THE DEBATE, The confirmation clash, Special interest groups plot varying strategies in getting their message out, for or against judicial pick NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition

Yesterday, the group was unsure it needed to make a major effort to support President George W. Bush's first nominee, Judge John G. Roberts. But it is ready to blitz the opposition anyway. The group is going ahead with "Justice Sunday II," a live telecast on Aug. 14 to 1,000 churches...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author RITA CIOLLI. STAFF WRITER
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 21.07.2005
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Summary:Yesterday, the group was unsure it needed to make a major effort to support President George W. Bush's first nominee, Judge John G. Roberts. But it is ready to blitz the opposition anyway. The group is going ahead with "Justice Sunday II," a live telecast on Aug. 14 to 1,000 churches that will also be carried on Christian radio and television media, which could reach 61 million homes. Countering was NARAL, an abortion rights group, which sent an alert yesterday to 800,000 people in its network, calling for Roberts' defeat. Another liberal group, MoveOn.org, quickly posted an online petition to collect names and addresses in opposition to Roberts, who it called a "right wing corporate lawyer" in an e-mail to 3.3 million subscribers. If confirmation seems certain for Roberts, then conservative groups "will probably not want to expend their entire war chest on this particular vacancy. There will be harder battles to come," [David Yalof] said.