Roberts Sworn in As Supreme Court's 17th Chief Justice

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › September 30, 2005

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WASHINGTON (AP) - John G. Roberts Jr., a conservative protege of the late William H. Rehnquist, succeeded him Thursday and became the nation's youngest chief justice in two centuries, winning support from more than three-fourths of the Senate after promising he would be no ideologue.

Roberts, at 50, becomes the 17th chief justice, presiding over a Supreme Court that seems as divided as the nation over abortion and other tumultuous social issues. The court opens a new term on Monday.

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Roberts Sworn in As Supreme Court's 17th Chief Justice

"The Senate has confirmed a man with an astute mind and kind heart...

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