JUSTICE JOHN G. ROBERTS (Wikipedia Info)

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John Glover Roberts, Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is the 17th
and current Chief Justice of the United States. He has served John Roberts
since 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.

Roberts grew up in northern Indiana and was educated in a
private school before attending Harvard College and Harvard
Law School, where he was managing editor of the Harvard
Law Review. After being admitted to the bar, he served as a
law clerk for William Rehnquist before taking a position in the
Attorney General's office during the Reagan Administration.
He went on to serve the Reagan Administration and the
George H. W. Bush administration in the Department of
Justice and the Office of the White House Counsel, before
spending fourteen years in private law practice. During this
time, he argued thirty-nine cases before the Supreme Court. 17th Chief Justice of the United States
Incumbent
In 2003, he was appointed as a judge of the D.C. Circuit by
President George W. Bush, where he served until his Assumed office
nomination to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. September 29, 2005
When Chief Justice Rehnquist died before Roberts's Nominated by George W. Bush
confirmation hearings, Bush renominated Roberts to fill the
Preceded by William Rehnquist
newly vacant center seat.
Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit
In office
June 2, 2003 – September 29, 2005

1 Early years Nominated by George W. Bush
2 Early legal career Preceded by James Buckley
3 On the D.C. Circuit
Succeeded by Vacant
3.1 Fourth and Fifth Amendments
3.2 Military tribunals Personal details
3.3 Environmental regulation Born John Glover Roberts, Jr.
4 Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme January 27, 1955
Court Buffalo, New York, U.S.
4.1 Roberts's testimony on his
jurisprudence Spouse(s) Jane Sullivan
4.1.1 Commerce Clause Alma mater Harvard College
4.1.2 Federalism Harvard Law School
4.1.3 Reviewing Acts of
Congress Religion Roman Catholicism[1]
4.1.4 Stare Decisis
4.1.5 Roe v. Wade
4.2 Confirmation

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5 On the U.S. Supreme Court
5.1 Early decisions
5.2 Fourth Amendment
5.3 Notice and opportunity to be heard
5.4 Abortion
5.5 Equal protection clause
5.6 Free speech
5.7 Non-judicial duties of the Chief
Justice
6 Personal life
6.1 Health
6.2 Personal finances
7 Bibliography of articles by John G. Roberts Jr.
8 See also
9 Further reading
9.1 News articles
9.2 Government/official biographies
9.3 Other
10 References
11 External links

Roberts was born in Buffalo, New York, on January 27, 1955, the son of John Glover (Jack) Roberts, Sr.
(1928–2008) and Rosemary, née Podrasky. All his maternal great-grandparents are said to have been from areas
of Austria–Hungary, which later became part of Czechoslovakia.[2] His father was a plant manager with
Bethlehem Steel.[3] When Roberts was in fourth grade, his family moved to the beachside town of Long Beach,
Indiana. He grew up with three sisters: Kathy, Peggy, and Barbara.

Roberts attended Notre Dame Elementary School, a Roman Catholic grade school in Long Beach, and then La
Lumiere School, a Roman Catholic boarding school in LaPorte, Indiana, where he was an excellent student and
athlete.[4] He studied five years of Latin (in four years),[3] some French, and was known generally for his
devotion to his studies. He was captain of the football team (he later described himself as a "slow-footed
linebacker"), and was a regional champion in wrestling. He participated in choir and drama, co-edited the school
newspaper, and served on the athletic council and the executive committee of the student council.[3]

He attended Harvard College, graduating with an A.B. summa cum laude in history in three years. He then
attended Harvard Law School where he was the managing editor of the Harvard Law Review.[3] He graduated
from law school with a J.D. magna cum laude in 1979.[5]

After graduating from law school, Roberts served as a law clerk for Judge Henry Friendly on the Second Circuit
Court of Appeals for one year.[3] Roberts frequently cites Judge Friendly in his opinions. From 1980 to 1981, he
clerked for then-Associate Justice William Rehnquist on the United States Supreme Court. From 1981 to 1982,
he served in the Reagan administration as a Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General William French Smith.[3]

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From 1982 to 1986, Roberts served as Associate Counsel to the President under White House Counsel Fred
Fielding.

Roberts entered private law practice in 1986 as an associate at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Hogan &
Hartson.

Roberts left Hogan & Hartson to serve in the George H. W. Bush administration as Principal Deputy Solicitor
General from 1989 to 1993[3] and as Acting Solicitor General for the purposes of at least one case when Ken
Starr had a conflict.[6][7]

In 1992, George H. W. Bush nominated Roberts to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit, but no Senate vote was held, and Roberts's nomination expired when Bush left office after losing the
1992 presidential election.

