Unlike his predecessor, William Rehnquist, Roberts rarely shows irritation or frustration on the bench.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist had to pound his gavel to remind some their time had expired.
The message of the current court, headed by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, is clear, Douglas said.
Mr Rehnquist, who is 80, did not take part in this week's court hearings.
Rehnquist, a student both of political science and the law, was significantly responsible for that seismic shift.
Chief Justice Rehnquist, long a fierce critic of the Miranda decision, wrote this week's opinion upholding it.
Put it another way: How many of the 14 will approve of President Bush's choice to succeed Rehnquist?
That, combined with the fact that Justice Roberts is a much more energetic polemicist than Chief Justice Rehnquist.
After clerking for Chief Justice Earl Warren, he worked for William Rehnquist, then an assistant U.S. attorney general.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist and justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, David Souter and Clarence Thomas agreed with O'Connor.
Mr Gonzales had been widely tipped as a possible nominee, perhaps to replace the ailing chief justice, William Rehnquist.
Chief Justice Rehnquist wished him "Good luck" the way one does a hitchhiker after a lift, then drives away fast.
William Rehnquist, the chief justice of the United States, who helped move the Supreme Court from the liberal Warren era.
But the biggest unanswered question is whether Chief Justice William Rehnquist or any other member of the court will retire.
That suggested Mr Rehnquist, often regarded as a swing voter on campaign-finance issues, might be moving towards the opponents' camp.
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No one has retired since 1994, and several justices have had serious health problems, including Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 75.
"It says he's feeling better, that he is still in charge, " said Jay Jorgensen, a Washington attorney who clerked for Rehnquist.
And the likely cause of its rekindling is the anticipated retirement of Chief Justice William Rehnquist in a matter of weeks.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist has the kind of face that gets lost in a crowd, and that's the way he likes it.
Under William Rehnquist, the current chief justice, this trend has continued apace, reaching an average of a mere five citations by 2002.
But the real test of how the White House fared and what it learned will come when Rehnquist or another justice retires.
Rehnquist, did finally strike down another law as violating the Commerce Clause.
And for that reason, Roberts is able to bring Kennedy along much more consistently than the late Chief Justice Rehnquist was able to do.
By the end of the next presidential term, four justices will be over 70 and two of those, including Chief Justice Rehnquist, over 80.
Justices William Rehnquist, Byron White and Anthony Kennedy said they would allow restrictions on abortion, but only if the restrictions had a rational basis.
The Rehnquist court has not overturned major laws or signalled a sharp change of direction for the nation, as the 1960s Warren court did.
Whatever rulings Rehnquist may make on questions of procedure and evidence can be overturned by majority vote: the jury is in charge of the judge.
In a way, Obama offers a mirror image of the view of the Supreme Court that Roberts presented in his tribute to Rehnquist in Tucson.
Rehnquist, and it was in Washington that his political education began.
Morrison, Rehnquist, again writing for the majority, declared parts of the federal Violence Against Women Act unconstitutional, arguing, again, that no economic activity was involved.
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