Roberts’ First Day On The Job
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Supreme CourtHow coincidental.
Talk About A Prophetic First Day on the Job: As you know, John Roberts has been nominated to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor at the U.S. Supreme Court. What you might not know is how John Roberts spent his first day of his first job following his clerkship with now-Chief Justice William Rehnquist. The year was 1981, and Roberts was a 26 year-old Special Assistant to Attorney General William French Smith.
From the NY Times (via Volokh):
In a memorandum [filed at the time], Judge Roberts noted that he had spent his first day at the Justice Department helping Sandra Day O’Connor prepare for her confirmation hearings. In a line that will perhaps resonate as his own Supreme Court confirmation hearings draw near, he wrote: “The approach was to avoid giving specific responses to any direct questions on legal issues likely to come before the court, but demonstrating in the response a firm command of the subject area and awareness of the relevant precedents and arguments.”
To see the public response to Roberts, take a look at this post.
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