John Roberts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

John Roberts

Chief Justice of the United States

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1955

Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, United States

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician, jurist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About John Roberts

  • John Glover Roberts Jr.
  • (born January 27, 1955) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as Chief Justice of the United States.
  • Roberts has authored the majority opinion in several landmark cases, including Shelby County v.
  • Holder, National Federation of Independent Business v.
  • Sebelius, King v.
  • Burwell, and Department of Commerce v.
  • New York.
  • He has been described as having a conservative judicial philosophy in his jurisprudence, but has shown a willingness to work with the Supreme Court's liberal bloc, and since the retirement of Anthony Kennedy in 2018 has come to be regarded as a key swing vote on the Court.Roberts was born in Buffalo, New York, but grew up in northwestern Indiana and was educated in Catholic schools.
  • He studied history at Harvard University, then attended the Harvard Law School, where he became the managing editor of the Harvard Law Review.
  • He served as a law clerk for Circuit Judge Henry Friendly and then-associate justice 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 14 years in private law practice.
  • During this time, he argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court.
  • Notably, he represented 19 states in United States v.
  • Microsoft Corp.In 2003, Roberts was appointed as a judge of the U.S.
  • Court of Appeals for the D.C.
  • Circuit by George W.
  • Bush.
  • 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.
  • In 2005, Roberts was nominated to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court, initially to succeed the retiring Sandra Day O'Connor.
  • When Rehnquist died before Roberts's confirmation hearings began, Bush instead nominated Roberts to fill the chief justice position.

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