Roberts Unlikely To Face Big Fight
5th Sep 2005, 14:45 GMT
Democrats have decided that unless there is an unexpected development in the weeks ahead, they will not launch a major fight to block the Supreme Court nomination of John G. Roberts Jr., according to legislators, Senate aides and party strategists.
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