Early On, Roberts Trained His Wit on the High Court
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After President Bush announced the nomination of Judge John Roberts Jr. to the Supreme Court last week, friends and colleagues rushed forward to gush about the straitlaced former litigator’s ample sense of humor. None, however, mentioned that he has sometimes trained that acerbic wit on the members of the high court.
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