The Reagan-Roberts Supreme Court A Conservative Era Begins

In 2005 Roberts was nominated to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, who was retiring from the Supreme Court. When Chief Justice Rehnquist died two weeks later, ... Early in his time with Judge Friendly, Roberts received word via telegram that Justice William Rehnquist had chosen him for a Supreme Court ... Gone are figures like John Paul Stevens, a Republican judge nominated ... Selected by Ronald Reagan, Kennedy joined Democratic colleagues in ... 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 ... In 2001, after he was nominated by President Bush for the seat he currently holds on the court of appeals, Roberts spoke to Post reporter James ... It's worth underscoring here that Trott was appointed to the federal bench by a Republican president, Ronald Reagan. He wrote that the result of ... Bush, and George Bush got pretty much what they were looking for when they appointed the men who make up the Roberts ... when Ronald Reagan was elected. John ... In July 2005, President George W. Bush nominated John Roberts to succeed retiring Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. However, following the death of ... In the early 1980s, Chief Justice John Roberts, then a young lawyer, worked with the Reagan administration to strip power from a liberal ... Originally nominated to fill the spot left by retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Roberts was re-nominated for the chief justice position ...