John Roberts A Reagan Appointee with Lasting Impact

John G. Roberts, Jr., 17th chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Nominated as chief justice by President George W. Bush, he was confirmed by the ... On September 6, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated Judge John Roberts to replace Chief Justice Willam H. Rehnquist. In the early 1980s, a young John Roberts was working as a lawyer in President Ronald Reagan's administration, crafting legal and ... ... of Roberts' Positions; Notes Influence In Troubling Reagan ... Judge John Roberts was appointed to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in May 2003. In 2001, after he was nominated by President Bush for the seat he currently holds on the court of appeals, Roberts spoke to Post reporter James ... Rehnquist for one year. After working under those two judges, Roberts worked in President Ronald Reagan's administration. From 1981 to 1986, he worked as a ... 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 made him chief justice of the United States in 2005. Roberts is now the most powerful judge in the country. As Congress has grown more and ... In the early 1980s, Chief Justice John Roberts, then a young lawyer, worked with the Reagan administration to strip power from a liberal ... Despite being nominated by George W. Bush and despite his previous job as a clerk for conservative stalwart William Rehnquist, Roberts has few ...