Chief Justice John Roberts Research Paper

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Chief Justice John Roberts
The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. The modern Supreme court is As envisioned in Article 3 of the constitution by the framers still the same, one of the 3 branches of government. It does play a more prominent role in our everyday lives than what the framers envisioned it. They gave the president, the White House, Congress, the Capitol and did not
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Out of the 112 justices only 17 have been Chief justices, and John G. Roberts is our current chief justice. Chief justice John G.Roberts has prepared his entire life to become a Justice. Through most of his decisions from; District of Columbia v. Heller, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, and Obergefell v. Hodges, have shown how Chief Justice John Roberts stick to the attitudinal model rather than the rational choice theory. Even thought he has surprised some scholars in some decision further reinforcing my believe fiercely independent and personal approach to interpreting law. Chief justice John G. Roberts was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. Was the only son of John G. "Jack" Roberts Sr. and Rosemary Podrasky Roberts, in 1959 they moved to Long beach, Indiana where him and his three siblings Kathy, Peggy, and Barbara went to Notre Dame Elementary School in Long Beach and then La Lumiere boarding school in La Porte, Indiana. Roberts was named captain of the high school football team because of his leadership skills. Roberts after graduating high school went to Harvard with …show more content…
Now with Chief Justice Roberts nomination as recently as 2005 it has still made impacts like the the previous courts have, but it is still premature to see what its “movement”will be, even though it has made already great steps with case like ; District of Columbia v. Heller, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, and Obergefell v. Hodges. we can see that when Bush reached into his John Roberts playbook to name a judicial conservative with impeccable credentials he picked a conservative, just like the father of Ideology when picking justices Regan did. John Roberts has stuck with his conservative thinking for a majority of the time and still now when people claim him to be more of a liberal after the Obama care decision, he still believes he is a conservative. this just further proves my point on him using his believes to interpret

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