What is John Roberts?
{{Infobox Chief Justice | name = John G. Roberts | image = Official roberts CJ.jpg | imagesize = | caption = |office = 17th [[Chief Justice of the United States]] |nominator = [[George W. Bush]] |term_start = September 29, 2005 |term_end = |predecessor = [[William Rehnquist]] |successor = |office1 = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] |nominator1 = [[George W. Bush]] |term_start1 = June 2, 2003 |term_end1 = September 29, 2005 |predecessor1 = [[James L. Buckley]] |successor1 = [[Patricia Ann Millett]] |birth_name = John Glover Roberts Jr. |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|01|27}} |birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = {{marriage|Jane Sullivan|1996}} |children = 2 |education = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]]) |signature = John Roberts signature.svg }} '''John Glover Roberts Jr.''' (born January 27, 1955) is the seventeenth and current [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]]. Appointed by President [[George W. Bush]], Roberts is generally considered a member of the more [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] wing of the court. However, since the retirement of Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]], he has been seen as the moderate and tie-breaker in some major Supreme Court cases during the [[Presidency of Donald Trump]]. Before joining the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] on September 29, 2005, Roberts was a judge on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] for two years. Roberts has been portrayed as a consistent advocate for conservative principles by analysts such as [[Jeffrey Toobin]].<ref>{{cite magazine| last=Toobin| first=Jeffrey| title=No More Mr. Nice Guy| magazine=[[The New Yorker]]| date=May 25, 2009| url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/