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John Roberts has a broad, expansive understanding of the application of the Constitution. He did say the core principles of liberty and due process have broad meaning as applied to evolving societal conditions.

John Roberts consistently has taken the most narrow, restrictive views of civil rights and women's rights.

John Roberts built a record of excellence and achievement and reputation for goodwill and decency toward others in his extraordinary career.

John Roberts and I worked on a response to that letter

Justice O'Connor loves the court as an institution. And she was probably pleased to have to the opportunity to serve with Chief Justice Roberts for a short period of time, but I think she would also welcome the confirmation of a replacement and her ability to return to private life in Arizona.

Julia Roberts most definitely would play me in the film of my life. Not just because of the hair but because she has all sides to her personality come through in films that I could just imagine her playing my crazy self so well.

Judge Roberts ... will seek to assure the American people that he will be fair and open-minded, that he understands what his role is as a judge in our system of government: not to legislate, not to execute laws but to apply the law.

Judge Roberts will listen to the arguments from those challenging it and those seeking to uphold it and make a decision not based on politics but the rule of law,

Judge Roberts should explain as soon as possible why he thought it was appropriate for him to continue hearing this case,

Judge Roberts moved NTP and Research in Motion closer to a settlement, and that's what investors were hoping for all along. NTP thinks past and future royalties may be as much as $1 billion, but our view is they could provide a discount to get the deal done, get the cash up front, and avoid a reexamination of the patents.

Judge Roberts has projected a very unique persona as he has talked about modesty and humility,

Judge Roberts has advocated diminishing the role the courts play in enforcing individual rights and freedoms,

Judge Roberts has a combination of substantive expertise and stylistic smoothness ... He's likely to fly through this without anyone laying a fingernail on him.

Judge Roberts has a clear obligation to make his views known fully and completely at the hearings and we look forward to them.

Judge Roberts has a brilliant legal mind and respect for the judicial process, which is supposed to interpret the law, not make it,

That's a tough thing to do, as we have seen with the AOL Time Warner merger. As a business operator, Roberts has cut costs and improved the company's profit and margins.

I would love to work with Julia Roberts at some point.

Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts act themselves senseless in 'August: Osage County,' and by the time they're finished, they've acted their movie senseless, too.

William Rehnquist was well respected by all his colleagues. John Roberts seemingly has that, plus the added strength of his open personality.

We realize we're not in shape. For (Aaron Roberts and Chris Sullivan), it was a conditioning event. The team is going to build off them.

We played some great defense like we knew we could. It was something we definitely wanted to hang our hat on from last year. Oral Roberts had some great players. I think we did a good job on them tonight. That's just going to get us ready for the Big Ten.

We have also added sprinter Dallas Roberts to give him one last chance to force his way into the relay squad.

You know, I think it's so important that Roberts is confirmed. And so we've insisted, we've promoted, we've cajoled, advocated for his confirmation.

We found a way to win and that's the main thing. I don't like the way that we let them comeback, but we did find a way to win. Blake Roberts came in at the end and shut them down for two innings.

The president has made his choice, ... Now the Senate will do its job of deciding whether to confirm John Roberts to a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court.

We are disappointed that Justice Roberts flip-flopped in regard to state rights when a medical question was at issue.

We are about to enter the Roberts era on the Supreme Court,

We are not dealing with anything but Judge Roberts and hurricane stuff.

We are gravely concerned this new information could indicate John Roberts holds a hostile position on the fundamental right to privacy.

There is a very steep learning curve, even for someone as versed in constitutional law as Roberts is.

to trigger some kind of response by Roberts that feeds into the fears that a lot of liberal groups have, and that could create a more volatile dynamic for him in the next few weeks.

The Democrats won't do themselves any favors if they give Roberts a free pass. They have to put down some markers, contrast their beliefs with Roberts' beliefs, demonstrate where they stand, and frame the debate over the long-term direction of the court.

The conventional wisdom right now is that John Roberts will be confirmed just as the conventional wisdom in 1987 going into the hearings was that Robert Bork would be confirmed, ... You never know what's going to happen at a hearing. I think that's been demonstrated time and again.

The existing record suggests that Judge Roberts lacks sufficient appreciation for how the law affects ordinary people.

When I was coming up, it was the golden age. It was Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan, and Reese Witherspoon was starting. You really had, 'Who is America's Next Sweetheart?' every couple of years. And then this sort of bromance slacker thing took over.

We would be extraordinarily disappointed in any senator who votes for John Roberts or any other nominee who would turn back the clock on fundamental rights and liberties, ... That's the kind of vote that would never be forgotten.

This replacement is extremely important because it's my view that John Roberts was a one-for-one replacement for the chief. Justice O'Connor held the middle in the court, and on many social issues, like separation of church and state, she was the crucial vote there.

