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Roberts’ re-nomination follows the unexpected death on Sept. 3 of former Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who holds a masters degree from Harvard. Roberts was previously tapped to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
IBM Professor of Business and Government Roger B. Porter, with Roberts in both the Reagan and Bush administrations, spoke highly of his former colleague.
Even Harvard’s cadre of well-known liberal law professors do not seem to be lashing out against Roberts. Although a group of 159 law professors sent a letter to the Judiciary Committee opposing Roberts’ confirmation, only one HLS professor, Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law...
Most HLS professors said that, although they do not personally agree with Roberts’ judicial philosophy and views, they expect Roberts will make a good justice. Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law Richard H. Fallon Jr. echoed those sentiments.
“Roberts is obviously a brilliant lawyer, and everything that I have read suggests that he is a man of excellent character,” Fallon wrote in an e-mail.