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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It had become pretty clear throughout the month of December (2005) and especially at the (January 2006) press tour that CBS was looking in a different direction.
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It is not a process under which senators get to say, 'I want you to rule this way and this way and this way, and if you'll tell me that you'll rule this way and this way and this way, I'll vote for you, ... That's not a bargaining process. Judges are not politicians. They cannot promise to do certain things in exchange for votes.
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It is not enough that you may think a prior decision is wrongly decided,
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I think everyone would agree that the religion jurisprudence under the First Amendment, the establishment clause and the free exercise clause, could be clearer.
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I think of that as a swap, ... His ascension to the court ... would not change things.
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I think I'd have to say that I don't have an overarching, uniform philosophy.
I think I have been more forthcoming than any of the other nominees,
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Judges do not have a commission to solve society's problems, ... their role, while important, is limited.
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