Right on cue to knock the Rove controversy out of the news, Bush makes his choice for the Supreme Court known.

CNN.com – Roberts’ nomination mobilizes advocacy groups – Jul 20, 2005:

..If confirmed by the Senate, the conservative Roberts would replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who gained a reputation as a moderate swing voter in her 24 terms on the nation’s highest court.

The conservative group Progress for America rallied in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington on Tuesday night, carrying signs reading “Confirm.”

A liberal advocacy group, People for the American Way, sent out 400,000 e-mails to supporters after the announcement, according to the group’s president, Ralph Neas.

…A prominent liberal advocacy group — NARAL Pro-Choice America — opposed Roberts’ second nomination to the appeals court, saying he has worked to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that struck down state laws outlawing abortion.

Arguing a case for the first Bush administration in 1990 when he was deputy solicitor general, Roberts said Roe v. Wade “was wrongly decided and should be overruled.”

In his 2003 confirmation hearing, however, he told senators he was acting as an advocate for his client, rather than presenting his own positions.

He told senators Roe was “the settled law of the land” and said “there’s nothing in my personal views that would prevent me from fully and faithfully applying that precedent.”

Roberts, a native of Buffalo, New York, who now lives in Maryland, is married and has two children. He is a Roman Catholic.