Roberts returned to Hogan & Hartson as a partner and became the head of the firm's appellate practice, in
addition to serving as an adjunct faculty member at the Georgetown University Law Center. During this time,
Roberts argued 39 cases for the government before the Supreme Court, prevailing in 25 of them. He represented
18 states in United States v. Microsoft. Those cases include:

Case Argued Decided Represented
First Options v. Kaplan, 514 U.S. 938 (http://laws.findlaw.com March 22, May 22,
Respondent
/us/514/938.html) 1995 1995
Adams v. Robertson, 520 U.S. 83 (http://laws.findlaw.com January 14, March 3,
Respondent
/us/520/83.html) 1997 1997
Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, 522 December February 25,
Petitioner
U.S. 520 (http://laws.findlaw.com/us/522/520.html) 10, 1997 1999
Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc., 523 U.S. 340 January 21, March 31,
Petitioner
(http://laws.findlaw.com/us/523/340.html) 1998 1998
National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Smith, 525 U.S. 459 January 20, February 23,
Petitioner
Rice v. Cayetano, 528 U.S. 495 (http://laws.findlaw.com/us/528 October 6, February 23,
Respondent
/495.html) 1999 2000
Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. Mine Workers, 531 U.S. 57 October 2, November
Petitioner
(http://laws.findlaw.com/us/531/57.html) 2000 28, 2000
TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc., 532 U.S. 23 November March 20,
Petitioner
(http://laws.findlaw.com/us/532/23.html) 29, 2000 2001
Toyota Motor Manufacturing v. Williams, 534 U.S. 184 November 7, January 8,
Petitioner
Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional
January 7, April 23,
Planning Agency, 535 U.S. 302 (http://laws.findlaw.com/us/535 Respondent
2002 2002
/302.html)
Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran, 536 U.S. 355 January 16, June 20,
Petitioner

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Gonzaga University v. Doe, 536 U.S. 273 April 24, June 20,
Petitioner
Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co., 537 U.S. 149 October 8, January 15,
Respondent
Smith v. Doe, 538 U.S. 84 (http://laws.findlaw.com/us/538 November March 5,
Petitioner
/84.html) 13, 2002 2003

During the late 1990s, while working for Hogan & Hartson, Roberts served as a member of the steering
committee of the Washington, D.C. chapter of the conservative Federalist Society.[8]

In 2000, Roberts traveled to Tallahassee, Florida to advise Jeb Bush, then the Governor of Florida, concerning
the latter's actions in the Florida election recount during the presidential election.[9]

On May 10, 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Roberts for a different seat on the D.C. Circuit, which
had been vacated by James L. Buckley. The Senate at the time, however, was controlled by the Democrats, who
were in conflict with Bush over his judicial nominees. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy,
D-VT, refused to give Roberts a hearing in the 107th Congress.[10] The GOP regained control of the Senate on
January 7, 2003, and Bush resubmitted Roberts's nomination that day. Roberts was confirmed on May 8,
2003,[11] and received his commission on June 2, 2003. During his two year tenure on the D.C. Circuit, Roberts
authored 49 opinions, eliciting two dissents from other judges, and authoring three dissents of his own.

Notable decisions on the D.C. Circuit include the following:

Fourth and Fifth Amendments

Hedgepeth v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, 386 F.3d 1148,[12] involved a 12-year-old girl
who was arrested, searched, handcuffed, driven to police headquarters, booked, and fingerprinted after she
violated a publicly advertised zero tolerance "no eating" policy in a Washington Metro station by eating a single
french fry. She was released to her mother three hours later. She sued, alleging that an adult would have only
received a citation for the same offense, while children must be detained until parents are notified. The D.C.
Circuit unanimously affirmed the district court's dismissal of the case, which was predicated on alleged violations
of the Fourth Amendment (unreasonable search and seizure) and Fifth Amendment (equal protection).

"No one is very happy about the events that led to this litigation," Roberts wrote, and noted that the policies
under which the girl was apprehended had since been changed. Because age discrimination is evaluated using a
rational basis test, however, only weak state interests were required to justify the policy, and the panel
concluded they were present. "Because parents and guardians play an essential role in that rehabilitative process,
it is reasonable for the District to seek to ensure their participation, and the method chosen — detention until the
parent is notified and retrieves the child — certainly does that, in a way issuing a citation might not." The court
concluded that the policy and detention were constitutional, noting that "the question before us... is not whether
these policies were a bad idea, but whether they violated the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution,"
language reminiscent of Justice Potter Stewart's dissent in Griswold v. Connecticut. "We are not asked in this
case to say whether we think this law is unwise, or even asinine," Stewart had written; "[w]e are asked to hold
that it violates the United States Constitution. And that, I cannot do."

