Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. is in the limelight, which means he's prime correction material. Here's a round-up of some recent corrections. You can also go here to see how many papers ran the AP correction about his disputed membership in the Federalist Society.
An article Thursday profiling Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. said he was a member of the Federalist Society. Roberts has given speeches to the conservative group, but does not recall having been a member, a White House spokeswoman said.
Two July 20 articles on John G. Roberts Jr., the federal appellate
judge nominated to the Supreme Court by President Bush, said Roberts is
a member of the Federalist Society. The White House says Roberts does
not recall ever being a member.
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In a July 18 story about
the Federalist Society and a July 19 story on the legal background of
Judge John Roberts, The Associated Press reported erroneously that
Roberts was a member of the Federalist Society. White House spokeswoman
Dana Perino said that Roberts has given presentations before the
conservative legal group but is not a member. Federalist Society
membership records are private, according to its president, Eugene
Meyer.
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A July 21 article said that the liberal advocacy group Alliance for
Justice opposed the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to the Supreme
Court. The group, which opposed Roberts's nomination to the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, issued a statement when he was
nominated to the high court saying that it "cannot support" him "at
this time" but did not call for the defeat of Roberts's nomination.
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A July 22 Style profile of Jane Roberts, the wife of John G. Roberts
Jr., indicated that the Supreme Court nominee is antiabortion. He has
not made his position on the issue public.
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A Page One story
yesterday on the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to the Supreme Court
quoted a prediction in National Journal magazine that Roberts would win
Senate confirmation by a comfortable margin. The prediction was made by
columnist Stuart Taylor Jr. and does not reflect the magazine's views.
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