We were told we should not pay any attention to John Roberts views and religion and now we are told that opinions and religion do matter. I believe there is a degree of sexism here. . .and ivy league prejudice going on here.

This was a hard-fought game. UMKC was stinging off a home loss at Oral Roberts and their players played with a lot of fight and determination. They made key shot after key shot. I am pleased with how hard we fought. At this stage of the year, I couldn't be happier with where we are. To sweep six straight games at home is definitely a feat.

What kind of justice will John Roberts be?

While it comes as no surprise that the nominee's views are different than ours, it is the seemingly extreme nature of those views, the degree of difference, that makes his candidacy unacceptable. Roberts has demonstrated a commitment to reversing the historic civil rights gains of the past 40 years.

The president should name the best-qualified and proven constitutionalist to replace O'Connor as soon as Judge Roberts is confirmed, regardless of sex, race or ethnicity. The American people will decide the consequences of partisan politicians trying to intimidate the president into surrendering his constitutional duty.

The president promised in two campaigns to nominate justices who will faithfully uphold the text and principles of the Constitution. One would expect the president to nominate more exceptional judicial conservatives like Judge Roberts for as many vacancies as occur, whether it is two, three, or more.

Two of our biggest movie stars are Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz, and they smile onscreen. Something people have forgotten about doing for 30 years.

There have already been indications from members of the court about their liking the fact that Judge Roberts is going to be the new chief justice.

The recent nomination of John Roberts has spurred our country into a conversation about the court's role in our society,

There can be no turning back, and for that reason I oppose the nomination of Judge Roberts as chief justice.

The other irony is that Roberts is a lifelong advocate of federalism and states' rights. Like his mentor, Rehnquist, he has a narrow view of the commerce clause.

This vote today in committee means that Judge Roberts will be voted on on the Senate floor next week, possibly on Thursday, and he is all but certain to be approved by a majority larger than 60 votes,

You have to wait and see how Judge Roberts answers questions, ... He has to tell us who he is, judicially speaking. Americans overwhelmingly want to know his views.

You have to wait and see how Judge Roberts answers questions.

We tell our guys that great players make great plays on great days. That is the definition of Blake Roberts tonight.

What that means is that Judge Roberts is guaranteed an up or down vote and he is also guaranteed to be the next chief justice of the Supreme Court.

very thorough and piercing confirmation process with very, very detailed questions on what Judge Roberts has said in the past.

Even if the president wasn't up to it in alligators and his approval rating was 90 percent, John Roberts simply is the best guy for the chief justice's job. I think the thought of having John Roberts join him on the court kept the chief going despite his cancer. I think he's probably smiling about it now.

Believe me, Judge Roberts will be asked a lot of questions, and he will give a lot of answers. But one thing I don't expect him to do and that no previous nominee has ever been asked to do, is to make specific commitments about how he will rule in cases that are likely to come back before the United States Supreme Court.

Bill Roberts has worked for British Swimming on child protection issues and on working with vulnerable adults, and both those bits of work are ongoing. I couldn't discuss his contract.

Every question to Roberts is obviously a question to the next nominee. They are sending a signal to Bush about where Democrats will engage in a strong fight and where they will be willing to allow the next candidate to flow through.

At that point, Roberts either has to join them, saying that Roe is good law, ... or he has to join the dissent of Scalia, Rehnquist and Thomas, each of whom says Roe is an abomination and should be taken off the books.

Attacking Roberts as unlikely to defend the personal freedoms you are concerned about would have more resonance with many voters.

At the hearings, I gave Judge Roberts every opportunity to distance himself from Justice Thomas's most extreme views, ... He refused.

Conservatives want someone with a clear, written record. The Roberts hearing has been superb as a technical, tactical matter, but it's left some people in despair and just clamoring for someone with a written record. The left keeps asking, 'What does the right know that we don't know?' Well the truth of the matter is, we don't know anything. We're all being asked to take a leap of faith.

Did you remember to thank Eric Roberts ?

There's no question that Roberts will vote like William Rehnquist, ... If he swings, it will be from right to far right.

There's no question that Roberts is in Gordon's head.

I've been seeing the ball well for a couple of weeks now. I don't know what else to say, he gave me something I could handle and I swung as hard as I could. We came out with a ton of intensity. That's the challenge coach (Ryan) Roberts gave us to come out and have good solid at-bats. Once we got started it was hard to stop.

The worst case nightmare for a Democratic senator is that they're going to vote to confirm Roberts and then he is going as chief justice to turn around and write the majority opinion that overturns Roe v. Wade,

I've never met John Roberts personally, although he was a young lawyer on President Reagan's staff at about the same time that I came to Congress in the early 1980s,

It would be quite a sacrifice for her, but she's prepared to do it if she is asked, ... By next June we'll know a lot more about Judge Roberts ... than we do today.

