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In July 2005, President George W. Bush nominated John Roberts to succeed retiring Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. However, following the death of Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist, that still-pending nomination was withdrawn. On September 5, 2005, President Bush announced that he would nominate Roberts to succeed ...
John Roberts, now chief justice, is pictured here with President Bush at the announcement of his first nomination on July 19, 2005. On the evening of July 19, 2005, Bush announced his first Supreme Court nominee, choosing John Roberts, a highly regarded former Supreme Court litigator and conservative judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Roberts's nomination was the first Supreme Court nomination since Stephen Breyer's in 1994. On September 3, 2005, while Roberts's confirmation was pending before the Senate, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died. Two days later, Bush withdrew Roberts's nomination as O'Connor's successor and nominated Roberts to succeed Rehnquist as chief justice.
2001-Roberts represents 18 states and the District of Columbia in the appeal to the Microsoft antitrust case, U.S. v. Microsoft. May 2001 - Is nominated by President George W. Bush to the US Court ...
Nomination date Confirmation date Confirmation vote Began active service Ended active service 1: John Roberts: Chief: Maryland: William Rehnquist: September 6, 2005 [Rn 1] September 29, 2005: 78–22: September 29, 2005: Incumbent 2: Samuel Alito: 8: New Jersey: Sandra Day O'Connor: November 10, 2005: January 31, 2006: 58–42: January 31, 2006 ...
John G. Roberts, Jr. John Roberts served his third and final year on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2005. He was nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States by President George W. Bush originally on July 19 for the seat being vacated by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement and later nominated on September 5 to be Chief Justice of the ...
If Chief Justice John Roberts is genuinely concerned about the integrity of the Supreme Court and public perceptions about it, then he has a big problem on his hands, writes Julian Zelizer.
Soon after John Roberts took his seat at the center of the Supreme Court bench on Thursday, the cadence of the justices’ questioning suggested the chief justice would have an easy majority, if ...