The Reagan-Roberts Dynamic A Historical Examination of the Appointment

was a significant backstage player in the legal policy debates of the early Reagan administration, confidently debating older Justice Department ... In 2003, Bush appointed Roberts to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. ... Bush and as a lawyer in the Reagan White House. He ... President Bush had nominated Roberts to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Following the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist from ... Roberts, Jr., were appointed to the bench by Republican presidents, as were 86 percent of all Roberts' designees to the court. Critics say that ... Nominated as chief justice of the United States by President George W. Bush, he assumed that office on September 29, 2005. Subject. Roberts, John G 1955- ... “As an individual, John Roberts is undoubtedly a principled conservative, as is the president who appointed him,” Cruz wrote. “He clerked for ... President Bush has nominated Harvard Law graduate John G. Roberts Jr., a federal appeals court judge, to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. Bush in 2005, and he was, back then, thought to be a reliable product of the conservative legal movement. Over the years, he occasionally ... John G. Roberts Jr. (1955– ), the 17th chief justice of the United States, did not have an extensive track record revealing his personal or ... 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 ...