Judge's Reagan-Era Work Criticized

Papers Show Roberts's Conservatism, Liberal Activists Say

By Michael A. Fletcher
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, July 29, 2005; Page A05

After sitting mostly silent for more than a week after the Supreme Court nomination of Judge John G. Roberts Jr., liberal activist groups and their allies in the Senate yesterday expressed growing concern about the conservative positions Roberts advocated while working as a young Justice Department lawyer in the Reagan administration.