John Roberts' Rise to the Supreme Court Reagan's Influence

Appointed by President George W. Bush, Chief Justice John Roberts first presided over the Court on October 3, 2005. Some decisions of the Roberts Court have ... Following the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist ten years ago, President George W. Bush nominated D.C. Circuit judge John Roberts to ... In 2005, when he was just 50, he was nominated to succeed retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. But before confirmation ... Some commentators have argued that Judge John Roberts, recently confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, violated a federal statute ... Originally nominated to fill the spot left by retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Roberts was re-nominated for the chief justice position ... He worked in the Reagan and G.H.W. Bush administrations and was in private ... Bush appointed him to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2003, and two ... Thereafter, Roberts, who was deeply enamored of President Ronald Reagan, took a position as special assistant to William French Smith, Reagan's ... Chief Justice John Roberts' court is the living embodiment of the Reagan Revolution. During 2005, President George W. Bush appointed Federal Circuit Court Judges John G. Roberts and Samuel A. Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. Rahimi, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the opinion that “our ... President Ronald Reagan nominated O'Connor in […] U.S. Supreme Court unveils ...