John Roberts A Reagan Appointee Reshaping the Supreme Court

John Roberts was 50 years old when President George W. Bush nominated him to become chief justice in 2005, which made him the youngest chief justice since John ... Chief Justice of the United States ; Nominated · July 19, 2005 ; Nominated · September 6, 2005 ; Confirmed · September 29, 2005 ... Bork by President Reagan in 1987, John G. Roberts, Jr ., nominated by President George W. Bush in 2005 (his nomination to Associate Justice was ... Despite being nominated by George W. Bush and despite his previous job as a clerk for conservative stalwart William Rehnquist, Roberts has few ... WASHINGTON — In the fall of 1981, a young conservative lawyer named John Roberts, fresh off a Supreme Court clerkship, arrived at the ... Bush, and George Bush got pretty much what they were looking for when they appointed the men who make up the Roberts ... when Ronald Reagan was elected. John ... Bush in 2005, and he was, back then, thought to be a reliable product of the conservative legal movement. Over the years, he occasionally ... Chief Justice John Roberts has served under four Presidents, over a period of ... the outside, as Roberts himself was selected. His ... In 2005 Roberts was nominated to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, who was retiring from the Supreme Court. When Chief Justice Rehnquist died two weeks later, ... John Roberts became Chief Justice of the United States after he was nominated by President George W. Bush in 2005.