The Reagan Court John Roberts and the Conservative Shift

President Bush had nominated Roberts to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Following the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist from ... Gone are figures like John Paul Stevens, a Republican judge nominated ... Selected by Ronald Reagan, Kennedy joined Democratic colleagues in ... 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 ... Roberts, John G., Jr. Maryland, Bush, G. W., September 29, 2005. Associate Justices. Name, State App't From, Appointed by President ... Reagan, September 26, 1986 ... Reagan's Disclosure ; Roberts 's stint as a presidential tax defender came in the spring of 1983, shortly after ; Reagan filed his 1982 return and ... In July 2005, President George W. Bush nominated John Roberts to succeed retiring Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. However, following the death of ... ... of Roberts' Positions; Notes Influence In Troubling Reagan ... Judge John Roberts was appointed to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in May 2003. In the early 1980s, a young John Roberts was working as a lawyer in President Ronald Reagan's administration, crafting legal and ... Following the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist ten years ago, President George W. Bush nominated D.C. Circuit judge John Roberts to ... Most recently, in 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated then-. Associate Justice William H. ... successor) to President G.W. Bush's nomination of John Roberts ...