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The Roberts Court

How has the Supreme Court changed under its new chief justice?

The nation's highest court has taken a swing to the right under John Roberts, with an assist from Samuel Alito, but not quite  the one some analysts expected. The Chief Justice's hope of unifying liberals and conservatives in more consensus votes has sometimes borne fruit, especially in withdrawing power from the executive branch in its War on Terror. But the decision to back a ban on late-term abortion was a rancorous 5-4 split.

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WASHINGTON, DC -- Judge John Roberts answers questions from senators on the second day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearings before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washingt   (KRT Photos)
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Speaks At University Of Miami   (Getty Images)
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John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is the seventeenth and current Chief Justice of the United States. Before joining the Supreme Court on September 29, 2005, Roberts was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Previously, he spent 14 years in...

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