"The only thing I've seen in these [Roberts] documents that bothers me that I really want to see the Senate explore ... [is Roberts' memo] claiming that the Congress could keep the Supreme Court from hearing all kinds of cases involving school busings, school prayer, abortion, flag burning, lots of other things."

The ex-president said that Roberts "apparently had a big fight within the Reagan administration" over his position, "where he was to the right of other people in the Reagan Justice Department."

Clinton said the Roberts civil rights memo "might indicate an unwillingness to allow the Supreme Court to be the court of last resort when people assert their constitutional rights."

On Wednesday, Clinton told Bloomberg News that he was "surprised" by the Roberts memo, calling his position on civil rights "to the right" of conservative scholar and then-assistant U.S. Attorney General Ted Olson.

"I'd like to see that explored in the hearings," he urged. "I think that'd be good for America."

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