Date published: 2005/09/29
The BBC says:
John Roberts has been sworn in as the chief justice of the US Supreme Court in a ceremony at the White House.
President George W Bush's personal choice for the post, he was earlier confirmed by a comfortable 78-22 margin in a vote in the Senate.
A Catholic with conservative views, Mr Roberts, 50, received the backing of many Democrats as well as Republicans.
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He was chosen to replace long-serving Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who died earlier this month.
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Some campaigners have expressed concern at Mr Roberts' conservative views, though he has promised to enforce the letter of the constitution, not to be swayed by personal prejudices."My faith and my religious beliefs do not play a role," he told his Senate confirmation hearing.
Well hopefully he will not be as bad as the form book might imply. He refused to answer most questions during his confirmation hearing, so his views must be suspect. Of course Rehnquist was one of the worst Supreme Court judges of recent time, so it's hard to believe Roberts will be any worse. Whatever, we're stuck with him for an awful long time.
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