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?John Roberts, the accidental Chief Justice?

By Alliance Alert

Linda Greenhouse writing at The New York Times / Opinionator: "Had [Justice O'Connor] anticipated that the chief justice would not serve out the next Supreme Court term, she told me after his death, she would have delayed her own retirement for a year rather than burden the court with two simultaneous vacancies . . . It?s easy to forget, for example, that John Roberts was an accidental chief justice . . . had Chief Justice Rehnquist learned of his dire prognosis a month sooner than he did, I think there is at least a fair chance that Sandra Day O?Connor would still be on the court."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 10, 2010 (boomark / email).