courts could not stop
mountaintop-removal mining in West Virginia, even as it devastated
local communities. 7

Workers' rights by helping Toyota to successfully evade the Americans
with Disabilities Act and fire workers for disabilities they suffered
over time because of the requirements of their jobs. 8

Public interest regulations by helping Fox News challenge FCC rules
that prevented the creation of news media monopolies. 9

In his short two years as a judge, Roberts has threatened:

Individual rights by rejecting the civil rights claims brought on
behalf of a 12-year-old girl who had been handcuffed, arrested and
taken away by the police for eating a single french fry in the D.C.
Metro. 10

Environmental protections when the dissent he wrote on an Endangered
Species Act case, had it been in the majority, would have struck the
Act down as unconstitutional in many cases, and would have threatened
a wide swath of workplace, public safety and civil rights protections.
11

Human Rights by voting to strike down the Geneva Conventions as
applied to prisoners that the Bush administration chose to exempt from
international law. 12
]
http://political.moveon.org/roberts/info.html
--
Cliff