Age: 50
Graduated from: Harvard Law School.
He clerked for: Judge Henry Friendly, Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
He used to be: associate counsel to the president for Ronald Reagan, deputy solicitor general for George H.W. Bush, partner at Hogan & Hartson.
He's now: a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (appointed 2003).
He was tops in his Harvard Law class.
Sounds good, folks!
" I APPROVE!"
OMG he clerked for Rhenquist? Kennedy and company will be apoplectic...I love it. Can you hear Boxer wailing........ABORTION! lol
Excellent choice.
Thank God.
My own opinion about Rehnquist's assertion that he isn't retiring, is that he didn't want to complicate matters for President Bush, or step on the confirmation process for O'Connor's replacement.
Various journalists have speculated that Rehnquist is somehow ego-driven, and is just hanging in there to achieve the historical distinction of being the longest serving Chief in American history. Well, he'll have that sometime in August, if my math is correct, but I think that he deliberately wanted to remove himself from the spotlight, so that this one (John Roberts) could go forward unimpeded by any "competition" from yet another resignation.
Just my 2 cents.
Char :)
Age: 50?
Isn't that a bit old? I was hoping for a strict constructionist under the age of 25.
Wow, he is a young one.
If/When he is approved, there will have to be another nomination to the DC Court of Appeals. More fireworks!
I know next to nothing about Roberts except that I just got an email from someone who said he filed an amicus brief in *support* of Operation Rescue.
Did anyone else post his DoJ bio:
http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/robertsbio.htm
He's got a LOT of years to serve on the Court!