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Military tribunals

In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Roberts was part of a unanimous Circuit panel overturning the district court ruling and
upholding military tribunals set up by the Bush administration for trying terrorism suspects known as enemy
combatants. Circuit Judge A. Raymond Randolph, writing for the court, ruled that Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a
driver for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden,[13] could be tried by a military court because:

1. the military commission had the approval of the United States Congress;
2. the Third Geneva Convention is a treaty between nations and as such it does not confer individual rights
and remedies enforceable in U.S. courts;
3. even if the Convention could be enforced in U.S. courts, it would not be of assistance to Hamdan at the
time because, for a conflict such as the war against Al-Qaeda (considered by the court as a separate war
from that against Afghanistan itself) that is not between two countries, it guarantees only a certain
standard of judicial procedure without speaking to the jurisdiction in which the prisoner must be tried.

The court held open the possibility of judicial review of the results of the military commission after the current
proceedings have ended.[14] This decision was overturned on June 29, 2006 by the Supreme Court in a 5-3
decision, with Roberts not participating due to his prior ruling as a circuit judge.

Environmental regulation

Roberts wrote a dissent in Rancho Viejo, LLC v. Norton, 323 F.3d 1062 (http://laws.lp.findlaw.com
/dc/015373b.html) , a case involving the protection of a rare California toad under the Endangered Species Act.
When the court denied a rehearing en banc, 334 F.3d 1158 (http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/dc/015373b.html) (D.C.
Cir. 2003), Roberts dissented, arguing that the panel opinion was inconsistent with United States v. Lopez and
United States v. Morrison in that it incorrectly focused on whether the regulation substantially affects interstate
commerce rather than on whether the regulated activity does. In Roberts's view, the Commerce Clause of the
Constitution did not permit the government to regulate activity affecting what he called "a hapless toad" that "for
reasons of its own, lives its entire life in California." He said that reviewing the panel decision would allow the
court "alternative grounds for sustaining application of the Act that may be more consistent with Supreme Court
precedent."[15]

Main article: John Roberts Supreme Court nomination and hearings

On July 19, 2005, President Bush nominated Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill a vacancy that would be
created by the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Roberts was the first Supreme Court nominee since
Stephen Breyer in 1994. Bush announced Roberts's nomination in a live, nationwide television broadcast from
the East Room of the White House at 9 p.m. Eastern Time.

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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died on September 3, 2005, while
Roberts's confirmation was still pending before the Senate. Shortly
thereafter, on September 5, Bush withdrew Roberts's nomination as
O'Connor's successor and announced Roberts's new nomination to the
position of Chief Justice.[16] Bush asked the Senate to expedite Roberts's
confirmation hearings to fill the vacancy by the beginning of the Supreme
Court's session in early October.

John Roberts appears in the Roberts's testimony on his jurisprudence
background, while President Bush is
announcing his nomination for the During his confirmation hearings, Roberts said that he did not have a
position of Chief Justice. comprehensive jurisprudential philosophy, and he did "not think
beginning with an all-encompassing approach to constitutional
interpretation is the best way to faithfully construe the document".[17][18]
Roberts analogized judges to baseball umpires: "[I]t's my job to call balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat."[19]
Roberts demonstrated an encyclopedic knowledge of Supreme Court precedent, which he discussed without
notes. Among the issues he discussed were:

Commerce Clause

"Starting with McCulloch v. Maryland, Chief Justice John Marshall gave a very broad and expansive reading
to the powers of the Federal Government and explained generally that if the ends be legitimate, then any
means chosen to achieve them are within the power of the Federal Government, and cases interpreting that,
throughout the years, have come down. Certainly, by the time Lopez was decided, many of us had learned in
law school that it was just sort of a formality to say that interstate commerce was affected and that cases
weren't going to be thrown out that way. Lopez certainly breathed new life into the Commerce Clause.

"I think it remains to be seen, in subsequent decisions, how rigorous a showing, and in many cases, it is just a
showing. It's not a question of an abstract fact, does this affect interstate commerce or not, but has this body,
the Congress, demonstrated the impact on interstate commerce that drove them to legislate? That's a very
important factor. It wasn't present in Lopez at all. I think the members of Congress had heard the same thing
I had heard in law school, that this is unimportant — and they hadn't gone through the process of establishing
a record in that case."[18]

Federalism

Roberts has shown a pragmatic approach to federalism in the past, stating on the radio in 1999:

"We have gotten to the point these days where we think the only way we can show we’re serious about a
problem is if we pass a Federal law, whether it is the Violence Against Women Act or anything else. The fact
of the matter is conditions are different in different States, and State laws can be more relevant is I think
exactly the right term, more attune to the different situations in New York, as opposed to Minnesota, and
that is what the Federal system is based on.’

