Because even Lord Chief Justices, it seems, cannot tell their may from their might.
David King Udall sired two chief justices of the Arizona Supreme Court and a mayor of Phoenix.
Portraits of the first Chief Justices, starting with John Jay, hang in the East Conference Room, and of the later Justices, in the West.
He has also served on the board of the Conference of Chief Justices and is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Committee of Families and Courts.
Men dominate every sector, comprising 96.6% of family film characters employed in the C-Suite, 100% of chief justices, 95.5% of high level politicians, and 78.1% of doctors.
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That makes Roberts the heir to the one of the first Chief Justices, John Marshall, who protected the infant court from being strangled in its crib in the early years of this country while also establishing its power to invalidate acts of Congress.
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Joining Alito and the majority were Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Kennedy and Thomas.
Circuit has served as a warmup box for Justices including Chief Justice John Roberts.
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Why is it, he asked, that those who "consider it 'ideological' and somehow reprehensible" that Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas tend to vote together still consider it "principled and admirable" that Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg tend to vote together?
He was supported by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
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Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito joined the majority.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist and justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, David Souter and Clarence Thomas agreed with O'Connor.
Justice Kennedy read the majority opinion on behalf of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor.
Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion for the case, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito--all of whom generally vote conservatively and in favor of business interests.
Only three justices--Chief Justice William Rehnquist , Justice Antonin Scalia , and Justice Clarence Thomas --concluded that the recount order itself violated the Article II of the Constitution, which grants authority to state legislatures, or other provisions of federal law.
"The government of the United States has broad, undoubted power over the subject of immigration and the status of aliens, " Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for a majority including Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor.
That line of questioning was continued by various other conservative Justices, including Chief Justice Roberts, who wondered if upholding the constitutionality of the mandate would give rise to the government being permitted to require all Americans to purchase cell phones to better facilitate the fire and emergency services operations.
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There are nine justices, led by the Chief Justice of the United States (that's the official title).
By this time, however, the Court was now under the spell of Chief Justice Earl Warren and the other liberal Justices of the time.
Other justices - Kennedy, Alito and Chief Justice Roberts - expressed skepticism about various sections of the millionaire's provision, meaning some or all parts of the law may well be struck down.
The justices are seated by seniority, with the Chief Justice in the middle.
No one has retired since 1994, and several justices have had serious health problems, including Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 75.
In the majority: Justices Scalia, Alito, Kennedy, Thomas and Chief Justice Roberts.
But Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan, who heard the appeals with Lord Justices Higgins and Girvan, backed the trial judge's handling of the issues.
The opinion was delivered by Chief Justice Roberts, who affirmed the decision along with (generally) Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan.
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By the end of the next presidential term, four justices will be over 70 and two of those, including Chief Justice Rehnquist, over 80.
The liberal justices' remarks explain Solicitor General Verrilli's conflicted response to Chief Justice Roberts.
In the end, Chief Justice Earl Warren, an Eisenhower appointee, used skill and luck to shepherd the justices into unanimity.
In the 5-4 decision, Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Stephen Breyer were joined by conservative-leaning Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr.
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