Demos warned to go easy on Roberts files

0 Comments | Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Jul 26, 2005 | by Jennifer Loven Associated Press

Roberts has acknowledged participating in Federal Society events. But McClellan said, "He has no memory of ever joining or paying dues to the Federalist Society."

Roberts did not list the Federalist Society in a questionnaire he submitted to the Senate when he was nominated for his Court of Appeals seat in 2001.

Feinstein said she did not ask Roberts about it. "It's not a dispositive question, in my view," she said.

"It's not like being a member of the Communist Party," said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who also met with Roberts.