Facing the Future: John Roberts

Well the time has come, and we are before an ever changing Supreme Court as John Roberts faces the Judiciary Committee today.

Resume for John Roberts

Born:
1955 in Buffalo

Education:
BA, Harvard 1976
JD, Harvard Law School 1979

Work History:
US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit 2003
Attorney - Hogan & Hartson 1989-1993
Principal Deputy Solicitor General - President George H.W. Bush
Aide to Attorney General William French Smith (Under Ronald Reagan) 1981-1982
Aide to Fred Fielding White House Council 1982-1986
Law Clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly US Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, New York
Law Clerk for Associate Justice (at the time) William H. Rehnquist


Key Issues for Tomorrow's Hearing:

Separation of Church and State - In 1985 the Kentucy School Board sent a memo to then President Ronald Reagan requesting a statement of support for the requirement of the Kentucky Public Schools to post the National Motto "In God We Trust" and the Preamble to the Kentucky Constitution "We, the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, are grateful to the Almighty God for the civil, religious, and political liberties we enjoy". John Roberts reply.

Abortion - Roberts is on record for stating ""we continue to believe that Roe was wrongly decided and should be overruled" in a brief in Rust v. Sullivan.

Some other issues to be brought up are: Torture of Prisoners of War, Civil Rights

Let the games begin.