C-SPAN Interviews Chief Justice Roberts
Brian Lamb of C-SPAN interviewed Chief Justice Roberts recently; you can see the interview here, followed by the Chief’s remarks to the Ninth Circuit judicial conference. A few tidbits:
* When asked to identfy particularly interesting parts of the Constitution, Roberts responded that he is probably most interested in constitutional structure and separation-of-powers questions.
* When asked when was the last time he had read the Constitution (from end-to-end, one assumes), Roberts responded that he re-read the Constitution at the end of the Term to see how close the Court was to the original written document.
* When asked which Framer Roberts would most like to have been, Roberts responded that he liked to think that he would have been a Framer that “brokered the great compromises.”
* When asked if he was particularly influenced by any books on the Constitution, Roberts singled out Alexander Bickel’s The Least Dangerous Branch. According to Roberts, it “really made an impression on me.”
Good stuff. Thanks to Howard for the link.
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