John G. Roberts Jr.

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Connections: John G. Roberts Jr. has direct or once-removed relationships with 296 people, organizations or other entities in our database of the most influential people in America. Under a scoring system that gives more weight to direct links, this score is higher than 94% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 94

Influence: Roberts has a Muckety influence index of 88 out of 100. This is a measure of power and reach compared with others in the U.S. leadership elite.

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Muckety influence score: 88

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John G. Roberts Jr.

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Gender: Male

Areas of interest:

education

politics & government

Religion: Catholic

Roberts is a graduate of Harvard Law School.

Personal social network: Much of Roberts's Muckety comes from political connections. His power base is his role as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Muckety news stories featuring John G. Roberts Jr.

Chief justice defends court's ethical standards

In his annual report Saturday, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. defended his fellow Supreme Court justices' continuing involvement in reviewing the health care bill.

January 2, 2012

John G. Roberts Jr. personal relations:

Jane Sullivan Roberts - spouse

Other current John G. Roberts Jr. relationships:

Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA) - honorary member

Smithsonian Institution - chancellor

University Club of Washington DC - honorary member

U.S. Supreme Court - chief justice

John G. Roberts Jr. past relationships:

Henry J. Friendly (deceased) - clerk

Edward W. Gillespie - head of confirmation team

La Lumiere School (LaPorte, IN) - graduate

Ronald Reagan (deceased) - associate counsel

William H. Rehnquist (deceased) - clerk

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit - justice

Five degrees of Kevin:

We can connect John G. Roberts Jr. with Kevin Bacon in five steps:
John G. Roberts Jr. → Henry J. Friendly →
  Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton → BNP Paribas →
    Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities →

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Indirect links:

John G. Roberts Jr. has multiple indirect connections to the following people:

Antonin Scalia

Anthony M. Kennedy

Extended reach:

Among the most influential people in John G. Roberts Jr.'s web of second-degree relationships:

Patrick J. Leahy

William Thad Cochran

Shirley Ann Jackson

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Legal Times

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