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__The Chief of Justice__

The Chief of Justice is one of the highest positions a person can obtain. It is, perhaps, one of the greatest achievements a judge in the United States could receive. The Chief of Justice has been a position existing since the 1700s and does way more than just hear court cases. The Chief of Justice is a chairman for the Judicial Conference of the United States. He helped lead a board for the federal courts and chairs the Federal Judicial Center. He helps out with different programs, research, education and is the "housekeeper" for the federal court system. In some opinions, the Chief of Justice boards the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Hirshhorn Museum. Clearly, the Chief of Justice does an extensive amount of work beyond simply leading the Supreme Court.

__Current Chief of Justice__ The current Chief of Justice in the United States is John G. Roberts Jr. He was nominated in 2005 by President G. W. Bush to the Supreme Court and was accepted.This was after being nominated in 2003 to the court of appeals. After the previous Chief of Justice, Rehnquist, death several months after Roberts was put into the Supreme Court his title was changed and he was given the position of Chief Justice. John Roberts was born in 1955 in Buffalo, NY. He was raised Roman Catholic and associates himself with the Republican party of the United States. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1979 with a magna cum laude. He's been the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court for 7 years.