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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Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land, ... It's a little more than settled.
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Of course gender discrimination is a serious problem. It's a particular concern of mine and always has been. I grew up with three sisters, all of whom work outside the home. I married a lawyer who works outside the home. I have a young daughter who I hope will have all of the opportunities available to her without regard to any gender discrimination. There's no suggestion in anything that I've written of any resistance to the basic idea of full citizenship without regard to gender.
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This is a case in which our supposed litigation program to encourage judicial restraint did not get off the ground, and should have,
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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.
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She gave us respect and we trusted her. If you start positive then you can go on and be negative. That is how you get respect. We did not really see her as a coach or African-American. We just saw her as a coach that we trusted.
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there's no role for advocacy with respect to personal beliefs or views on the part of a judge.
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I am honored and humbled by the confidence that the president had shown in me,
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My faith and my religious beliefs do not play a role.
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I am honored and humbled by the confidence the president has shown in me, ... I am very much aware that if I am confirmed I would succeed a man I deeply respect and admire, a man who has been very kind to me for 25 years.
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I will be my own man on the Supreme Court, period,
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It's an old story that the appointees - once they're on the court - they tend to go their own way. And it's not always the way that the Presidents who appointed them predicted would be the case.
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It was my job to articulate the administration policy,
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I do think the right to privacy (used by the Supreme Court to declare a constitutional right to have an abortion) is protected under the Constitution in various ways.
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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.