"We're thrilled."

--Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue, talking about the Roberts nomination on NPR this morning

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And, as that story also pointed out, Roberts's wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, was the executive vice president of the anti-abortion group Feminists for Life. (This is also noted in The Boston Globe.)

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And yes, of course he's a member of the Federalist Society, as The Washington Post notes.

(UPDATE 7/21: Er, no, apparently he isn't.)

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And he worked in Florida in 2000 for the Bush-Cheney campaign in the post-election period.