John Roberts
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"John Glover Roberts, Jr." is the List of Chief Justices of the United States/17th and current Chief Justice of the United States. He took his seat on September 29, 2005, having been nominated by President of the United States/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.

Roberts grew up in northwest Indiana and was educated in a private school. He then attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was managing editor of the Harvard Law Review.

After being admitted to the bar, he served as a law clerk for Judge Henry Friendly and then Justice Rehnquist before taking a position in the Attorney General's office during the Presidency of Ronald Reagan/Reagan Administration. He went on to serve the Reagan Administration and the Presidency of George H. W. Bush/George H. W. Bush administration in the United States Department of Justice/Department of Justice and the White House Counsel/Office of the White House Counsel, before spending 14 years in Law of the United States/private law practice. During this time, he argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States/Supreme Court.

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The right that was protected in the assisted-suicide case was the right of the people through their legislatures to articulate their own views on the policies that should apply in those cases of terminating life, and not to have the court interfering in those policy decisions, ... That's an important right.

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.

The right to privacy is protected under the Constitution in various ways.

If the Constitution says that the little guy should win, the little guy's going to win in court before me, ... But if the Constitution says that the big guy should win, well, then the big guy's going to win.

Someone who can't be trusted to take Planned Parenthood's position on abortion.

I do think the chief justice has a particular obligation to try to achieve consensus consistent with everyone's individual oath to uphold the Constitution, and that would certainly be a priority for me.

I have always supported, and support today, equal rights for women, particularly in the workplace.

We continue to believe that Roe was wrongly decided and should be overruled. .... The court's conclusions in Roe that there is a fundamental right to an abortion and that government has no compelling interest in protecting prenatal human life throughout pregnancy find no support in ... the Constitution.

He's a man of integrity and fairness and throughout his life he's inspired the respect and loyalty of others.