It would be a real stretch to claim this purely factual statement about how our court system operates is indicative of how Judge Roberts would address the abortion issue, or any other issue.

It was very strange (not having Coach Roberts here because) he and I started coaching together here 21 years ago. It was unusual for us not to be together. He's feeling better though.

It was another tough game. At times it looked like a football game, with the big swings in momentum. Heather Olsen played with the flu and Liz Roberts had a sore hip, but they both gave 100 percent. And all the seniors provided leadership and gave their all.

The senators will want to ask about views on presidential powers, women's rights and minorities, because Roberts expressed views during Reagan's term that need to be cleared up,

The signal to President Bush, whether you voted no or yes: Please send us a moderate, but if you send someone who is very ideological there'll be a much bigger fight than on Roberts because this is for the O'Connor seat and that's the swing vote on the court.

The Supreme Court will embark upon a new era in its history - the Roberts era.

Ryan Roberts (.272, 15 HR, 44 RBI) was another consistent player for us, and the list goes on. We struggled early hitting, but picked it up as the season rolled along.

Often the deputy solicitor general is simply passing on and concurring with something someone else has written, ... Hypothetically, there could be a case sometime where Roberts would say that some position conflicted with the administration's political agenda, but I doubt Roberts would ever be so blunt or bold as to say this.

Someone who comes in and says exactly what Roberts said for the O'Connor seat is not going to be given the benefit of the doubt, They're going to lay down very clear markers with dissatisfaction about Roberts not answering things they think he could have.

Notwithstanding his answers and my efforts to glean some hint or realistic expectation from his words and body language, candidly it is not possible to predict or have a solid expectation of what Judge Roberts would do,

dramatically changes the dynamics of the Roberts confirmation.

Coach Roberts really worked on us all week to take it one game at a time, really focus on this game first, and now we're starting to focus on East Aurora.

Cochlear has world-class technology and with the new management in there they are delivering on that potential. The turnaround under Chris Roberts has been very strong.

A nominee more extreme than Judge Roberts would be unacceptable to the Democratic caucus, ... You could expect a major fight on the Senate floor.

As bright and brilliant and as good a lawyer as Judge Roberts was, I asked him - he'd never taken a deposition, he'd never picked a jury, never tried a case, ... He never tried a case. She has. We need people like that who have real-life experiences.

A woman's right to choose is at a tipping point. The Supreme Court is narrowly divided, and by selecting John Roberts to succeed the late Chief Justice Rehnquist, President Bush has raised the stakes.

As I reviewed the number of documents about John Roberts record, it is imperative that there is intensive oversight during the hearings, ... The Supreme Court is a lifetime appointment. We cannot afford to lose ground on the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the affirmative action executive order in the Nixon White House, and the rights to fairness in the criminal justice system.

That's what President Bush found in Judge Roberts and what he'll look for in the nominee for the new vacancy. The president has a constitutional responsibility to nominate someone to the bench, and no one should have veto power over the president's constitutional responsibility.

That's like saying you shouldn't nominate Roberts because he helped with Roemer v. Evans,

You see it with other guys, with (Orioles second baseman) Brian Roberts in the big leagues. He was a guy who always hit a lot of doubles and has figured out how to get it out of the yard. That's what I've been doing, obviously on a much lower level in Triple-A.

This is precisely the reason we need Judge Roberts to be confirmed as Chief Justice. He's made it clear that he puts the law and the Constitution first. And he's made it clear that he won't substitute his own values for the clear commands of the law.

The weather was obviously a factor today. No question, Owen J. Roberts is one of the better teams in the league. We had to play well, even in the windy conditions.

The whole idea of the internal memoranda is to try to get a more unvarnished view of what Roberts said.

The way these greens are, Loren Roberts is the favorite coming in.

This ad grossly distorts the record of John Roberts from start to finish. It has only one goal: to associate John Roberts with violent extremists.

They should be made available to senators as they decide whether Judge Roberts deserves confirmation,

This is a docket that already has an extraordinary number of potential blockbuster cases. It will give us an early sense of who John Roberts is.

They put a log on top of his body and jumped up on it several times until Roberts was dead. The teenagers said they murdered the man because they were bored.

A lot of different things go into the mix when determining whether or not Roberts is confirmed. The Senate exerts a little more authority when dealing with judges, and the stakes will be higher.

Also, interestingly enough, some of the things he was accused of believing ...actually were not his personal beliefs but what he instituted as a government employee - some of the same arguments are now being suggested will be used by Judge Roberts in his confirmation hearings.

There was one person who kind of stood up and was willing to test the standard and it didn't work out well for him. And thus the lesson was learned for all future nominees, and I suspect for John Roberts as well.