The Reagan-Roberts Connection Unraveling the Appointment Mystery

was a significant backstage player in the legal policy debates of the early Reagan administration, confidently debating older Justice Department ... Some commentators have argued that Judge John Roberts, recently confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, violated a federal statute ... 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 ... President Bush has nominated Harvard Law graduate John G. Roberts Jr., a federal appeals court judge, to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. On September 6, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated Judge John Roberts to replace Chief Justice Willam H. Rehnquist. President Bush had nominated Roberts to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Following the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist from ... Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Digital Library Collections. This is a PDF ... real estate interests, and was appointed to various youth and education ... 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. He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2003. President George W. Bush nominated him as Chief Justice ... 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 ...