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John Roberts
John Glover Roberts Jr. is an American jurist who has served since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States. Though primarily an institutionalist, he has been described as having a moderate conservative judicial philosophy. Regarded as a swing vote in some cases, Roberts has presided over an ideological shift toward conservative jurisprudence on the high court, in which he has authored…
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politics · Chief Justice of the United States since 2005 · jurist · judge · lawyer · politician · art historian · art theorist · teacher · academic · also John Roberts, John Glover Roberts, Jr., John Glover Roberts Jr., John Roberts, Jr., John Roberts Jr., John G. Roberts
Born 27 January 1955 · Q11153
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2026· 36 entries
“s description of his relationship with the society showed the need to take a close look at his background.”
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“s most experienced Supreme Court litigators. Chief Justice Roberts”
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“[t]he contention that mapmakers must be entirely”
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“Congress is not free ... to penalize states that choose not to participate in that new program by taking away their existing Medicaid funding.”
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“to address the important principles of judicial restraint and stare decisis implicated in this case”
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“California casts a dragnet for sensitive donor information from tens of thousands of charities each year, even though that information will become relevant in only a small number of cases involving filed complaints.”
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“[i]f it is not necessary to decide more to a case, then in my view it is necessary not to decide more to a case.”
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“not think beginning with an all-encompassing approach to constitutional interpretation is the best way to faithfully construe the document.”
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“the Court in that case, of course, overruled a prior decision. I don”
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Social News XYZ: Chief Justice John Roberts allows $400M White House ballroom renovation to continue (Video)
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facebook.com: Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily allows White House ballroom construction to continue as the Supreme Court weighs Trump’s emergency request.
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Esquire: Chief Justice John Roberts Must Really Want to Boogie at Trump’s Big, Ugly Ballroom
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Progressive.org: The Long Con of John Roberts
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New York Post: Work on Trump WH ballroom can continue, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rules
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NewsCord: John Roberts Allows Trump To Continue White House Ballroom Construction While Court Considers Appeal
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Fortune: Chief Justice John Roberts allows Trump’s ballroom crews to keep working 20-hour days
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Daily Gate City: Chief Justice John Roberts allows $400M White House ballroom renovation to continue
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The Hill: Chief Justice Roberts briefly allows White House ballroom construction
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Mediaite: JUST IN: Chief Justice John Roberts Issues Order Allowing Trump Ballroom Construction to Proceed
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Common Dreams: Opinion | John Roberts Proves Alexander Hamilton Wrong: You Cannot Trust the Judges
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rockawave.com: SIT With John Roberts
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Midcoast Villager: Oyez, Oyez and Ahoy! Paddlers Protest John Roberts' Private Island
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Midcoast Villager: Oyez and Ahoy: Paddlers Protest John Roberts' Private Island
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rawstory.com: Trump's 'embarrassing loss' just a 'smoke screen' for John Roberts: analyst
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The Chestnut Hill Local: Barnaby John Roberts
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NewsCord: John Roberts Temporarily Allows Trump’s White House Ballroom Construction To Continue: how 22 outlets framed it
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Boothbay Register: Lincoln County Indivisible protests the John Roberts Supreme Court
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City Cast DC: Chief Justice John Roberts Has a New $5 Million Chevy Chase Residence
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C-SPAN: Chief Justice John Roberts on President William Howard Taft - C-SPAN
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Newsweek: John Roberts Issues Deadline as SCOTUS Fight Over Trump Ballroom Heats Up
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Idaho State Journal: Opinion: Chief Justice Roberts, ‘12 Angry Men’ and the importance of dissent in democracy
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SMH.com.au: John ROBERTS Obituary (2026) - Sydney, New South Wales
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Mshale: Judge John Roberts Tries To MOCK Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Her Response Shocked Entire Courtroom! Rinku Singh (SUsgILuFFS)
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Public attention spiked: 17,297 Wikipedia readers in one day, 12.3× the usual 1,406, with 0 article edits.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Real order from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts allows Trump to seek "four additional years" as president” Not Real.
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2025· 6 entries
Snopes rated the claim “A photograph authentically showed U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts seated next to Jeffrey Epstein associate and convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell.” Miscaptioned.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Petition 600 federal Judges Impeach John Roberts” Satire Site.
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Snopes rated the claim “Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts said, "I'm worried that President Trump is stretching the rubber band of democracy in ways it simply has never been stretched before."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington argued with Chief Justice John Roberts in the U.S. Supreme Court's Washington building.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts fined U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Tex., $200,000.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “More than 600 federal judges signed a petition to impeach U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.” Labeled Satire.
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2024· 1 entry
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.
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2023· 3 entries
Roberts wrote the majority opinion in Students for Fair Admissions v
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Roberts was awarded the Henry J
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Roberts and Kavanaugh joined the liberal justices in Allen v
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2022· 3 entries
USA Today rated the claim “Chief Justice John Roberts was arrested” False.
