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John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist who has served as the 17th chief justice of the United States since 2005. [3] He has been described as having a moderate conservative judicial philosophy, though he is primarily an institutionalist. [4] [5] For his willingness to work with the Supreme Court 's liberal bloc ...
The Supreme Court is made up of seven judges: the Chief Justice, who is the President of the Court, the Deputy Chief Justice, who is the Vice-president of the Court, and five other judges. Like all other judges of the superior courts in Kenya, Judges of the Supreme Court - including the Chief Justice - serve until mandatory retirement at 70 years.
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts visited Duke University Thursday evening to speak at a private ceremony honoring the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. ... to join the Supreme Court ...
President George W. Bush announced that he would nominate Judge John Roberts as the Supreme Court's 17th chief justice on September 5, 2005, two days after the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, and five weeks after selecting him for appointment to succeed O'Connor as associate justice. [16] The following day, Bush officially nominated ...
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Sunday said “history” will judge the Supreme Court’s Chief Justice John Roberts amid controversies about ethics on the nation’s highest court. “Chief Justice ...
The Supreme Court is still the John Roberts court, a fact underscored by the chief justice’s influence on the biggest cases of the most recent term. Roberts at times allowed the court’s 6-3 ...
Watson v. United States. 552 U.S. 74 (2007) whether trading drugs for a gun constitutes use of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 924 and Bailey v. United States. Kimbrough v. United States. 552 U.S. 85 (2007) whether the 100:1 ratio between powder and crack cocaine imposed by the United States Sentencing Commission yields "reasonable" sentences.
Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday defended the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, saying its role should not be called into question just because people disagree with ...