Sherilyn Ifill: John Roberts Is a ‘Patient Man,’ as a Young DoJ Lawyer in 1982, He Opposed Amendments to Mobile vs. Bolden

IFILL: “The Supreme Court says, it has to be intentional discrimination and Congress comes back and says in 1982, no, we meant you can just show that the effects of the decision to produce this result and peas are the amendments to the Voting Rights Act in 1982. Do you know who really was opposed to those amendments in 1982?”STEWART: “I will say Oliver wendell holmes?”IFILL: “No, a very bright young lawyer who worked at the Department of Justice, first as a special aide — it is not going well — a special aide to the attorney general end of the solicitor general and he was a point person on trying to convince Congress not to pass these amendments that would address the Supreme Court’s decision in mobile versus bolden and that young attorney’s name was John Roberts.”

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Sherilyn Ifill: John Roberts Is a ‘Patient Man,’ as a Young DoJ Lawyer in 1982, He Opposed Amendments to Mobile vs. Bolden‘a very bright young lawyer who worked at the Department of Justice, first as a special aide’News & PoliticsRUSH EXCERPT:IFILL: “The Supreme Court says, it has to be intentional discrimination and Congress comes back and says in 1982, no, we meant you can just show that the effects of the decision to produce this result and peas are the amendments to the Voting Rights Act in 1982. Do you know who really was opposed to those amendments in 1982?”STEWART: “I will say Oliver wendell holmes?”IFILL: “No, a very bright young lawyer who worked at the Department of Justice, first as a special aide — it is not going well — a special aide to the attorney general end of the solicitor general and he was a point person on trying to convince Congress not to pass these amendments that would address the Supreme Court’s decision in mobile versus bolden and that young attorney’s name was John Roberts.”Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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