Please tell me about John G. Roberts, Jr..  Who appointed him to the Supreme Court?
Please tell me about John G. Roberts, Jr..  Who appointed him to the Supreme Court?
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OK, that’s a great question! I’ll give you a few background points, and then we can get to talking about why he was appointed, and then what he’s actually done to date as a justice.  So, I think we’ll start with his basic biography.  John G. Roberts was born in Buffalo, New York in 1955.  He attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he won the law school’s top prize for public service.  He clerked for a U.S. District Court judge and a judge in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and then became a law professor at the University of Maryland.  In 2002 he took the position of chief justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals.
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You did not answer my question.  Which President nominated John Roberts to become a Supreme Court justice?
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John Roberts was nominated by George W. Bush, but I understand that the President-elect at that time was not even Barack Obama.  It was also a while before he was actually confirmed.  You can see the timeline and analysis here.   In summary:
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When was he elected as Chief Justice?
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There was an open seat on the court, as Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died on September 5, 2005.  John Roberts became chief justice on September 29, 2005.
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I know that he was nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to be one of the Supreme Court justices.  I want to know who decided that he would become the Chief Justice?
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