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Yesterday, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court John G. Roberts ’76, a graduate of Harvard Law School, got to turn the tables on one of his former instructors.
The argument marks Tribe’s first appearance before the Supreme Court since Roberts, his former student, was appointed by President George W. Bush to lead the court in 2005.
Tribe noted that his argument before Roberts yesterday was a far cry from the chief justice’s days in the classroom.
Roberts questioned Tribe on whether there were other ways that Robbins could seek relief besides suing government officials personally.
Beneficial Professor of Law Charles Fried, a former U.S. solicitor general, said he could not recall a Harvard professor taking a case to the high court since Roberts and Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined the court in late 2005 and early 2006 respectively.