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
appreciate competence difference
appreciate the difference in institutional competence between the legislature and the courts.
against
Anything you say can and will be used against you.
catching fish gloves hate horribly nasty weather
The weather has been, started out about like this. Got horribly nasty for a while. Even had to put my gloves on which I hate to fish with but what the heck, I am still catching them that is what counts.
bodies body people protect rights states
This body and legislative bodies in the states are protectors of the people's rights, ... Legislators have the right to protect the rights of the people as much as courts.
precious rights
the most precious rights we have as Americans.
activities congress core funding power purse respect sort type
Now Congress has always exercised the power of the purse with respect to activities of that sort and regulated the funding for that type of activity. And that's, of course, always been the core of Congress' authority.
abandon political support time
Now is not the time to abandon support for political reasons.
achieve against cause considered held lofty matter mitigate neither nor offense resort sincerely target violence
No matter how lofty or sincerely held the goal, those who resort to violence to achieve it are criminals, ... neither the cause ... nor the target of their violence will in any way be considered to mitigate the seriousness of their offense against our laws.
baseball court delivered including less modern nominee opening seven shortest statement supreme
delivered what may have been the shortest opening statement by a modern Supreme Court nominee less than seven minutes, including the thank-yous and two baseball metaphors.
closed develop formula hire million needs product raised sales stealth
The old formula was you raised $5 million in funding, you go into stealth mode. You think of a product you think the world needs and you develop the product in a closed environment, ... Then you raise another $5 million and hire $300,000-a-year sales representatives.
case encourage judicial litigation program restraint supposed
This is a case in which our supposed litigation program to encourage judicial restraint did not get off the ground, and should have,
became clear december difficult directions january looking main management months number quite taken ups
This is a difficult business. It has its ups and downs. There are a number of different directions that management could have taken and it became quite clear during the months of December and January ... that they were looking in a different direction for the main person other than me.
community credit entire positive staff throughout
This is a credit to your students, athletes, administrators, staff and community for demonstrating such positive sportsmanship throughout the entire year.
attempt congress office structure
unprecedented attempt by Congress to structure the office of the president.