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Bush Will Name John G. Roberts to Supreme Bench

By Nina Totenberg, Robert Siegel

Published July 18, 2005 at 9:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 19 years ago.

President Bush will name federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts as his choice to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court in an address to the nation, according to early reports.

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Nina Totenberg

Nina Totenberg is NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR's critically acclaimed newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.

Robert Siegel

Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

Bush Will Name John G. Roberts to Supreme Bench

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