WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Former Nixon counsel John Dean is among witnesses Democrats plan to call for next week's hearings on the John Roberts Supreme Court nomination.
Dean, best known for his testimony at the Watergate hearings, is expected to testify about the importance of openness in government, Democratic aides told the New York Times.
He also likely will criticize the Bush administration for failing to release documents relating to Roberts' work in the solicitor general's office under the first President Bush.
Countering Dean's criticism will be Charles Fried, a professor at Harvard Law School and the solicitor general in the Reagan administration. Fried was one of 15 witnesses on the Republican list.
In an interview, he said he was prepared to defend the confidentiality of Roberts' work for the first Bush administration and planned to rebut arguments that Roberts should disclose his "judicial philosophy."
