Reagan's Conservative Legacy The Appointment of John Roberts

In a few moments, John Roberts will take his place in a distinguished line that began in 1789, when President Washington appointed Chief Justice ... Bush nominated John Roberts to replace his former boss as chief justice. The White House released fifteen thousand pages of records documenting ... Following the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist ten years ago, President George W. Bush nominated D.C. Circuit judge John Roberts to ... 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 ... Gone are figures like John Paul Stevens, a Republican judge nominated ... Selected by Ronald Reagan, Kennedy joined Democratic colleagues in ... President George W. Bush nominated Roberts for chief justice in 2005. John Roberts is a member of the court's conservative wing. But he has been ... 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 ... Most recently, in 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated then-. Associate Justice William H. ... successor) to President G.W. Bush's nomination of John Roberts ... On July 19, 2005, John Roberts was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President George W. Bush to replace Associate Justice Sandra Day O ... In the early 1980s, a young John Roberts was working as a lawyer in President Ronald Reagan's administration, crafting legal and ...