Supreme Court Chief Justice administers the presidential oath of office to Barack Obama on Jan. 20, 2009. If it had been up to Barack Obama, the first president the chief justice swore in, Roberts wouldn’t even have been on the Supreme Court. “Without Trump, Roberts would have been a ‘CJINO’ — a chief justice in name only,” Driver said. [Roberts recalls another chief justice and reveals a little about himself]“Hughes appreciated that that would be sort of fighting the battle on the enemy’s turf,” the chief justice said. In his opinion upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, Roberts said that is how it should be.

Source: Washington Post January 20, 2017 00:07 UTC