Here he shows deference for the federal nature of the United States of America. Roberts continues (a defence to
his pragmatism) by responding to this 1999 radio show quote given by Feingold, in saying:

"just because you have a problem that needs addressing, it’s not necessarily the case that Federal legislation
is the best way to address it."

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Reviewing Acts of Congress

"The Supreme Court has, throughout its history, on many occasions described the deference that is due to
legislative judgments. Justice Holmes described assessing the constitutionality of an act of Congress as the
gravest duty that the Supreme Court is called upon to perform. ... It's a principle that is easily stated and
needs to be observed in practice, as well as in theory.

"Now, the Court, of course, has the obligation, and has been recognized since Marbury v. Madison, to assess
the constitutionality of acts of Congress, and when those acts are challenged, it is the obligation of the Court
to say what the law is. The determination of when deference to legislative policy judgments goes too far and
becomes abdication of the judicial responsibility, and when scrutiny of those judgments goes too far on the
part of the judges and becomes what I think is properly called judicial activism, that is certainly the central
dilemma of having an unelected, as you describe it correctly, undemocratic judiciary in a democratic
republic."[18][citation needed]

Stare Decisis

In referring to Brown v. Board that overturned school segregation: "the Court in that case, of course, overruled a
prior decision. I don't think that constitutes judicial activism because obviously if the decision is wrong, it should
be overruled. That's not activism. That's applying the law correctly."[20]

Roe v. Wade

While working as a lawyer for the Reagan administration, Roberts wrote legal memos defending administration
policies on abortion.[21] At his nomination hearing Roberts testified that the legal memos represented the views
of the administration he was representing at the time and not necessarily his own.[22] "Senator, I was a staff
lawyer; I didn't have a position," Roberts said.[22] As a lawyer in the George H. W. Bush administration, Roberts
signed a legal brief urging the court to overturn Roe v. Wade.[23]

In private meetings with senators before his confirmation, Roberts testified that Roe was settled law, but added
that it was subject to the legal principle of stare decisis,[24] meaning that while the Court must give some weight
to the precedent, it was not legally bound to uphold it.

In his Senate testimony, Roberts said that, while sitting on the Appellate Court, he had an obligation to respect
precedents established by the Supreme Court, including the controversial decision invalidating many restrictions
on the right to an abortion. He stated: "Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land. ... There is nothing in my
personal views that would prevent me from fully and faithfully applying that precedent, as well as Casey."
Following the traditional reticence of nominees to indicate which way they might vote on an issue likely to come
before the Supreme Court, he did not explicitly say whether he would vote to overturn either.[17]

Confirmation

On September 22, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved Roberts's nomination by a vote of 13–5, with
Senators Ted Kennedy, Richard Durbin, Charles Schumer, Joe Biden and Dianne Feinstein casting the dissenting
votes. Roberts was confirmed by the full Senate on September 29 by a margin of 78–22.[25] All Republicans and
the one Independent voted for Roberts; the Democrats split evenly, 22–22. Roberts was confirmed by what was,
historically, a narrow margin for a Supreme Court justice. However, all subsequent confirmation votes have been
even narrower,[26][27][28] and the nomination of Harriet Miers was never even voted on.

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Main article: Roberts Court

Roberts took the Constitutional oath of office, administered by senior
Associate Justice John Paul Stevens at the White House, on September
29. On October 3, he took the judicial oath provided for by the Judiciary
Act of 1789 at the United States Supreme Court building, prior to the first
oral arguments of the 2005 term. Ending weeks of speculation, Roberts
wore a plain black robe, dispensing with the gold sleeve-bars added to the
Chief Justice's robes by his predecessor. Then 50, Roberts became the
youngest member of the Court, and the third-youngest person to have
ever become Chief Justice (John Jay was appointed at age 44 in 1789 Roberts is sworn in as Chief Justice by
while John Marshall was appointed at age 45 in 1801). However, many Justice John Paul Stevens in the East
Associate Justices, such as Clarence Thomas (appointed at age 43) and Room of the White House, September
William O. Douglas (appointed at age 41 in 1939), have joined the Court 29, 2005.
at a younger age than Roberts.

