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Article: Kennedy faults Roberts' views on Voting Rights Act in '80s
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 29, 2005
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WASHINGTON -- After days of Democratic deference to John Roberts,
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said Thursday that documents made public so
far indicate the Supreme Court nominee holds a "rather cramped view
of the Voting Rights Act."
Materials Roberts drafted while at the Justice Department and
White House counsel's office during the Reagan administration
"certainly raise some questions in my mind about his commitment" to
civil rights, said Kennedy (D-Mass.).
Kennedy's remarks showed a willingness to raise pointed questions
when most other Democrats have stuck to pleasantries about Roberts'
credentials ahead of his confirmation hearings.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said senators should not draw ...