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John Roberts Health Care Decision: Supreme Court Chief Justice Switched Sides, CBS Reports Fresh evidence has surfaced regarding suspicions that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts switched his vote on health care reform. CBS News reports that Roberts initially sided with the court's four conservative members to overturn President Barack Obama's individual mandate. After changing his mind, Roberts fended off a month of efforts to sway him back to the other side, headed by Justice Anthony Kennedy. "He was relentless," a source told CBS regarding Kennedy's push. "He was very engaged in this." In addition to private jostling within the Supreme Court, it appears that the public spotlight was a factor. The CBS report points to how Roberts pays attention to media coverage. With his court's reputation on the line, one source suggested that the chief justice became "wobbly" in the eyes of his conservative counterparts....

Name State App't From Appointed by President Judicial Oath Taken Date Service Terminated Chief Justices Jay, John New York Washington (a) October 19, 1789 June 29, 1795 Rutledge, John South Carolina Washington August 12, 1795 December 15, 1795 Ellsworth, Oliver Connecticut Washington March 8, 1796 December 15, 1800 Marshall, John Virginia Adams, John February 4, 1801 July 6, 1835 Taney, Roger Brooke Maryland Jackson March 28, 1836 October 12, 1864 Chase, Salmon Portland Ohio Lincoln December 15, 1864 May 7, 1873 Waite, Morrison Remick Ohio Grant March 4, 1874 March 23, 1888 Fuller, Melville Weston Illinois Cleveland October 8, 1888 July 4, 1910 White, Edward Douglass Louisiana Taft December 19, 1910 May 19, 1921 Taft, William Howard Connecticut Harding July 11, 1921 February 3, 1930 Hughes, Charles Evans New York Hoover February 24, 1930 June 30, 1941 Stone, Harlan Fiske New York Roosevelt, F. July 3, 1941 April 22, 1946 Vinson, Fred Moore Kentucky Truman June 24, 1...