SCOTUS takes right turn under John Roberts

John Roberts was not supposed to be the U.S. chief justice. When President George W. Bush nominated him to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005, it was as one of the nine-member body's eight associate justices. But when then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist died just weeks later, Bush decided to tap Roberts for the job. Reuters Washington legal correspondent Jan Wolfe has more.

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