This decision has led to a number of states passing voter ID laws and other measures that have been criticized for making it more difficult for certain groups of people to vote. He's politically conservative. US Navy faces being totally outgunned by China in just seven years, says expert, Dances with Wolves actor pleads not guilty in 'sex cult' case, Star singer La Tigresa dies from a heart attack at 89 after storied career, TikTok star, 28, is charged with child abuse after 'attack on boyfriend', 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, George W. Bush, left, watches while John Roberts is sworn in as Chief Justice of the U.S. by Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, right as Roberts' wife, Jane Roberts, holds a bible, The couple have been happily married since 1996, The couple have two adopted children, seen here in 2005. President's Remarks at Swearing-In Ceremony of Chief Justice Roberts, Supreme Court Nomination and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate, President Nominates Judge Roberts to be Supreme Court Chief Justice, Supreme Court Nomination Sent to the Senate, President's Remarks to the Press After Meeting with Judge Roberts, Press Briefing with Scott McClellan and Dan Bartlett on the President's Supreme Court Justice Nominee, President Announces Judge John Roberts as Supreme Court Nominee, President Delivers Remarks on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Resignation. His penetrating intellect manifested itself as early as elementary school. From 1980 to 1981, Roberts served as a law clerk to then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist on the United States Supreme Court. His initial assignment was anchoring the CBS Morning News with co-anchor Meredith Vieira. In the case of Shelby County v. Holder (2013) Roberts joined the majority to strike down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act which required certain states with a history of discrimination to get federal approval before changing their voting laws. John Roberts is a tall man, He is 6 feet (1.83 m) tall. Roberts also worked in radio at the local college station, CFRE-FM in Mississauga. WebOn 27 January 1955 John Glover Roberts Jr, was born in Buffalo, New York in the United States. WebJohn N. Roberts is on the board of Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Arkansas Childrens Northwest and President, CEO & Non-Independent Director at J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Mr. Roberts previously held the position of EVP & President-Dedicated Contract Services at The University of Arkansas. Before his stint as an associate White House counsel, Roberts worked at the Justice Department under Attorney General William French Smith. The children he and his wife adopted after being unable to conceive children of their own were adopted from Ireland. John Roberts is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and a George W. Bush appointee. He also worked at CHYM in Kitchener, as a newsman and DJ, then worked on-air for radio station CJBK in London. Roberts is married to Jane Marie Sullivan, also an attorney. After the end of the Bush administration, Roberts returned to Hogan & Hartson, where he continued to practice law until he was nominated to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by President George W. Bush in 2001. Biography: John Roberts, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court In January 1993, Justice Roberts returned to Hogan & Hartson and resumed his appellate practice. In the fourth grade, he and his family moved to Long Beach, Ind., where he attended private schools. Including his tenure as a government lawyer, Chief Justice Roberts argued 39 cases before the United States Supreme Court, placing him among the country's most experienced Supreme Court litigators. He was confirmed by a vote of 78 to 22.Roberts is also listed as a member of the "Federalist Society," a conservative law society.