The Reagan-Roberts Legacy Reshaping the Supreme Court

Most recently, in 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated then-. Associate Justice William H. ... successor) to President G.W. Bush's nomination of John Roberts ... Since his appointment to the high court in 2005, the most popular answer was Chief Justice John Roberts. But that won't remain true after his ... Full text and audio mp3 John G. Roberts - Opening Address Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on USSC Nomination. 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 a few moments, John Roberts will take his place in a distinguished line that began in 1789, when President Washington appointed Chief Justice ... 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 ... Bush nominated John Roberts to replace his former boss as chief justice. The White House released fifteen thousand pages of records documenting ... was a significant backstage player in the legal policy debates of the early Reagan administration, confidently debating older Justice Department ... In the early 1980s, Chief Justice John Roberts, then a young lawyer, worked with the Reagan administration to strip power from a liberal ... He served as a Special Assistant to the Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice and Associate Counsel to President Ronald Reagan before practicing at ...