George W. Bush Supreme Court candidates
Speculation abounded over potential nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States by President George W. Bush since before his presidency.
John Roberts is sworn in as chief justice by senior Associate Justice John Paul Stevens in the East Room of the White House on the same day as his confirmation, September 29, 2005.
Samuel Alito is sworn in as an associate justice by Chief Justice John Roberts in the East Room of the White House on the day after his confirmation, February 1, 2006.
John Roberts, now chief justice, is pictured here with President Bush at the announcement of his first nomination on July 19, 2005.
President Bush introducing withdrawn nominee Harriet Miers.
John Glover Roberts Jr. is an American jurist who has served as the 17th chief justice of the United States since 2005. He has been described as having a moderate conservative judicial philosophy, though he is primarily an institutionalist. For his willingness to work with the Supreme Court's liberal bloc, Roberts has been regarded as a swing vote on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Official portrait, 2005
President Ronald Reagan greeting Roberts in the Oval Office while Roberts was serving as an associate White House Counsel (1983)
Roberts as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (c. 2003)
President George W. Bush announces Roberts's nomination to be Chief Justice (2005).
