WASHINGTON (AP) - Depending on the Senate Democrat, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts has a questionable commitment to civil rights or is an outstanding nominee who pledges not to be an activist justice. Criticism from Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., was the toughest talk yet from Senate Democrats about President Bush's first pick for the high court, who was continuing meetings with lawmakers on Friday.
A review of paperwork Roberts drafted while he worked 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 in general, Kennedy said Thursday.
Some of Kennedy's Democratic colleagues praised Roberts' academic and legal credentials. They expect little negative material to turn up before the start of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for the 50-year-old federal appeals court judge.
"I was so pleased to meet such an outstanding nominee," said Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. Added Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb.: "I don't see anything that's going to be disturbing" in his record.
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