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Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] is known best for building a consensus, and writing opinions to maximize support by fellow Justices.  While other Justices often cite their own prior opinions, Chief Justice Roberts is a master at citing the decisions of fellow Justices to win their support for his opinion.  But by emphasizing consensus rather than clarity and force of an opinion, Roberts can issue a weak 6-3 or 9-0 opinion rather than a stronger 5-4 version.<ref>''See, e.g.'', ''[[Medellin v. Texas]]'' (2008).</ref>

Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] is known best for building a consensus, and writing opinions to maximize support by fellow Justices.  While other Justices often cite their own prior opinions, Chief Justice Roberts is a master at citing the decisions of fellow Justices to win their support for his opinion.  But by emphasizing consensus rather than clarity and force of an opinion, Roberts can issue a weak 6-3 or 9-0 opinion rather than a stronger 5-4 version.<ref>''See, e.g.'', ''[[Medellin v. Texas]]'' (2008).</ref>

==Confirmation process==  

==Confirmation process==