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Roberts also quoted nineteenth-century Secretary of State Daniel Webster, about whom he wrote a prize-winning essay as an undergraduate at Harvard.
“What Daniel Webster termed ‘the miracle of our Constitution’ is not something that happens in every generation, but every generation in its turn must accept the responsibility of supporting and defending the Constitution and bearing true faith and allegiance to it,?...
All 55 Republican senators voted to confirm Roberts, as did 22 Democrats and the Senate’s one Independent member. The remaining 22 senators, all Democrats, voted against his confirmation.
Roberts was sworn in by Associate Justice John Paul Stevens at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House this afternoon. He will also take part in an investiture ceremony on Monday morning, at the Supreme Court, before taking his place at the center of the bench for...
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...