Since joining the court, Justice Antonin Scalia has said that Roberts "pretty much run[s] the show the same way"
as Rehnquist, albeit "let[ting] people go on a little longer at conference ... but [he'll] get over that."[29] Roberts
has been portrayed as a consistent advocate for conservative principles by analysts such as Jeffrey Toobin.[30]

Seventh Circuit Judge Diane Sykes, surveying Roberts's first term on the court, concluded that his jurisprudence
"appears to be strongly rooted in the discipline of traditional legal method, evincing a fidelity to text, structure,
history, and the constitutional hierarchy. He exhibits the restraint that flows from the careful application of
established decisional rules and the practice of reasoning from the case law. He appears to place great stock in
the process-oriented tools and doctrinal rules that guard against the aggregation of judicial power and keep
judicial discretion in check: jurisdictional limits, structural federalism, textualism, and the procedural rules that
govern the scope of judicial review."[31]

Early decisions

On January 17, 2006, Roberts dissented along with Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas in Gonzales v. Oregon,
which held that the Controlled Substances Act does not allow the United States Attorney General to prohibit
physicians from prescribing drugs for the assisted suicide of the terminally ill as permitted by an Oregon law. The
point of contention in this case was largely one of statutory interpretation, not federalism.

On March 6, 2006, Roberts wrote the unanimous decision in Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional
Rights that colleges accepting federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, despite university
objections to the Clinton administration-initiated "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Fourth Amendment

Roberts wrote his first dissent in the case Georgia v. Randolph, decided March 22, 2006. The majority's decision
prohibited police from searching a home if, as in this case, both occupants are present but one occupant objected
while another consented. Roberts's dissent criticized the majority opinion as inconsistent with prior case law and
for basing its reasoning in part on its perception of social custom.

Notice and opportunity to be heard

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Although Roberts has often sided with Scalia and Thomas, Roberts provided a crucial vote against their position
in Jones v. Flowers. In Jones, Roberts sided with liberal justices of the court in ruling that, before a home is
seized and sold in a tax-forfeiture sale, due diligence must be demonstrated and proper notification needs to be
sent to the owners. Dissenting were Anthony Kennedy along with Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Samuel
Alito did not participate, while Roberts's opinion was joined by David Souter, Stephen Breyer, John Paul
Stevens, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Abortion

On the Supreme Court, Roberts has indicated he supports some abortion restrictions. In Gonzales v. Carhart
(2007), the only significant abortion case the court has decided since Roberts joined, he voted with the majority
to uphold the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for a
five-justice majority, distinguished Stenberg v. Carhart, and concluded that the court's previous decision in
Planned Parenthood v. Casey did not prevent Congress from banning the procedure. The decision left the door
open for future as-applied challenges, and did not address the broader question of whether Congress had the
authority to pass the law.[32] Justice Clarence Thomas filed a concurring opinion, contending that the Court's
prior decisions in Roe v. Wade and Casey should be reversed; Roberts declined to join that opinion.

Equal protection clause

Roberts opposes the use of race in assigning students to particular schools, including for purposes such as
maintaining integrated schools.[33] He sees such plans as discrimination in violation of the constitution's equal
protection clause and Brown v. Board of Education.[33][34] In Parents Involved in Community Schools v.
Seattle School District No. 1, the court considered two voluntarily adopted school district plans that relied on
race to determine which schools certain children may attend. The court had held in Brown that "racial
discrimination in public education is unconstitutional,"[35] and later, that "racial classifications, imposed by
whatever federal, state, or local governmental actor, ... are constitutional only if they are narrowly tailored
measures that further compelling governmental interests,"[36] and that this "[n]arrow tailoring ... require[s]
serious, good faith consideration of workable race-neutral alternatives."[37] Roberts cited these cases in writing
for the Parents Involved majority, concluding that the school districts had "failed to show that they considered
methods other than explicit racial classifications to achieve their stated goals."[38] In a section of the opinion
joined by four other Justices, Roberts added that "[t]he way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop
discriminating on the basis of race."

Free speech

Roberts authored the 2007 student free speech case Morse v. Frederick, ruling that a student in a public school-
sponsored activity does not have the right to advocate drug use on the basis that the right to free speech does not
invariably prevent the exercise of school discipline.[39]

On April 20, 2010, in United States v. Stevens, the Supreme Court struck down an animal cruelty law. Roberts,
writing for an 8-1 majority, found that a federal statute criminalizing the commercial production, sale, or
possession of depictions of cruelty to animals, was an unconstitutional abridgment of the First Amendment right
to freedom of speech. The Court held that the statute was substantially overbroad; for example, it could allow
prosecutions for selling photos of out-of-season hunting.[40]

