Roberts to be confirmed in time for new session

From: Charleston Daily Mail | Date: September 29, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

WASHINGTON-John Glover Roberts Jr., backed by a united Senate Republican majority and about half of a divided Democratic minority, is taking his place as the nation's 17th chief justice, to lead the Supreme Court into the 21st century and through turbulent social issues that will affect generations to come.

Roberts was to be confirmed today by at least 77 senators in the GOP-controlled Senate, or more than three-fourths of the 100-member chamber, as President Bush's selection to replace the late William Rehnquist. The 50-year-old U.S. appeals court judge then was to be quickly sworn into his ...

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