The Conservative Shift Reagan's Appointment of John Roberts

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Digital Library Collections. This is a PDF ... real estate interests, and was appointed to various youth and education ... Bush nominated John Roberts to replace his former boss as chief justice. The White House released fifteen thousand pages of records documenting ... Justice Kennedy, although a Republican appointee, was known to side with the Democratic-appointed justices on cases related to civil rights, ... But those opinions may not suggest that the already conservative justice is moving even further to the right. Given Chief Justice Roberts' ... President Bush has nominated Harvard Law graduate John G. Roberts Jr., a federal appeals court judge, to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. Roberts, John G., Jr. Rehnquist, Sep 6, 2005, 78-22 No. 245, C ... Souter, David H. Brennan, Jul 25, 1990, 90-9 No. 259, C, Oct 2, 1990. President Reagan, Ronald. President George W. Bush nominated Roberts as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals in 2003. In 2005, Bush originally nominated Roberts to fill the seat left by ... Roberts, Jr., were appointed to the bench by Republican presidents, as were 86 percent of all Roberts' designees to the court. Critics say that ... John Roberts became Chief Justice of the United States after he was nominated by President George W. Bush in 2005. ... of Roberts' Positions; Notes Influence In Troubling Reagan ... Judge John Roberts was appointed to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in May 2003.