WHAT MAKES A GREAT CHIEF JUSTICE?(News) From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: September 6, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of The Herald Co. by the Gale Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Delia M. Rios Newhouse News Service

Washington -- With the American flag above the White House at half-staff for William Rehnquist, 16th chief justice of the United States, President Bush welcomed John Roberts into the Oval Office at 7:15 a.m. Monday and offered him the Supreme Court's prized "center chair."

Standing before television cameras 45 minutes later, Bush, with Roberts at his side, spoke of his nominee's intellect, integrity, temperament, fairness and civility. "He's a gentleman," Bush said.

But uppermost in the president's mind was a quality he ...

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