President George W. Bush appointed Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. in 2005 after former Chief Justice William Rehnquist died of cancer.
John Roberts was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2005.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president who appointed the second most Supreme Court Justices. He appointed eight justices during his presidency.
The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is John G. Roberts.
The President selects and appoints the Chief Justice of the United States (Supreme Court) to lead the US Supreme Court. President George W. Bush appointed the current Chief Justice, John J. Roberts, Jr. to preside over the Court in 2005, following the death of late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.
Four of the nine justices on the Supreme Court were appointed by either George H.W. Bush or George W. Bush. George H.W. Bush appointed Clarence Thomas and David Souter. George W. Bush appointed John Roberts and Samuel Alito.
Chief Justice John Roberts.
The supreme judge of the United States is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In July of 2014, it was John Roberts. He was appointed by George W. Bush.
Charles Evans Hughes was a Supreme Court Justice before he ran for President in 1916. William Howard Taft was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his presidency.
President Clinton didn't appoint a Chief Justice; William H. Rehnquist was already on the bench when Clinton took office, and remained there until his death in 2005. President George W. Bush appointed Chief Justice John G. Glover, Jr. to succeed Rehnquist. Clinton appointed Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1993) and Stephen Breyer (1994).
Barack Obama is the president and Joe Biden in the vice-president. Both of their terms will expire on January 20, 2013 but both are running for a second term in the election this November.
President Nixon appointed Warren E. Burger as Chief Justice to the Supreme Court. He also named William Rehnquist to a seat on the Supreme Court, and he was later elevated to Chief Justice.
President Ronald Reagan appointed Antonin Scalia to the US Supreme Court in 1986.