Non-judicial duties of the Chief Justice

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As Chief Justice, Roberts also serves in a variety of non-judicial roles,
including Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution and leading the Judicial
Conference of the United States. Perhaps the best known of these is the
custom of the Chief Justice administering the oath of office at Presidential
inaugurations. Roberts debuted in this capacity at the inauguration of Barack
Obama on January 20, 2009. (As a Senator, Obama had voted against
Roberts's confirmation to the Supreme Court, making the event doubly a
first: the first time a president was sworn in by someone whose confirmation
Barack Obama being administered
he opposed.[41]) Things did not go smoothly. According to columnist Jeffrey
the oath of office by Roberts a
Toobin:
second time on January 21, 2009.
Through intermediaries, Roberts and Obama had agreed how to divide
the thirty-five-word oath for the swearing in. Obama was first supposed to repeat the clause “I,
Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear.” But, when Obama heard Roberts begin to speak, he
interrupted Roberts before he said “do solemnly swear.” This apparently flustered the Chief Justice,
who then made a mistake in the next line, inserting the word “faithfully” out of order. Obama
smiled, apparently recognizing the error, then tried to follow along. Roberts then garbled another
word in the next passage, before correctly reciting, “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution
of the United States.”[42]

Part of the difficulty was that Roberts did not have the text of the oath with him but relied on his memory. On
later occasions when Roberts has administered an oath, he has taken the text with him.

The Associated Press reported that "[l]ater, as the two men shook hands in the Capitol, Roberts appeared to say
the mistake was his fault."[43] The following evening in the White House Map Room with reporters present,
Roberts and Obama repeated the oath correctly. This was, according to the White House, done in "an abundance
of caution" to ensure that the constitutional requirement had been met.

Roberts is one of thirteen Catholic justices — out of 111 justices total — in the history of the Supreme Court.[44]
Of those thirteen justices, six (Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and
Sonia Sotomayor) are currently serving. Roberts married Jane Sullivan in Washington in 1996.[3] She is an
attorney, a Catholic, and a trustee (along with Clarence Thomas) at her alma mater, the College of the Holy
Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The couple adopted two children, John (Jack) and Josephine (Josie).[3]

Health

Roberts suffered a seizure on July 30, 2007, while at his vacation home on Hupper Island off the village of Port
Clyde in St. George, Maine.[45][46] As a result of the seizure he fell five to ten feet on a dock near his house but
suffered only minor scrapes.[45] He was taken by private boat to the mainland[46] (which is several hundred
yards from the island) and then by ambulance to Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport, where he stayed
overnight, according to Supreme Court spokesperson Kathy Arberg.[47] Doctors called the incident a benign
idiopathic seizure, which means there was no identifiable physiological cause.[45][46][48][49]

Roberts had suffered a similar seizure in 1993.[45][46][48] After this first seizure, Roberts temporarily limited
some of his activities, such as driving. According to Senator Arlen Specter, who chaired the Senate Judiciary
Committee during Roberts's nomination to be Chief Justice in 2005, senators were aware of this seizure when

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they were considering his nomination, but the committee did not think it was significant enough to bring up
during his confirmation hearings. Federal judges are not required by law to release information about their
health.[45]

According to neurologist Dr. Marc Schlosberg of Washington Hospital Center, who has no direct connection to
the Roberts case, someone who has had more than one seizure without any other cause is by definition
determined to have epilepsy. After two seizures, the likelihood of another at some point is greater than 60
percent.[46] Dr. Steven Garner of New York Methodist Hospital, who is also uninvolved with the case, said that
Roberts's previous history of seizures means that the second incident may be less serious than if this were a
newly emerging problem.[48]

The Supreme Court said in a statement Roberts has "fully recovered from the incident," and a neurological
evaluation "revealed no cause for concern." Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a CNN contributor and a neurosurgeon not
involved in Roberts's case, said when an otherwise healthy person has a seizure, his doctor would investigate
whether the patient had started any new medications and had normal electrolyte levels. If those two things were
normal, then a brain scan would be performed. If Roberts does not have another seizure within a relatively short
time period, Gupta said he was unsure if Roberts would be given the diagnosis of epilepsy. He said the Chief
Justice may need to take an anti-seizure medication.[49]

Personal finances

According to a 16-page financial disclosure form Roberts submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee prior to
his Supreme Court confirmation hearings, his net worth was more than $6 million, including $1.6 million in stock
holdings. At the time Roberts left private practice to join the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2003, he took a
pay cut from $1 million a year to $171,800; as Chief Justice his salary is $217,400. Roberts also holds a
one-eighth interest in a cottage in Knocklong, an Irish village in County Limerick. His wife's family descend
from Charleville, County Cork, County Kerry, and County Fermanagh in Ireland.

