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A conservative lobby group announced Tuesday that it is withdrawing its support from Judge John G. Roberts Jr.- President Bush's nominee to the US Supreme Court. Public Advocate, a Virginia-based "national pro-family group", said in a statement that the more comes "as a result of Roberts' support for the radical homosexual lobby in the 1996 Supreme Court case Romer v. Evans." Last week it was reported that Roberts had worked behind the scenes for a coalition of gay-rights groups, helping them prepare their arguments to present to the court. (story) The groups were attempting to have the court strike down...

Roberts and death penalty -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: August 11, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com For many years now, the U.S. Supreme Court has been used as the political playground of activists who could never get their causes approved by a popular vote of the people or through the legislative process. In 1973, activists got their way when the court struck down popular legal restrictions on abortion in most states. In 1996 in the Romer v. Evans ruling, the court overturned a provision of the Colorado constitution approved by voters in the state that denied special group rights on the...

Conservatives cite his work in a gay rights case WASHINGTON - A conservative group in Virginia said Tuesday that it was withdrawing its support for Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' confirmation because of his work helping overturn a Colorado referendum on gays. The group, Public Advocate of the United States, is one of the first conservative organizations to announce anything but support for the judge Eugene Delgaudio, the president of the group, said that he hopes his stance will prod others. "I know that others feel the same way. I know they believe as I do. They're just not going...

[Regarding Roberts' pro bono help to a gay rights lawsuit] Focus on the Family ...portrayed Roberts as a mindless puppet of his law firm. "That's what lawyers do -- represent their firm's clients, whether they agree with what those clients stand for or not," it said in a statement. Of course, that's not the case at all. "Anyone who didn't want to work on a case for whatever matter, they didn't have to," said Walter A. Smith Jr., the Hogan & Hartson partner who ran the pro bono program. Oh. ...But more likely his pro bono work speaks for itself....

On August 4 THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, seldom veering too far from the leftist agenda, conspicuously published a byline piece perhaps calculated more to inflame family-oriented conservatives than to enlighten public discourse about the John G. Roberts, Jr. Supreme Court nomination. Whatever the motivation - news or in-your-face? - the piece reveals that some years ago Judge Roberts, then a younger partner in the gigantic and long-established Washington, D. C. Hogan & Hartson Law Firm, gave extensive, brilliant and ultimately successful advice on a pro bono basis in what reasonably may be termed pro-homosexual litigation. Whether outside attorneys or those...

A conservative group in Virginia said Tuesday it would oppose Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' confirmation because of his work helping overturn a Colorado referendum on gays. The stance by Public Advocate of the United States, which describes itself as a pro-family organization, puts it in opposition to conservative groups that have endorsed Roberts. A number of liberal groups oppose President Bush's nominee. "The move comes as a result of Roberts' support for the radical homosexual lobby in the 1996 Supreme Court case Romer v. Evans, which overturned a pro-family law passed by the citizens of Colorado in an appalling...

Public Advocate President Eugene Delgaudio will be announce on Wednesday morning, Aug. 10, at 11 a.m. in front of the Supreme Court that Public Advocate of the United States, a Virginia based national pro-family group is withdrawing its support for Judge John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court. The move comes as a result of Roberts' support for the radical homosexual lobby in the 1996 Supreme Court case Romer v. Evans,

Despite his view that death penalty appeals are clogging the courts, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts provided free legal help to an inmate languishing on Florida's death row for two decades. The 25 hours of legal assistance that Roberts reported to the Senate Judiciary Committee are minuscule compared with thousands of hours contributed by dozens of other attorneys in the case of John Ferguson, who was convicted in 1978 of killing eight people in one of the worst mass murders in Florida history. But Roberts' pro bono, or free, work as a lawyer at Washington's Hogan & Hartson - ranging...

Conservatives reacted cautiously to the news this week that federal Judge John G. Roberts Jr. helped a group of homosexual rights activists win a seminal victory 10 years ago before the Supreme Court. "Judge Roberts was an attorney with a large firm where helping colleagues when called upon was expected," Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said yesterday after researching the matter. "I have verified that his involvement was limited to about five hours of participation in a moot court as he played the role of one of the high court's conservative members asking tough hypothetical questions of the attorneys...

The New York Times reported in Friday's editions that radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, James Dobson of Focus on the Family, and Collen Parro of the Republican National Coalition for life spoke negatively about the latest disclosure of stories that surround Judge Roberts legal career.Reports of Roberts involvement, [in a gay rights case] generated outrage and disbelief. 'There is no question that this is going to upset people on the right,' Rush Limbaugh told his listeners.'There is no question that people on the right are going to say, 'Wait a minute! This guy is doing pro bono work and...

Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate of the United States, a Northern Virgina family based organization, has issued the following statement. The statement follows the Los Angeles Times report that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts provided legal support to the homosexual lobby in a Colorado case that reached the United States Supreme Court in 1996.'I was concerned and distressed to read the LA Times report that claims Judge Roberts volunteered to give legal advise to homosexual activists in Romer v. Evans, which overturned a democratic vote of the citizens of Colorado in an appaling act of judicial activism.''We hope against...

Roberts did not mention his work on the case in responding to a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire that asked for examples of his pro bono work. Roberts' involvement was first reported Wednesday by the Los Angeles Times. Jean Dubofsky, the lead lawyer for gay rights activists challenging the Colorado initiative, told The Times that Roberts gave her "absolutely crucial" advice on how to argue the case before the Supreme Court. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Roberts spent less than 10 hours on the case, compared with more than 200 hours he spent on two pro bono cases on which...

This issue deserves some clarification. According to our Constitution, people cannot be denied the right to ask for something. They can ask for it, then be denied. But to prohibit their right to petition the government may not be taken away (excluding criminal behavior and its consequences); especially when you single out one specific group. That was the intent of our Founding Fathers. In Romer v. Evans, the issue concerned Amendment 2, a voter-approved initiative the prohibited a group of citizens from seeking protected status. It singled out ONE group for such treatment, which was ultimately ruled unconstitutional. (http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/653/) The...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--In a revelation sure to cause worry among conservatives, the Los Angeles Times reported Aug. 4 that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts assisted homosexual activists in the mid-1990s in their preparation for one of the most important cases in the history of the "gay rights" movement. Roberts did not write any legal briefs or conduct oral arguments in the case, Romer v. Evans, but he did donate his legal expertise to homosexual activists as part of his Hogan & Hartson law firm's pro bono work, the Times said. "Pro bono" is a term that refers to legal work...

Roberts Donated Help to Gay Rights Case In 1996, activists won a landmark anti-bias ruling with the aid of the high court nominee. By Richard A. Serrano Times Staff Writer August 4, 2005 WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. worked behind the scenes for gay rights activists, and his legal expertise helped them persuade the Supreme Court to issue a landmark 1996 ruling protecting people from discrimination because of their sexual orientation. Then a lawyer specializing in appellate work, the conservative Roberts helped represent the gay rights activists as part of his law firm's pro bono work....

Supreme Court nominee John Roberts donated his time to work behind the scenes for gay rights activists – and helped win a decision that’s been hailed as the "single most important positive ruling” for the gay rights movement. Roberts was a lawyer specializing in appellate work in 1995 when he agreed to help represent the gay rights activists as part of his law firm’s pro bono work. He did not argue the case before the Supreme Court, but he was instrumental in reviewing filings and preparing oral arguments, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. "Roberts’ work on...

Roberts donated time to 'gay rights' activists Homosexuals won anti-bias ruling with help of high-court nominee Posted: August 4, 2005 2:32 p.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com John Roberts, President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court, donated his time to homosexual activists, helping them win a landmark anti-bias ruling from the high court in 1996. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, Roberts helped represent "gay rights" activists as part of his law firm's pro bono work. While the nominee did not actually argue the case before the high court, several lawyers familiar with the case say he was...

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. worked behind the scenes for a coalition of gay-rights activists, and his legal expertise helped them persuade the Supreme Court to issue a landmark 1996 ruling protecting people against discrimination because of their sexual orientation.

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. worked behind the scenes for a coalition of gay-rights activists, and his legal expertise helped them persuade the Supreme Court to issue a landmark 1996 ruling protecting people against discrimination because of their sexual orientation. Then a lawyer specializing in appellate work, the conservative Roberts helped represent the gay activists as part of his law firm's pro bono work. While he did not write the legal briefs or argue the case before the Supreme court, he was instrumental in reviewing the filings and preparing oral arguments, according to several lawyers intimately...

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. worked behind the scenes for a coalition of gay rights activists, and his legal expertise helped them persuade the Supreme Court to issue a landmark 1996 ruling protecting people against discrimination because of their sexual orientation. Then a private lawyer in Washington specializing in appellate work, Roberts helped represent the gay activists as part of his pro bono work at his law firm. He did not write the legal briefs or argue the case before the high court; he was instrumental in reviewing the filings and preparing oral arguments, several lawyers...