As a member of the Court of Appeals DC circuit, he was part of a unanimous decision to uphold military tribunals in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, a case he later abstained from ruling on in a higher court.
He suffered a seizure in St. George, Maine on July 30, 2007, and was subsequently recommended to take anti-seizure medication by Sanjay Gupta. The seventeenth person to hold his current position, his appointment to the position was promoted by Fred Thompson and was briefly stalled over a dispute regarding his membership in the right-wing Federalist Society. As a member of the Court of Appeals DC circuit, he was part of a unanimous decision to uphold military tribunals in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, a case he later abstained from ruling on in a higher court. For ten points, name this George W. Bush appointee who succeeded William Rehnquist to become the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
He suffered a seizure in St. George, Maine on July 30, 2007, and was subsequently recommended to take anti-seizure medication by Sanjay Gupta.
John Glover {Roberts}, Jr.