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Article: ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability Rights Opposes Supreme Court Nominee Judge John Roberts; 'Out of the Mainstream' Nominee Poses Threat to Americans With Disabilities: Statement of Jim Ward, Founder and President of ADA Watch/NCDR.
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- AScribe Health News Service
- Article date:
- July 20, 2005
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Byline: Communications Consortium
WASHINGTON, July 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- ADA Watch/National Coalition for Disability Rights is opposed to the nomination of Judge John Roberts to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
At a time when our nation could have greatly benefited from the selection of a mainstream consensus nominee, people with disabilities -- indeed all Americans -- should be saddened and disturbed by President Bush's choice of Judge John Roberts to fill Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
While Justice O'Connor did not take the side of people with disabilities in all cases, she was the swing vote on ...