In August 2010, Roberts sold his stock in Pfizer, which allows him to participate in two pending cases involving
the pharmaceutical maker. Justices are required to recuse themselves in cases in which they own stock of a
party.[50]

The University of Michigan Law Library (External Links, below) has compiled fulltext links to these articles and
a number of briefs and arguments.

Developments in the Law — Zoning, "The Takings Clause," 91 Harv. L. Rev. 1462 (1978). (Section III
of a longer article beginning on p. 1427)
Comment, "Contract Clause — Legislative Alteration of Private Pension Agreements: Allied
Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus," 92 Harv. L. Rev. 86 (1978). (Subsection C of a longer article
beginning on p. 57)
New Rules and Old Pose Stumbling Blocks in High Court Cases, Legal Times, February 26, 1990,
co-authored with E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr.
"Article III Limits on Statutory Standing". Duke Law Journal 42: 1219. 1993.
Riding the Coattails of the Solicitor General, Legal Times, March 29, 1993.
The New Solicitor General and the Power of the Amicus, The Wall Street Journal, May 5, 1993.
"The 1992–1993 Supreme Court". Public Interest Law Review 107. 1994.
Forfeitures: Does Innocence Matter?, New Jersey Law Journal, October 9, 1995.

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Thoughts on Presenting an Effective Oral Argument, School Law in Review (1997). Link
(http://www.nsba.org/site/docs/36400/36316.pdf)
The Bush Panel, 2003 BYU L. Rev. 62 (2003). (Part of a tribute to Rex. E. Lee beginning on p. 1.
"The Bush Panel" contains a speech by Roberts.)
"Oral Advocacy and the Re-emergence of a Supreme Court Bar". Journal of Supreme Court History
30 (1): 68–81. 2005. doi:10.1111/j.1059-4329.2005.00098.x (http://dx.doi.org
/10.1111%2Fj.1059-4329.2005.00098.x) .
"What Makes the D.C. Circuit Different? A Historical View" (http://www.virginialawreview.org
/content/pdfs/92/375.pdf) (PDF). Virginia Law Review 92 (3): 375. 2006.
http://www.virginialawreview.org/content/pdfs/92/375.pdf.
"A Tribute to Chief Justice Rehnquist" (http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/119/Nov05
/Rehnquist_TributeFTX.pdf) (PDF). Harvard Law Review 119: 1. 2005.
http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/119/Nov05/Rehnquist_TributeFTX.pdf.

Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States
List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
List of United States Chief Justices by time in office
List of U.S. Supreme Court Justices by time in office
United States Supreme Court cases during the Roberts Court

News articles

"Roberts Listed in Federalist Society '97-98 Directory". Washington Post. July 25, 2005.[51]
"Appellate judge Roberts is Bush high-court pick." MSNBC. July 19, 2005.[52]
Argetsinger, Amy, and Jo Becker. "The nominee as a young pragmatist: under Reagan, Roberts
tackled tough issues." Washington Post. July 22, 2005.[53]
Barbash, Fred, et al.: "Bush to nominate Judge John G. Roberts Jr." Washington Post. July 19,
2005.[54]
Becker, Jo, and R. Jeffrey Smith. "Record of accomplishment — and some contradictions."
Washington Post. July 20, 2005.[55]
Bumuller, Elisabeth, and David Stout: "President chooses conservative judge as nominee to court."
New York Times. July 19, 2005.[56]
Entous, Adam. "Bush picks conservative Roberts for Supreme Court." Reuters. July 19, 2005.[57]
Goodnough, Abby. "Nominee Gave Quiet Advice on Recount" New York Times. July 21, 2005.[58]
Lane, Charles. "Federalist affiliation misstated: Roberts does not belong to group." Washington Post.
July 21, 2005.[59]
Lane, Charles. "Short record as judge is under a microscope." Washington Post. July 21, 2005.[60]
Groppe, Maureen, and John Tuohy. "If you ask John where he's from, he says Indiana." Indianapolis
Star. July 20, 2005.[61]
McFeatters, Ann. "John G. Roberts Jr. is Bush choice for Supreme Court." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
July 19, 2005.[62]
Riechmann, Deb. "Federal judge Roberts is Bush's choice." Associated Press. July 20, 2005.[63]

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"Roberts: A smart, self-effacing 'Eagle Scout'." Associated Press. July 20, 2005.[64]
"Who Is John G. Roberts Jr.?" ABC News. July 19, 2005.[65]

Government/official biographies

"President announces Judge John Roberts as Supreme Court nominee." Office of the Press Secretary,
Executive Office of the President.[66]
"Roberts, John G., Jr." Federal Judicial Center.[67]
"John G. Roberts biography." Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice.[68]
"Biographical Sketches of the Judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit." United States
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[69]
John G. Roberts Questionnaire for Appeals Court Confirmation Hearing (p. 297–339) and responses to
Questions from Various Senators (p. 443–461)[70]

