BIOGRAPHY OF JUDGE JOHN G. ROBERTS -- a conservative for the USSC

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[doug from upland]

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John G. Roberts
Biography

Mr. Roberts is the head of Hogan & Hartson’s Appellate Practice Group. He graduated from Harvard College, summa cum laude, in 1976, and received his law degree, magna cum laude, in 1979 from the Harvard Law School, where he was managing editor of the Harvard Law Review. Following graduation he clerked for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the following year for then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist.

Following his clerkship experience, Mr. Roberts served as Special Assistant to United States Attorney General William French Smith. In 1982 President Reagan appointed Mr. Roberts to the White House Staff as Associate Counsel to the President, a position in which he served until joining Hogan & Hartson in 1986. Mr. Roberts’ responsibilities as Associate Counsel to the President included counseling on the President’s constitutional powers and responsibilities, as well as other legal issues affecting the executive branch.

At Hogan & Hartson, Mr. Roberts developed a civil litigation practice, with an emphasis on appellate matters. He personally argued before the United States Supreme Court and the lower federal courts, participating in a wide variety of matters on behalf of corporate clients, trade associations, governments, and individuals.

Mr. Roberts left the firm in 1989 to accept appointment as Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States, a position in which he served until returning to the firm in 1993. In that capacity he personally argued before the Supreme Court and the federal courts of appeals on behalf of the United States, and participated in formulating the litigation position of the government and determining when the government would appeal adverse decisions. Mr. Roberts had general substantive responsibility within the Office of the Solicitor General for cases arising from the Civil and Civil Rights Divisions of the Justice Department, as well as from a variety of independent agencies.

Mr. Roberts has presented oral arguments before the Supreme Court in more than thirty cases, covering the full range of the Court’s jurisdiction, including admiralty, antitrust, arbitration, environmental law, First Amendment, health care law, Indian law, bankruptcy, tax, regulation of financial institutions, administrative law, labor law, federal jurisdiction and procedure, interstate commerce, civil rights, and criminal law.

Mr. Roberts is a member of the American Law Institute and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and has also received the Edmund J. Randolph Award for outstanding service to the Department of Justice. He is a member of the Bars of the District of Columbia, the United States Supreme Court, and various federal Courts of Appeals.

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[golfboy]

The guy who was supposed to replace Dan Rather?

LOL... no, same name WAY different guy.

[joem15]

This may have been the best draft choice on the board. He probably made enough money in private practice to be financially secure and yet has ample public service on his resume.

Good choice President Bush.

[tiamat]

LOL!

Sorry about that.

The "Down" that is good is more modern than that, is newer.

Gen Y.

I was using "down" in the older sense and showing my age in the process!

Lemme try to undo this.

He's very AGAINST Roe vs Wade.

He's Pro-Life.

[JediForce]

Ken Starr? THE LEFT IS GONNA HAVE A STROKE....


To quote Flounder from Animal House..."this is gonna be grrreeeeaaaattt "!!!!

[dfergu7477]

Thx

[Loyal Buckeye]

Based on the comments so far, is it safe to say that the lynching of Karl Rove has moved to the back burner?

[grellis]

As Deputy Solicitor General, Roberts argued in a brief before the Supreme Court that "we continue to believe that Roe was wrongly decided and should be overruled. The Court’s conclusion in Roe that there is a fundamental right to an abortion...finds no support in the text, structure, or history of the Constitution."**

Thank you, Mr. President.

Into the breach!

[Amore]

This certainly sounds promising . . . .

[Shaka]

They want a war??? Lets give them a freaking war!!! We are behind you Mr. President, kick some ass, take some names!! Woo Hoo!! I like it.

[freedrudge]

Biography!

Resumé!

Profile!

Wikipedia!

Background !

[Salvation]

Linking this to the LIVE THREAD 2

[denydenydeny]

At times like this it's a sublime pleasure to read the comments at DU.

I think that it is highly likely that this pick is designed to take as much heat as possible away from the Plame scandal, and the trail where her outing might lead.

This cannot fly. I am so freaking angry. That sorry MFer * is giving the finger to all of us. Oooh I hate him.

Honestly canada is looking better all the time.

This is so scary!!! God I hope Reid, Boxer and the rest stand up for us!

those who support choice, environmental protections, and freedom from theocracy are screwed...

a.k.a. jackbooted goose-stepping blackshirt thug

He worked on the stealing of Bush's first election in FL in 2000, so this must have been in the works since then. Plus, if Bush nominated him that's enough for me to know he will help secure the Bush dictatorship.

[BibChr]

I'd think they'd be jazzed over W picking Cokie Roberts' husband.

/c8

[doug from upland]

From the Socialist Worker website. They don't like him --

The right wingers want someone like 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Michael Luttig--who in 1998 granted a stay that allowed a Virginia ban on late-term abortion to go into effect. Or D.C. Circuit Court Judge John Roberts--who, as deputy solicitor general for the Bush Sr. administration, helped craft a policy that barred doctors and clinics receiving federal funds from discussing the possibility of abortion with their patients.

[grellis]

I am LOVING this DU snip:

Here we f***ing go This is no compromise at all. This nomination is as "in your face" as it is possible to get. Time to strap on the gloves folks.

Was anyone in the Executive involved in any kind of a recent compromise??? Bring it on, DUmmies! BRING IT ON!!!

[doug from upland]

That post gave me a great big wonderful smile. Thanks.

[doug from upland]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Finally, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, another group that has played a substantial role in opposing Bush nominees, has purchased stopestrada.com, for Miguel Estrada, President Bush's filibustered nominee to a place on D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, and stoproberts.com, for Judge John Roberts.

[YaYa123]

thank you sooooooos much for Mark's reaction!!

[doug from upland]

NARAL'S OPPOSITION WHEN ROBERTS WAS NOMINATED FOR D.C. CIRCUIT

[Recovering_Democrat]

Levin LOVES the choice.

Mark Levin is a bellwether for me. If he thinks the choice is good, I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt.