John Roberts
John Roberts
John Glover Roberts Jr.is the 17th and current Chief Justice of the United States. He took his seat on September 29, 2005, having been nominated by President George W. Bush after the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist. He has been described as having a conservative judicial philosophy in his jurisprudence...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJudge
Date of Birth27 January 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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Anything you say can and will be used against you.
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The weather has been, started out about like this. Got horribly nasty for a while. Even had to put my gloves on which I hate to fish with but what the heck, I am still catching them that is what counts.
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This body and legislative bodies in the states are protectors of the people's rights, ... Legislators have the right to protect the rights of the people as much as courts.
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We have had a bearish week in U.S. markets and people who had thought the range in rates would hold are now re-evaluating that view as the evidence points to a stronger U.S. economy.
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Yes, I was in an administration that was opposed to quotas, ... Opposition to quotas is not the same thing as opposition to affirmative action.
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We didn't want to end like last year. I wanted to get through for them.
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Part of the reason we're holding on is that so many guys are overexposed to the corporate bond market, any cash they have they're putting to work in governments.
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Well, I have said that I do not have an overarching judicial philosophy that I bring to every case.
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I hope my answer would be the same, Senator,
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I know there are people of strongly held views on both sides of the issue ... And I know that the responsibility of a judge confronting this issue is to decide the case according to the rule of law consistent with the precedents, not to take sides in the dispute as a matter of policy, but to decide it according to the law.
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I'm free to chase anything that moves, and a lot of things that don't move. The opportunities are boundless. I am, at my very core, a reporter.
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I have no platform. Judges are not politicians who can promise to do certain things in exchange for votes, ... Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules; they apply them.
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I have no platform, ... I come before the committee with no agenda.
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If there was going to be a change, and it appears inevitable there was going to be a change, I think people are glad it's this change. He's a consumer of CBS News. During 9/11, during the hurricanes, he's made sure there was time in his sports broadcasts for news breaks.