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Roberts, 50, has spent the last two years as a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, where he has earned his reputation as a conservative. He has, however, yet to weigh in on many of the most divisive issues that the Court may face in the coming years, including abortion and the death penalty...
...known public statements on abortion: his circuit court confirmation hearing—in which he said that, as an appeals judge, he would uphold Supreme Court precedent—and a 1991 brief he signed on behalf of the first Bush administration while he was Deputy Solicitor General. The brief said that “we continue to believe that Roe [v. Wade] was wrongly decided and should be overruled...
...Pakistanis immigrated in the 1960s. She collected a photo and the names of his "mates," which matched names on items like credit cards and driver's licenses recovered at several of the crime scenes. The photo of Hussain was given to police who were poring over tapes of closed-circuit television (cctv) footage taken at King's Cross on the day of the bombings. They soon had a match. One tape showed a man who resembled Hussain talking with three other men at around 8:20 a.m. On the tape, the men confer briefly, then go their separate ways...
Roberts’ circuit court confirmation hearings were highlighted by glowing accounts of Roberts’ skills as a jurist...
...just missed All-American status at the 2005 NCAAs. But the wrestler said he has his sights set on next season—when he’ll have to adjust back to more endurance-focused American wrestling—rather than the highest ranks of the international circuit...