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
consider context husband issues
I'm not going to consider issues like that in the context as a father, or a husband or anything else.
energy surrounded
If you look at Turkey, it's surrounded by energy producers.
action opposed opposition question record
If you look at my record on the question of affirmative action, yes, I was in an administration that was opposed to quotas. Opposition to quotas is not the same thing as opposition to affirmative action.
court elevation equality shift
his elevation to the court would be a shift away from equality.
leader
but if you don't have compassion, then how can you really be a leader of the American people?
appeal sure
Before you begin, let's make sure we even have a case, ... Your appeal was filed late, right?
according both case consistent decide dispute held issue judge law matter people responsibility rule sides strongly views
I know there are people of strongly held views on both sides of the issue ... And I know that the responsibility of a judge confronting this issue is to decide the case according to the rule of law consistent with the precedents, not to take sides in the dispute as a matter of policy, but to decide it according to the law.
chase free
I'm free to chase anything that moves, and a lot of things that don't move. The opportunities are boundless. I am, at my very core, a reporter.
apply certain exchange judges promise umpires
I have no platform. Judges are not politicians who can promise to do certain things in exchange for votes, ... Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules; they apply them.
committee
I have no platform, ... I come before the committee with no agenda.
appears cbs consumer glad inevitable news people sports sure time
If there was going to be a change, and it appears inevitable there was going to be a change, I think people are glad it's this change. He's a consumer of CBS News. During 9/11, during the hurricanes, he's made sure there was time in his sports broadcasts for news breaks.
case context fix injustice license
it has to be in the context of the case . . . they don't have a license to go out and decide, 'I think this is an injustice and so I'm going to do something to fix it.'
defense great hitting played shots
I think our defense really set up the run. We played great defense during that stretch, and we didn't give up on our offense. Our shots weren't falling, and then we started hitting again.
biggest law penalties problem sunshine three wherever
The biggest problem with the Sunshine Law is there are no penalties for violations, Wherever there?s a penalty, there will be two or three loopholes.