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...Roberts?? confirmation ends an arduous process that began when President Bush nominated him for a seat on the Court in late July. Earlier this month, Roberts faced four days of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which sent his nomination to the Senate floor by a 13-5 vote last week...
Today’s swearing-in ceremony caps Roberts?? meteoric rise to the top of the legal world, one that began at Harvard nearly 30 years ago when he chose to attend law school instead of pursuing a Ph.D. in history...
...Roberts?? confirmation turns a court dominated by Harvard alums a deeper shade of Crimson. Six of the court’s nine justices have ties to Harvard. David H. Souter ’61 graduated from the College, while Justices Souter, Stephen G. Breyer, Antonin Scalia, and Anthony M. Kennedy hold Harvard Law degrees. Ruth Bader Ginsburg attended HLS for two years before transferring to Columbia. The late Chief Justice Rehnquist also held an M.A. in government from the University...
...Roberts?? return to speak at Harvard in the future seems almost a forgone conclusion. David M. Kaden ’06, president of the Institute of Politics’ student advisory committee, said that “we will certainly issue him an offer to come to Harvard...
During the discussion, Scalia briefly touched on the pending confirmation of judge John G. Roberts Jr. ’76 as chief justice of the Supreme Court. He said Roberts?? comparison of a Supreme Court justice to a baseball umpire was a “fair description” of the way most courts should operate...