John G. Roberts since September of 2005 and he was preceded by William Rehnquist.
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Sixteenth Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presided over the US Supreme Court from 1986 until his death in 2005.
John G. Roberts was appointed chief justice in 2005, and is still the recent [2013] chief justice.
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presided over the Court in 2000. President Nixon appointed Rehnquist to the Supreme Court as an Associate Justice in 1972, and President Reagan elevated him to Chief Justice in 1986. Rehnquist lead the Court until his death in 2005.
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Three US Supreme Court justices died between 2000 and 2010.DeceasedByron White....................1962-1993...........Kennedy.....(d. 2002)Harry Blackmun...............1970-1994...........Nixon.........(d. 1999)William H. Rehnquist (CJ)..1972-2005...........Nixon.........(d. 2005) (Reagan elevated to Chief Justice, 1986)
The U.S. Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over all cases between two states. The most recent was <a href="http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2000/2000_130_orig">New Hampshire v. Maine</a> in 2001. The Supreme Court has another case-between-states, <i>South Carolina v. North Carolina</i>, scheduled for argument in October 2009.
President George W. Bush in Bush v. Gore,(2000).