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John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist serving since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States. He has been described as having a moderate conservative judicial philosophy , though he is primarily an institutionalist.
The following day, Bush officially nominated Roberts to be the next Chief Justice, and simultaneously withdrew Roberts's still-pending Associate Justice nomination. [17] Confirmation hearings on the Roberts Associate Justice nomination, set to begin on September 6, were canceled, and rescheduled hearings, for his Chief Justice nomination, began ...
Every recess appointed justice was later nominated to the same position, and all but one—John Rutledge in 1795 to be chief justice—was confirmed by the Senate. [5] The 1795 Rutledge nomination was the first Supreme Court nomination to be rejected by the Senate; the most recent nomination to be voted down was that of Robert Bork in 1987. [ 3 ]
After Bush took the White House, he appointed Roberts to a US appellate court. In 2005, he elevated Roberts to the Supreme Court to succeed William Rehnquist, for whom Roberts had once worked.
The Roberts Court is the time since 2005 during which the Supreme Court of the United States has been led by John Roberts as Chief Justice. Roberts succeeded William Rehnquist as Chief Justice after Rehnquist's death. It has been considered to be the most conservative court since the Vinson Court (1946–1953).
Roberts is the youngest chief justice since John Marshall in 1801. Timeline. 1979-1980 - Clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly, US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Five individuals, who were confirmed for associate justice, were later appointed chief justice separately: John Rutledge, [a] Edward Douglass White, [b] Charles Evans Hughes, [a] Harlan F. Stone [b] and William Rehnquist. [b] While listed twice, each of them has been assigned only one index number. The justices of the Supreme Court are: [9] [10]
Chief Justice John Roberts, left, and Associate Justice Samuel Alito are seated as they and the other Supreme Court members sit for a group photo at the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill on ...