John Roberts; President Bush's Supreme Court nominee. Following is a short bio and a few exerpts from Deb Riechmann at the AP

Age: 50, born in Buffalo, N.Y. Education: Harvard Law School graduate Latest Post:· Served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since June 2003 Experience:· Served as deputy solicitor general during former President Bush's term· Argued dozens of cases before the high court. Roberts' nomination to the appellate court attracted support from both sides of the ideological spectrum. Some 126 members of the District of Columbia Bar, including officials of the Clinton administration, signed a letter urging his confirmation. The letter said Roberts was one of the ''very best and most highly respected appellate lawyers in the nation'' and that his reputation as a ''brilliant writer and oral advocate'' was well deserved. Advocacy groups on the right say that Roberts, a native of Buffalo, N.Y., who graduated with honors from Harvard Law School in 1979, is a bright judge with strong conservative credentials he burnished in the administrations of former Presidents Bush and Reagan. While he has been a federal judge for just a little more than two years, legal experts say that whatever experience he lacks on the bench is offset by his many years arguing cases before the Supreme Court. Liberal groups, however, say Roberts has taken positions in cases involving free speech and religious liberty that endanger those rights. Abortion rights groups allege that Roberts, while deputy solicitor general during former Bush's administration, was hostile to women's reproductive freedom and cite a brief he co-wrote in 1990 that suggested the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 high court decision on abortion. Let the games begin.