At every step of his legal career, Roberts has advanced an exceedingly narrow reading of the constitutional provision that was designed to ensure a healthy separation of church and state. He has time and again advocated a legal standard that jettisons longstanding protections against over-reaching by religious majorities.... Roberts may claim that he took some of these positions because they represented the views of his clients or employers, rather than his own. But if that were so, one would expect to find writings advancing varied positions from a range of perspectives. Instead, Roberts’ writings ... present a remarkably consistent vision: a federal court system that is wholly unreceptive to the Establishment Clause concerns of religious minorities.A press release accompanying the Report quotes AU executive director Rev. Barry W. Lynn as saying: "I urge every senator to read this report and then vote against Roberts' confirmation. I understand why Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson support Roberts' confirmation. I don't understand why anyone else would."
The American Center for Law and Justice immediately issued a release criticising AU's Report.
