This is -- I had all this brought home to me again, the importance of -- not only of these issues but of judicial restraint, when I had the opportunity to receive a call from the president of the United States, who asked me to help Judge John Roberts, now Chief Justice John Roberts, get confirmed through the Senate for the United States Supreme Court.

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There are nine justices, led by the Chief Justice of the United States (that's the official title).

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Who is the chief justice of the United States, who swore in President Obama at his inauguration?

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William Rehnquist, the chief justice of the United States, who helped move the Supreme Court from the liberal Warren era.

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The trend reversed, however, between 1953 and 1969, when the controversial Earl Warren served as Chief Justice of the United States.

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Chase was being confirmed as the new Chief Justice of the United States (replacing arch Lincoln enemy Roger Brooke Taney).

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In 1953, Earl Warren became Chief Justice of the United States.

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Many wills of famous people, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Warren Burger, former Chief Justice of the United States (who wrote his own will), are available online.

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The Senate, under its constitutional mandate, conducts a trial on whether the president is fit to serve or should be removed from office, with the Chief Justice of the United States presiding.

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It is not up to the Senate to remove the president from office for private conduct that does not involve abuse of presidential power and does not seriously disrupt the president's capacity to function as chief justice of -- as chief executive of the United States.

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He was an official with the United States Department of Justice for 13 years before entering private practice in 1992, serving as the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division's Public Integrity Section during his last three years.

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"All of this begins in less than 24 hours, when the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court gives the oath of office to 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush, " Cheney said.

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Her chief of staff Alberto Fernandez wrote an editorial in the daily La Nacion where he accused the United States Justice Department of trying to create a rift between Venezuela and Argentina.

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