The TIME 100 — Are They Worthy?

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JOHN ROBERTS

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AGE: 52
OCCUPATION: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1

PRO: Conservative who pushes for unanimity with the other 8 justices in court decisions and views the role of a judge as an umpire: "Umpires don't make the rules," he has said, "they apply them."

CON: The Court is now more divided than ever, and Roberts has been accused of swinging it farther towards the right.

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