"Roberts Resisted Women's Rights," headlined a front-page Washington Post article examining memos the Supreme Court nominee wrote as a young counsel in the Reagan White House.

* Roberts Resisted Women's Rights," headlined a front-page Washington Post article examining memos the Supreme Court nominee wrote as a young counsel in the Reagan White House. "Neanderthal," proclaimed NOW president Kim Gandy about Judge Roberts's analyses of a 1983 "comparable worth" lawsuit, the Equal Rights Amendment, and gender-preference proposals. Senator Schumer fretted about Roberts's apparent insensitivity to "economic equality for women." According to Senator Kennedy, Roberts joined in "an intense effort to impede progress ... on equal rights for women." The Left seeks to alarm half the population about John Roberts. Sex discrimination in salaries was outlawed by the Equal Pay Act of 1963. In his memos, Roberts states, "The Administration clearly supports equal pay for equal work," and contrasts this federal mandate with the "perniciousness of the 'comparable worth' theory." In 1984, Roberts referred to the "so-called gender gap" in response to advice about how the president could boost his showing among women. That November President Reagan, who opposed the ERA, carried 49 states and 56 percent of women voters. President Clinton had a "women problem." To his credit, Judge Roberts had a problem with discredited Marxist theories and feminist agitprop.