Presidential Power and the Judiciary The Reagan-Roberts Appointment Story

Bork by President Reagan in 1987, John G. Roberts, Jr ., nominated by President George W. Bush in 2005 (his nomination to Associate Justice was ... Roberts was appointed Chief Justice of the United States by President George W. Bush in 2005. He cited the two judges for whom he worked as a ... In 2005, when he was just 50, he was nominated to succeed retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. But before confirmation ... 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 ... President Bush has nominated Harvard Law graduate John G. Roberts Jr., a federal appeals court judge, to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. It's worth underscoring here that Trott was appointed to the federal bench by a Republican president, Ronald Reagan. He wrote that the result of ... John G. Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States. John G. Roberts, Jr ... President Reagan nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ...