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Official portrait of John G. Roberts Jr.

John Roberts

Chief Justice2005–presentAppointed by George Walker Bush (Republican)

John G. Roberts, Jr. was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. He married Jane Sullivan in 1996 and they have two children - Josephine and Jack. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. He served as a law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1979–1980, and as a law clerk for then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1980 Term. He served as a Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States from 1981–1982, Associate Counsel to President Ronald Reagan, White House Counsel’s Office from 1982–1986, and as Principal Deputy Solicitor General from 1989–1993. From 1986–1989 and 1993–2003, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. He served as a Judge on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2003–2005. Nominated as Chief Justice of the United States by President George W. Bush, he assumed that office on September 29, 2005.

Selected Majority Opinions

No. 25-365Trump v. Barbara (Birthright Citizenship)
Jun 30, 2026
No. 25A312Trump v. Cook
Jun 29, 2026
No. 25-332Trump v. Slaughter (Independent Agencies)
Jun 29, 2026
No. 25A312Trump v. Cook (Independent Agencies)
Jun 29, 2026
No. 25-406Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T, Inc.
Jun 4, 2026
No. 24-1287Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump (Tariffs)
Feb 20, 2026
No. 24-568Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections
Jan 14, 2026
No. 24-20Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization
Jun 20, 2025
No. 23-477United States v. Skrmetti
Jun 18, 2025
No. 23-1324Perttu v. Richards
Jun 18, 2025
No. 24-249A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School District No. 279
Jun 12, 2025
No. 23-1095Thompson v. United States
Mar 21, 2025
No. 23-621Lackey v. Stinnie
Feb 25, 2025
No. 23-939Trump v. United States
Jul 1, 2024
No. 22-451Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
Jun 28, 2024
No. 22-1219Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce
Jun 28, 2024
No. 23-5572Fischer v. United States
Jun 28, 2024
No. 22-859Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy
Jun 27, 2024
No. 22-915United States v. Rahimi
Jun 21, 2024
No. 23-250Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe
Jun 6, 2024
No. 23-51Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC
Apr 12, 2024
No. 22-506Biden v. Nebraska
Jun 30, 2023
No. 20-1199Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College
Jun 29, 2023
No. 21-707Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina
Jun 29, 2023
No. 21-1271Moore v. Harper
Jun 27, 2023
No. 21-1086Allen v. Milligan
Jun 8, 2023
No. 22-166Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota
May 25, 2023
No. 21-1599Polselli v. Internal Revenue Service
May 18, 2023
No. 20-1530West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency
Jun 30, 2022
No. 21-954Biden v. Texas
Jun 30, 2022
No. 20-1088Carson v. Makin
Jun 21, 2022
No. 21-511Shoop v. Twyford
Jun 21, 2022
No. 21-12Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate
May 16, 2022
No. 20-219Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.
Apr 28, 2022
No. 21-5592Ramirez v. Collier
Mar 24, 2022
No. 22o143Mississippi v. Tennessee
Nov 22, 2021
No. 19-251Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta
Jul 1, 2021
No. 19-1039PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey
Jun 29, 2021
No. 20-107Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid
Jun 23, 2021
No. 19-1434United States v. Arthrex Inc.
Jun 21, 2021
No. 19-123Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jun 17, 2021
No. 19-292Torres v. Madrid
Mar 25, 2021
No. 19-351Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp
Feb 3, 2021
No. 19-635Trump v. Vance
Jul 9, 2020
No. 19-715Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP
Jul 9, 2020
No. 18-1195Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
Jun 30, 2020
No. 19-7Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Jun 29, 2020
No. 18-587Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California
Jun 18, 2020
No. 18-1150Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org Inc.
Apr 27, 2020
No. 17-1498Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian
Apr 20, 2020
No. 18-422Rucho v. Common Cause
Jun 27, 2019
No. 18-966Department of Commerce v. New York
Jun 27, 2019
No. 17-647Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania
Jun 21, 2019
No. 17-1174Nieves v. Bartlett
May 28, 2019
No. 17-988Lamps Plus Inc. v. Varela
Apr 24, 2019
No. 17-1011Jam v. International Finance Corp.
Feb 27, 2019
No. 17-71Weyerhaeuser Company v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Nov 27, 2018
No. 17-965Trump v. Hawaii
Jun 26, 2018
No. 16-402Carpenter v. United States
Jun 22, 2018
No. 16-1161Gill v. Whitford
Jun 18, 2018
No. 16-1435Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky
Jun 14, 2018
No. 17-312United States v. Sanchez-Gomez
May 14, 2018
No. 16-1150Hall v. Hall
Mar 27, 2018
No. 15-577Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia Inc. v. Comer
Jun 26, 2017
No. 16-327Lee v. United States
Jun 23, 2017
No. 15-1189Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc.
May 30, 2017
No. 15-9260Dean v. United States
Apr 3, 2017
No. 15-1391Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman
Mar 29, 2017
No. 15-827Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District
Mar 22, 2017
No. 15-1251National Labor Relations Board v. SW General, Inc.
Mar 21, 2017
No. 15-8049Buck v. Davis
Feb 22, 2017
No. 15-474McDonnell v. United States
Jun 27, 2016
No. 14-1513Halo Electronics Inc. v. Pulse Electronics Inc.
Jun 13, 2016
No. 15-290United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc.
May 31, 2016
No. 14-8349Foster v. Chatman
May 23, 2016
No. 14-1209Sturgeon v. Frost
Mar 22, 2016
No. 13-1067OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs
Dec 1, 2015
No. 14-114King v. Burwell
Jun 25, 2015
No. 14-275Horne v. Department of Agriculture
Jun 22, 2015
No. 13-983Elonis v. United States
Jun 1, 2015
No. 14-116Bullard v. Hyde Park Savings Bank
May 4, 2015
No. 13-1499Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar
Apr 29, 2015
No. 13-894Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean
Jan 21, 2015
No. 13-604Heien v. North Carolina
Dec 15, 2014
No. 12-1168McCullen v. Coakley
Jun 26, 2014
No. 13-212United States v. Wurie
Jun 25, 2014
No. 13-132Riley v. California
Jun 25, 2014
No. 12-536McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission
Apr 2, 2014
No. 12-1173Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States
Mar 10, 2014
No. 12-1038United States v. Apel
Feb 26, 2014
No. 12-144Hollingsworth v. Perry
Jun 26, 2013
No. 12-96Shelby County v. Holder
Jun 25, 2013
No. 12-10Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.
Jun 20, 2013
No. 10-1491Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum
Apr 17, 2013
No. 11-1274Gabelli v. Securities and Exchange Commission
Feb 27, 2013
No. 11-1118Gunn v. Minton
Feb 20, 2013
No. 11-1347Chafin v. Chafin
Feb 19, 2013
No. 11-393National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
Jun 28, 2012
No. 11-398U.S. Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida
Jun 28, 2012
No. 11-400Florida v. Department of Health and Human Services
Jun 28, 2012
No. 10-1320Blueford v. Arkansas
May 24, 2012
No. 10-1018Filarsky v. Delia
Apr 17, 2012
No. 10-699M.B.Z. v. Clinton
Mar 26, 2012
No. 10-553Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC
Jan 11, 2012
No. 10-8145Smith v. Cain
Jan 10, 2012
No. 11-982Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc.
Jan 9, 2012
No. 10-238Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett
Jun 27, 2011
No. 10-179Stern v. Marshall
Jun 23, 2011
No. 09-1403Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co.
Jun 6, 2011
No. 09-1159Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
Jun 6, 2011
No. 09-115Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. Whiting
May 26, 2011
No. 09-751Snyder v. Phelps
Mar 2, 2011
No. 09-1279Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T, Inc.
Mar 1, 2011
No. 09-837Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research v. United States
Jan 11, 2011
No. 08-1498Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
Jun 21, 2010
No. 08-861Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts, LLP v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Jun 4, 2010
No. 09-338Renico v. Lett
May 3, 2010
No. 08-810Conkright v. Frommert
Apr 21, 2010
No. 08-769United States v. Stevens
Apr 20, 2010
No. 08-969Hemi Group v. City of New York
Jan 25, 2010
No. 08-992Beard v. Kindler
Aug 12, 2009
No. 08-322Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder
Jun 22, 2009
No. 08-6District Attorney’s Office for the Third Judicial District, et al. v. Osborne
Jun 18, 2009
No. 08-5274Dean v. United States
Apr 29, 2009
No. 08-681Nken v. Holder
Apr 22, 2009
No. 07-512Pacific Bell Telephone Co., dba AT&T California v. linkLine Communications
Feb 25, 2009
No. 07-869Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Association
Feb 24, 2009
No. 07-513Herring v. United States
Jan 14, 2009
No. 07-1239Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
Nov 12, 2008
No. 07-411Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle
Jun 25, 2008
No. 06-1666Munaf v. Geren/Geren v. Omar
Jun 12, 2008
No. 07-474Engquist v. Oregon Dept. of Agriculture
Jun 9, 2008
No. 07-5439Baze v. Rees
Apr 16, 2008
No. 07-308US v. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company
Apr 15, 2008
No. 06-984Medellin v. Texas
Mar 25, 2008
No. 06-1286Knight v. CIR
Jan 16, 2008
No. 06-1287CSX v. Ga. State Bd. of Equalization
Dec 4, 2007
No. 13-317Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.
Jun 23, 1914
No. 12-158Bond v. United States
Jun 2, 1914

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