John Roberts The Reagan-Appointed Chief Justice

I think the short answer is that there wasn't an obvious person to elevate. When Chief Justice Rehnquist died in 2005, President Bush had ... But those opinions may not suggest that the already conservative justice is moving even further to the right. Given Chief Justice Roberts' ... John Glover Roberts, Jr. is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was first nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States by ... “John Roberts is the leader of a Court with five solidly conservative votes for the first time in its modern history,” he continues. “He's an ... Roberts, who had served in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations and was in private practice at the time, assisted George W. Bush's ... 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, ... 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 ... 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 ... ... of Roberts' Positions; Notes Influence In Troubling Reagan ... Judge John Roberts was appointed to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in May 2003. Roberts, Jr., considered by Fox News to be a conservative judge on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, was nominated July 19, ...