Uncovering the Appointment John Roberts and Ronald Reagan's Role

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute•5.8K views · 18:04 · Go to channel · Cardigan's Commencement Address by Chief Justice John G. On September 6, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated Judge John Roberts to replace Chief Justice Willam H. Rehnquist. 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 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, ... 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 ... Chief Justice John Roberts has served under four Presidents, over a period of ... the outside, as Roberts himself was selected. His ... Roberts was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. After his first nomination ... In 2005, when he was just 50, he was nominated to succeed retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. But before confirmation ... Rehnquist, appointed by Richard Nixon in 1972, was, in his first decade as a Justice, almost a fringe right-wing figure on the Court, which was ... In 2003, President George W. Bush appointed Roberts to the D.C. Circuit. In 2005, Bush nominated Roberts to the Supreme Court, initially as an associate justice ...