John Roberts Reagan's Conservative Legacy on the Court

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 ... In 2003, President George W. Bush appointed Roberts to the D.C. Circuit. In 2005, Bush nominated Roberts to the Supreme Court, initially as an associate justice ... 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, ... Roberts was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. After his first nomination ... 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- ... was a significant backstage player in the legal policy debates of the early Reagan administration, confidently debating older Justice Department ... Bush in 2005, and he was, back then, thought to be a reliable product of the conservative legal movement. Over the years, he occasionally ... In July 2005, President George W. Bush nominated John Roberts to succeed retiring Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. However, following the death of ... Chief Justice John Roberts has served under four Presidents, over a period of ... the outside, as Roberts himself was selected. His ... Roberts, Jr., were appointed to the bench by Republican presidents, as were 86 percent of all Roberts' designees to the court. Critics say that ...