An incisive biography of the Supreme Court\'s enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so far John Roberts was named to the Supreme Court in 2005 claiming he would act as a neutral umpire in deciding cases.
A Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of books on Sandra Day O\'Connor, Antonin Scalia, and Sonia Sotomayor, Biskupic lives in Washington, DC..
Previously, she served as an editor-in-charge for legal affairs at Reuters and as the Supreme Court correspondent for The Washington Post.
About the Author: Joan Biskupic is a legal analyst at CNN.
Trenchant and authoritative, The Chief reveals the making of a Justice and the drama on this nation\'s highest court.
Biskupic shows how Roberts\'s dual commitments have fostered distrust among his colleagues, with major consequences for the law.
How are we to understand the motives of the most powerful judge in the land? In The Chief, award-winning journalist Joan Biskupic contends that Roberts is torn between two, often divergent, priorities: to carry out a conservative agenda, and to protect the Court\'s image and his place in history.
Yet he broke from orthodoxy in his decision to preserve Obamacare.
His critics argue he has been anything but, pointing to his conservative victories on voting rights and campaign finance.
An incisive biography of the Supreme Court\'s enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so far John Roberts was named to the Supreme Court in 2005 claiming he would act as a neutral umpire in deciding cases