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It was reported that Jane Roberts earned $20 million from law firms with business before the Supreme Court
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Roberts declined to join the majority opinion in Dobbs v
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2021· 2 entries
Was one of the six justices who declined to hear an appeal by a Washington State florist who refused service to a same-sex couple based on her religious beliefs against same-sex marriage; because four votes are requir
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The Supreme Court decided Americans for Prosperity Foundation v
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2020· 4 entries
fact checker rated the claim “Chief Justice John Roberts visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island.” fake.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Chief Justice John Roberts visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island.” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “A photo shows Chief Justice John Roberts swimming with Bill Clinton on Jeffrey Epstein's private island.” Not JR & In DR.
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Roberts fell at a Maryland country club; his forehead required sutures and he stayed overnight in the hospital for observation
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2019· 2 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “John Roberts flew with Epstein on at least two occasions” False.
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Was part of the majority in a 5–4 decision rejecting a Muslim inmate's request to delay execution in order to have an imam present with him during the execution
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2018· 3 entries
Roberts wrote the majority opinion in Trump v
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“s travel ban against seven nations, five of which had a Muslim majority. In his opinion, Roberts concluded that 8 U. S. C. §1182(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act gives the president broad authority to suspend the entry of non-citizens into the country and that Presidential Proclamation 9645 did not exceed the limitations of said act. Additionally, Roberts wrote that the proclamation and its travel ban did not violate the Free Exercise Clause, as Trump”
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Roberts and Kavanaugh joined four more liberal justices in declining to hear a case brought by Louisiana and Kansas to deny Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, thereby letting stand lower court rulings in Planned Par
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2016· 2 entries
Roberts was the deciding vote in a 5–3 decision to stay an execution
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“s Health was wrongly decided he was joining the majority in June out of respect for stare decisis. It was the first time in his 15 years on the Supreme Court that Roberts had cast a vote to invalidate a law that regulated abortion. In September 2021, the Supreme Court declined an emergency petition to temporarily block enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act, which bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy except to save the mother”
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2015· 1 entry
Roberts joined the liberal justices in Williams-Yulee v
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2012· 2 entries
Roberts wrote the majority opinion in National Federation of Independent Business v
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“On the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker. As a nation, we have chosen a different course—to protect even hurtful speech on public issues to ensure that we do not stifle public debate.”
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2011· 1 entry
Roberts wrote the majority opinion in Snyder v
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2010· 1 entry
Roberts joined the opinion of the Court in Citizens United v
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2007· 3 entries
Roberts received an honorary degree from the College of the Holy Cross
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Roberts had a seizure at his vacation home in St
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In 2007, Roberts had a seizure at his vacation home in St.
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2005· 5 entries
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Roberts's nomination by a vote of 13–5, with senators Ted Kennedy, Richard Durbin, Charles Schumer, Joe Biden, and Dianne Feinstein opposed
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While Roberts's confirmation was pending before the Senate, Chief Justice William H
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President Bush nominated Roberts to the U
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Career landmark: Chief Justice of the United States (2005).
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Bush nominated Roberts to the Supreme Court, initially as an associate justice to fill the vacancy left by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor but then as chief justice after Rehnquist's death
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2003· 1 entry
Career landmark: Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (2003–2005).
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2002· 1 entry
Republicans regained control of the Senate and Roberts finally received a hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee
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2001· 1 entry
Bush nominated Roberts to a seat on the U
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1993· 1 entry
But an official Supreme Court statement said that a neurological evaluation "revealed no cause for concern
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1992· 2 entries
Bush nominated Roberts, who had just turned 37 years old, to the D
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When his first nomination stalled in the Democratic-majority Senate, Roberts's nomination came when Republicans had secured a one-vote Senate majority
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1991· 1 entry
Roberts's proven experience in complex litigation for the Bush administration made him a leading candidate to fill Thomas's vacancy on the U
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1990· 1 entry
Successfully argued his first case in Atlantic Richfield Company v
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1989· 1 entry
Ken Starr relinquished his judgeship on the D
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1982· 1 entry
Reagan advisor Fred Fielding recruited Roberts to work at the White House
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1979· 2 entries
Studied at Harvard Law School, Juris Doctor (1979).
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Roberts graduated at the top of his class with a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, despite once having to admit himself to a local hospital due to exhaustion
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1976· 2 entries
Studied at Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts (1976).
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Roberts obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in history, summa cum laude, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa
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1973· 2 entries
Studied at La Lumiere School (1973).
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As class valedictorian, becoming the first graduate of the La Lumiere School to attend Harvard
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1965· 1 entry
Ten-year-old Roberts and his family moved to Long Beach, Indiana, where his father became the manager of a new steel plant in nearby Burns Harbor
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1955· 2 entries
In Buffalo, New York, to Rosemary (née Podrasky) and John Glover "Jack" Roberts Sr
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Born 1955-01-27.
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