A Pivotal Moment Ronald Reagan's Appointment of John Roberts

In 1989, Roberts was appointed Deputy Solicitor General in the Department of Justice by President George H.W. Bush. He argued 39 cases ... Rehnquist, appointed by Richard Nixon in 1972, was, in his first decade as a Justice, almost a fringe right-wing figure on the Court, which was ... Roberts, Jr., were appointed to the bench by Republican presidents, as were 86 percent of all Roberts' designees to the court. Critics say that ... President Bush had nominated Roberts to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Following the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist from ... ... of a conservative president, Ronald Reagan, appointing a majority of the Court. ... It was, after all, the reason most of them were nominated in ... Nominated as chief justice of the United States by President George W. Bush, he assumed that office on September 29, 2005. Subject. Roberts, John G 1955- ... ... of Roberts' Positions; Notes Influence In Troubling Reagan ... Judge John Roberts was appointed to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in May 2003. Nominated by George W. Bush on January 7, 2003, to a seat vacated by James L. Buckley. Confirmed by the Senate on May 8, 2003, and received commission on June 2 ... What three Supreme Court justices were appointed by President Reagan?Ruth Ginsberg, Antonin Scalia, Sandra Day O'Connor, John Roberts, David Souter, Anthony ... WASHINGTON — In the fall of 1981, a young conservative lawyer named John Roberts, fresh off a Supreme Court clerkship, arrived at the ...