Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
1401 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005

For Immediate Release
Contacts:
Kim Alton
202-662-8600
September 29,2005


Lawyers’ Committee Urges Chief Justice John Roberts to Protect the Freedoms of Every American

(Washington, DC) – Today, by a vote of 78-22, the Senate confirmed John G. Roberts as the next Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. During the confirmation process, the Lawyers’ Committee raised serious concerns about Judge Roberts’s civil rights record. It remains our hope that Chief Justice Roberts will provide the type of leadership on the Court that embraces diversity and equal justice for all.

With a second nomination to fill Justice O’Connor’s seat expected soon, the Lawyers’ Committee calls on President Bush to nominate a mainstream candidate in order to maintain the critical balance of the Court. The stakes are enormous in replacing Justice O’Connor. Therefore, the Lawyers’ Committee strongly urges President Bush to nominate a candidate committed to upholding and enforcing our nation’s civil rights laws.

The Lawyers’ Committee is an over forty-year old nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights legal organization, formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to provide legal services to address racial discrimination.

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