If you could build a Supreme Court nominee (like a legal Mr. Potato Head), you could hardly manufacture a more sterling choice than Judge Roberts.

Education:
Harvard College, A.B., 1976, Summa Cum Laude
Harvard Law School, J.D., 1979, Editor, Law Review

Professional Career:
-Law clerk, Hon. Henry Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1979-1980
-Law clerk, Associate Justice William Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States, 1980-1981
-Special assistant to the attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1981-1982
-Associate counsel to the president, White House Counsel's Office, 1982-1986
-Private practice, Washington, DC, 1986-1989, 1993-2003
-Principal deputy solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1989-1993