Theodore Shaw (c) Director-counsel and President of the Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund Speaks While Bruce Gordon (l) President and Ceo of National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Marcia Greenberger (2l) Co-president of the National Women's Law Center Ann Marie Tallman (2r) President and General Counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Debra Ness President of the National Partnership For Women and Families Listen During a Press Conference On Capitol Hill Wednesday 31 August 2005 in Washington Dc Representatives From Such Civil Rights Groups As the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (maldef) the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People (naacp) the Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund (ldf) the National Partnership For Women and Families and the National Women's Law Center (nwlc) Held the Joint Press Conference to Oppose the Confirmation of John Roberts As a Us Supreme Court Justice