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
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Judges are umpires. I will remember it is my job to call balls and strikes, and not pitch or bat.
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Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules. They apply them.
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Judges and justices are servants of the law, not the other way around. Judges are like umpires. Umpires don't make the rules; they apply them,
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Judge Roberts, the legal automaton, as opposed to Judge Roberts, the man.
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The argument of 'We're bigger' is becoming less credible as the open-source movement takes hold. Using your financial might as the basis for justifying your value proposition is not going to withstand this shift.
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The approach was to avoid giving specific responses to any direct questions on legal issues likely to come before the court, but demonstrating in the response a firm command of the subject area and awareness of the relevant precedents and arguments,
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The approach, ... (is) to avoid giving specific responses to any direct questions on legal issues likely to come before the court, but demonstrating in the response a firm command of the subject area and awareness of the relevant precedents and arguments.
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I don't think you can read those opinions and say that these are the opinions of an ideologue,
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I'd accuse (judges or justices who rely on foreign law) of getting it wrong on that point and I'd hope to sit down with them and debate it and reason about it,
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I come before the committee with no agenda. I have no platform. Judges are not politicians who can promise to do certain things in exchange for votes,
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I am honoured and humbled by the confidence the president has shown in me.
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I am honored and humbled by the confidence the president has shown in me, ... I am very much aware that if I am confirmed I would succeed a man I deeply respect and admire, a man who has been very kind to me for 25 years.
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I am honored and humbled by the confidence that the president has shown in me,
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I am honored and humbled by the confidence that the president had shown in me,