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Posted: 6/29/2012 11:33:34 AM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama greets Chief Justice John Roberts before he delivered his State of the Union Address on Capitol Hill in Washington. Breaking with the court's other conservative justices, Roberts announced the judgment that allows the law to go forward with its aim of covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans. Roberts explained at length the court's view of the mandate as a valid exercise of Congress' authority to "lay and collect taxes." The administration estimates that roughly 4 million people will pay the penalty rather than buy insurance. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Posted: 6/29/2012 11:33:33 AM EST
FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo, Chief Justice John Roberts is seen during the group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Breaking with the court's other conservative justices, Roberts announced the judgment that allows the law to go forward with its aim of covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans. Roberts explained at length the court's view of the mandate as a valid exercise of Congress' authority to "lay and collect taxes." The administration estimates that roughly 4 million people will pay the penalty rather than buy insurance. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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Posted: 6/29/2012 9:58:35 AM EST
FILE - In a Sept. 29, 2009, file photo Chief Justice John Roberts sits for a new photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington. Roberts, the darling of conservatives, finds himself in the unusual position of being praised by the left and criticized by the right following the health care ruling, and to a lesser extent, the Arizona immigration case in which he also sided with the court's liberals. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Posted: 6/29/2012 8:39:39 AM EST
Justice Elena Kagan talks to Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts outside the Supreme Court following her formal investiture ceremony in Washington October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 6/29/2012 8:39:39 AM EST
Justice Elena Kagan talks to Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts outside the Supreme Court following her formal investiture ceremony in Washington October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 6/29/2012 3:26:06 AM EST
Justice Elena Kagan talks to Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts outside the Supreme Court following her formal investiture ceremony in Washington October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 6/29/2012 3:26:06 AM EST
Justice Elena Kagan talks to Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts outside the Supreme Court following her formal investiture ceremony in Washington October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 5/29/2012 10:15:48 AM EST
FILE - In this June 7, 2011, file photo, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and his wife Jane Roberts arrive for a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in honor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House in Washington. One never knows when the Supreme Court will hand down its last, often biggest, opinions of the term. But the justices' summer travel schedules make it a pretty safe bet that blockbuster health care and immigration cases will be decided by the end of June. That's because Professor John Roberts, also known as Chief Justice of the United States, has a morning law school class to teach the first week of July. On Malta. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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Posted: 4/8/2012 5:35:47 PM EST
FILE - In this March 9, 2010 file photo, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts addresses students at the University of Alabama law school in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Roberts was the ninth justice to speak at the law school as part of a lecture series. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File)
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Posted: 3/29/2012 6:33:49 PM EST
Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler (R) speaks to Justice Antonin Scalia (L) and Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, in this courtroom illustration made March 28, 2012. REUTERS/Illustration by Art Lien/Handout
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Posted: 3/29/2012 5:23:50 PM EST
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts poses for an official photograph with the other Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, September 29, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young
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Posted: 3/28/2012 4:36:13 PM EST
Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler (R) speaks to Justice Antonin Scalia (L) and Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, in this courtroom illustration made March 28, 2012. The Supreme Court on Wednesday ended more than six hours of oral arguments over three days about whether President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law would survive constitutional scrutiny, setting up to deliver a ruling on its fate by late June. REUTERS/Illustration by Art Lien/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS HEALTH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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Posted: 3/27/2012 6:38:41 PM EST
In this courtroom illustration, U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli (R) speaks to Justice Antonin Scalia (L), Chief Justice John Roberts (C) and Justice Anthony Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington March 27, 2012. The Obama administration faced skeptical questioning from the U.S. Supreme Court dominated by conservatives on Tuesday during a tense two-hour showdown over a sweeping healthcare law that has divided Americans. REUTERS/Art Lien (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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Posted: 3/27/2012 12:20:48 PM EST
This artist rendering shows attorney Robert A. Long speaks in front of the Supreme Court Justice in Washington, Monday, March 26, 2012, as the court began three days of arguments on the health care law signed by President Barack Obama. Justices seated, from left are, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)
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Posted: 3/20/2012 4:28:48 PM EST
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor (L) walks out of the Supreme Court building with Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts after her investiture ceremony in Washington September 8, 2009. REUTERS/Molly Riley
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Posted: 1/24/2012 10:55:50 PM EST
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts greets President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, prior to the president's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 1/24/2012 10:08:17 PM EST
(L-R) Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Attorney General Eric Holder, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton applaud as Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 12/31/2011 6:08:49 PM EST
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts attends the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington April 18, 2008. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Posted: 12/14/2011 3:34:24 PM EST
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan walks back into the Supreme Court building with Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts after her investiture ceremony in Washington October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 12/14/2011 3:34:01 PM EST
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan walks back into the Supreme Court building with Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts after her investiture ceremony in Washington October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing
