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^ 'i' Jlortlanh Page A2 ©bacruer EMBRACING DIVERSITY August 3. 2005 Kennedy Wary of Roberts’ Civil Rights Record Bush nominee papers cast doubts A looming point o f contention is access to documents from Rob erts' services in Republican admin istrations. The White House has released documents dating to Roberts’ work ( A PI-Sen.E dw ardM . Kennedy as a special assistant at the Justice said T hursday that docum ents Department early in the Reagan ad made public so far indicate the Su ministration. The White House also preme Court nominee John Roberts has pledged to expedite release of holds a "rather cramped view of the records from Roberts’ time in the Voting Rights Act.” White House counsel's office from Materials that Roberts drafted 1983 to 1986. while at the Justice Department and Bush adm inistration officials White House counsel’s office dur have said they will refuse to release ing the Reagan administration "cer any of the documents from Rob tainly raise some questions in my erts’ tenure as principal deputy mind about hiscommitment” tocivil solicitor general during the admin rights, said Kennedy, D-Mass. istration of the first President Bush. President Bush named Roberts K ennedy’s office distributed to succeed retiring Justice Sandra U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts (left) with Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. outside Nelson's Capitol Hill office. documents that touched on civil rights cases from two decades ago, w hen R oberts w orked for the Reagan administration. At the time, Congress was con sidering an extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act against the backdrop o f a Suprem e C ourt rul ing that held that "proof o f in tent” was needed to dem onstrate som eone’s rights had been vio lated. In a draft opinion article, Rob erts wrote that the proposal would “ not simply extend the existing and effective Voting Rights Act, but would dram atically change it. ... It’s not broken so th ere’s no need to fix it.” In another document, Roberts, then working in the White House, wrote that legislation designed to overturn a different Supreme Court ruling would "radically expand the civil rights laws to areas never be fore considered covered." He rec ommended against it. Seven Marines Killed in Iraq Attacks Reporter Enters Fifth Week in Jail A U.S. soldier stands guard as U.S. and Iraqi troops look for evidence around a charred U.S. military Humvee that was the target o f a roadside attack Tuesday in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo) U.S. death toll passes 1,800 (A P ) — N ew Y ork T im es repo rter Ju d ith M iller has entered h er fifth w eek in ja il. She w as ja ile d July 6 for civil co n tem p t for refusing to testify to the grand ju ry in v estig atin g the leak o t the iden tity o f an u n d erco v er C IA o fficer, V alerie Plam e. P ro secu to rs w ant M iller to d ivulge to w hom she spoke w hile doin g reporting. H er attorney, R obert B ennett, said she is d oing “OK und er the c irc u m sta n c es.” “She certain ly d isag rees w ith the p u n ishm ent but feels the p rin cip le o f p ro tectin g the c o n fid en tiality o f her source is one w orth fig h tin g fo r,” she said. M iller was part o f a team o f Tim es reporters that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for coverage o f the M iddle East after the Sept. 11 attacks. She w rote num erous articles before the U.S. invasion o f Iraq linking Saddam H ussein’s governm ent to w eapons o f m ass destruction. W hen no such stockpiles were found, the paper last year ran an extensive editor’s note critical o f its reporting. (AP) - The U.S. military said Tuesday that six Marines were killed in action in western Iraq, pushing the death toll for Americans since the start of the war past 1,800. A seventh Marine was killed Mon day by acar bomb in Hit, 50 miles southeast of Haditha in the volatile Euphrates River valley. The six Marines, assigned to Regimental Combat Team-2 of the 2nd Marine Division, died Monday in Haditha, 140 miles north west of Baghdad. Insurgents posted handbills in Haditha, claiming to have killed 10U.S. troops, seiz ing some of their weapons. In other violence, a roadside bomb tar- geting a U.S. military convoy exploded Tuesday at the entrance to a tunnel in central Baghdad, and at least 29 civilians were wounded, officials said. U.S. and Iraqi forces placed a security cordon around the area. The U.S. military had no immediate information on casualties. The bomb left a 3-foot-wide crater in the ground. Charred parts from the armored Humvee littered the site and seven civilian cars were also badly damaged. U.S. troops took away some items from the damaged armored vehicle, including a helmet and two flak jackets. Congress Protects Gun Makers with New Law The U.S. Senate voted Friday against the N A A CP and other groups w anting to crack dow n on gun violence by voting to shield firearm s m anufacturers, dealers and im porters from law suits brought by victim s o f gun crim es. The 65-31 vote passed a bill that pro tects the industry from financial claim s and law suits. “This bill says go after the crim inal, d o n ’t g o a fte rth e law -abiding gun m anu facturer or the law -abiding gun seller,” said bill sponsor Sen. Larry Craig, R- Idaho. But Sen. E dw ard K ennedy, D -M ass., and o th e r o p p o n en ts said the gun in- d u stry n eed s no su ch sp e c ia l p r o te c tio n . “T his bill has one m otivation — p ay back by the Bush a d m in istra tio n and the R ep u b lican le a d e rsh ip o f the C o n gress to the pow erful special in te re st o f the N atio n al R ifle A sso c ia tio n ,” K ennedy said. Anti-Meth Law is Approved Some cold pills will require prescription (AP) - Taking care of those colds and allergies will become a little more difficult when Oregon’s governor approves a bill aimed at low ering the state’s amount of metham phetamine labs. The House on Monday approved a plan to make Oregon the first state in the nation to require a pre scription for many cold and allergy medicines. The Sen ate voted 26-4 to approve the measure, followed by the House vote at 57-2. Soon the bill is expected to reach the desk of Gov. Ted Kulongoski, who supports it. 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