John Roberts Fact Sheets
Additional fact sheets on John Roberts, his record, and his stands on the issues
Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts' Record is Troubling
As a top legal strategist in the Reagan Administration, John Roberts was a key advocate in efforts to dismantle policies that protected women, minorities, people with disabilities, and older Americans, and integral to pushing a hard-right agenda in the Justice Department and the White House. The few public documents from his time as the political deputy to Solicitor General Ken Starr in the Bush I Administration and his short record as a federal judge suggest that his views have remained consistent.
John Roberts: Record of Hostility toward Women’s Rights
Documents recently released by the government concerning Supreme Court nominee John Roberts’ tenure in the Reagan Justice Department and White House Counsel’s office and information already known about Roberts’ record as the Principal Deputy Solicitor General during the first Bush administration demonstrate that Roberts has consistently taken positions hostile to women’s rights and laws enacted to enhance equal opportunities for women.
Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts on Civil Rights and Voting Rights
John Roberts defended a bill that “would have narrowed the reach of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He challenged arguments by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in favor of busing and affirmative action. He described a Supreme Court decision broadening the rights of individuals to sue states for civil rights violations as causing "damage." … And he wrote a memo arguing that it was constitutionally acceptable for Congress to strip the Supreme Court of its ability to hear broad classes of civil rights cases.”
Title IX Civil Rights Protection for Women And Girls in Education
John Roberts supported narrow interpretations of Title IX that would have effectively gutted the statute.
Federal Protection for Women Seeking to Exercise Their Right to Reproductive Freedom
John Roberts advocates to narrow the Civil Rights Act