Other
Coffin, Shannen W. "Meet John Roberts: The President Makes the Best Choice." National Review
Online. July 19, 2005.[71]
"Former Hogan & Hartson partner nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court." Hogan & Hartson, LLP.
July 20, 2005.[72]
Goldman, Jerry. "John G. Roberts, Jr." Oyez.[73]
"John G. Roberts, Jr. Fact Sheet" La Lumiere School.[74]
"John G. Roberts federal campaign contributions." Newsmeat.com. July 19, 2005.[75]
"Progress for America: Support for the Confirmation of John G. Roberts"[76]
"Report of the Alliance for Justice: Opposition to the Confirmation of John G. Roberts to the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit." Alliance for Justice.[77]
Joel K. Goldstein, "Not Hearing History: A Critique of Chief Justice Roberts's Reinterpretation of
Brown," 69 Ohio St. L.J. 791 (2008).[78]

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70. ^ http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate Goldstein" (http://papers.ssrn.com
/pdf/108hrg/89324.pdf (large PDF file) /sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1387162) .
71. ^ "Shannen W. Coffin on John Roberts on National Papers.ssrn.com. http://papers.ssrn.com
Review Online" (http://www.nationalreview.com /sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1387162. Retrieved
/coffin/coffin200507192142.asp) . 2010-08-07.

Supreme Court (http://www.supremecourt.gov/) official site with biographies
(http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx)
Profile (http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3001) at the Biographical Directory of Federal
Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center
Legal resources (http://www.loc.gov/law/find/roberts.php) at the Law Library of Congress
Biography and writings (http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/justices/roberts.bio.html) at the Legal
Information Institute
Profile (http://www.oyez.org/justices/john_g_roberts_jr) at the Oyez Project
Appearances (http://www.c-spanvideo.org/johngroberts) on C-SPAN
Profile (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1982343) at the Internet Movie Database
Financial information (http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N99999922) at
OpenSecrets.org
Collected news and commentary (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people
/r/john_g_jr_roberts) at The New York Times
Works by or about John Roberts (http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no99-20426) in libraries
(WorldCat catalog)
Profile (http://www.nndb.com/people/746/000099449) at Notable Names Database
Judge Roberts's Published Opinions in a searchable database (http://www.asksam.com/ebooks
/JohnRoberts/)
Chief Justice John Roberts (http://civilliberty.about.com/od/ussupremecourt/ig/Know-Your-Supreme-

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Court/Chief-Justice-John-Roberts.htm) at About.com
List of Circuit Judge Roberts's opinions for the DC Circuit (http://www.anastigmatix.net/reference
/JGR.html)
Federalist Society (http://www.fed-soc.org/)
A summary of media-related cases handled by Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr.
(http://www.rcfp.org/news/documents/20050721-robertsrec.html) from The Reporters Committee for
Freedom of the Press, July 21, 2005
SCOTUSblog (http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/)
List of Chief Justices, including John Roberts, Jr. (http://www.historyguy.com/biofiles
/chief_justice_scotus.html)
On first day, Roberts sets no-nonsense tone (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles
/2005/10/04/on_first_day_roberts_sets_no_nonsense_tone/) — The Boston Globe

Nomination and confirmation

Transcript of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing (http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate
/pdf/108hrg/92548.pdf) on the nomination of John Roberts to the D.C. circuit (Roberts Q&A on pages
17–79) plain text available here (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin
/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_senate_hearings&docid=f:92548.wais)
Supreme Court Nomination Blog (http://www.sctnomination.com/blog/)
Senate Vote on the Roberts nomination (http://www.c-span.org/congress/roberts_senate.asp)
Experts Analyze Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts's Legal Record (http://www.pbs.org/newshour
/bb/law/july-dec05/roberts_7-22.html)
Profile of the Nominee (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07
/19/AR2005071900870.html) — The Washington Post
A Senate Hearing Primer (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/politics/politicsspecial1
/11questions.html?ex=1284091200&en=abf98b4ef43253a8&ei=5090) — The New York Times
Video and Transcripts From the Roberts Confirmation Hearings (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09
/13/politics/politicsspecial1/roberts_textindex.html) — The New York Times
Search and browse the transcripts from Judge Roberts's confirmation hearing (http://www.asksam.com
/ebooks/JohnRoberts/confirmation_hearing.asp)

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James Buckley
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John Boehner Order of Precedence of the United States
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as Former President
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