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WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee John Roberts gained ground Thursday in his drive for Senate confirmation. He was rated a "non- activist judge, which everyone is looking for," by the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and was praised by several centrist Democrats.
"I'm enjoying my visits here in the Senate very much," said the 50-year-old appeals court judge, named to succeed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.See the full content of this document
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Roberts Is 'Non-Activist,' Judiciary Chairman Says
On the second day of a White House-choreographed confirmation campaign, Roberts had yet to draw the public opposition of a single Senate Democrat. Talk of a filibuster and partisan political brawl over the first Supreme Court vacancy in 11 years was nonexi...
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