约翰·罗伯茨（John G. Roberts Jr）， 2005年9月，由布什总统提名，参议院批准通过，罗伯茨就任美国联邦最高法院第17任首席大法官。他也是美国两个世纪以来最年轻的首席大法官。
大法官安东尼·肯尼迪裁定，亚利桑纳州对联邦政府的挑战已经越界，首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨及法院的自由派大法官也赞同这一裁定。
Justice Anthony Kennedy, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the Court's liberals, ruled that the state flew too close to the federal sun.
首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨代表法院写道：“代议制政府的基本契约假定，公职人员将听取选民的意见，并根据他们关心的事情采取行动。”
"The basic compact underlying representative government," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts for the court, "assumes that public officials will hear from their constituents and act on their concerns."
该法院的终审法院首席法官是约翰·罗伯茨是保守派的支持者，他对律师的诉讼毫不掩饰的加以怀疑。
The court, with a conservative majority led by Chief Justice John Roberts, has made little secret of its skepticism for what it views as lawyer-driven litigation.
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