John Roberts
Chief Justice
Court
Score
62/100 · Moderate
Tenure
2005-present
About
John G. Roberts Jr. has served as Chief Justice of the United States since 2005, appointed by President George W. Bush. A Harvard Law graduate who clerked for William Rehnquist, he served in the Reagan DOJ and as a D.C. Circuit judge before his elevation. He has often been the swing vote, upholding the ACA in 2012 while joining conservatives to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022. ProPublica reporting revealed his wife Jane earned over $10 million in legal recruiting fees from firms with Supreme Court cases, raising conflict-of-interest concerns he has declined to address.
Donations & financial influence
| Category | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Total raised (career) | N/A (appointed) | |
| Corporate total | N/A | |
| AIPAC / pro-Israel | N/A | |
| Oil & gas / fossil | N/A | |
| Pharma / healthcare | N/A | |
| Defense | N/A | |
| Wall Street / finance | N/A | |
| Big Tech | N/A |
Controversies & conflicts of interest
- Wife Jane Roberts earned $10.3M+ from firms with cases before the Court
- Refused Senate Judiciary Committee subpoena to testify on SCOTUS ethics
- Accepted travel from Paul Singer (hedge fund billionaire) who had cases before Court
- Opposed binding ethics code for SCOTUS, adopted voluntary code only under pressure
- Voted to protect presidential immunity from criminal prosecution