As interest groups and senators squab-ble over his old memos, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts has spent most of August sequestered in the Justice Department preparing for his September hearings. A small cadre of administration lawyers-several of whom are former Supreme Court clerks-have been quietly meeting to quiz Roberts on constitutional law. According to three sources familiar with the preparations (who would not be identified because of the confidential nature of the process), this week Roberts will formally start his "murder boards"-practice sessions before a team of outside legal and congressional experts playing the parts of Judiciary Committee senators.
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