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Snapman said:
Thanks for the clarification. I was thinking this was similar to hiring an intern to replace a CEO (obviously Roberts is more qualified than an intern, but I think you get my meaning).



One other clarification.

There seems to be an unspoken assumption here that it is atypical for a "newcomer" to be named Chief Justice. Not true.

Of the 16 men who've served as chief justice, only three were elevated directly from the court. The rest were all appointed directly to the court as Chief Justice.



I didn't realize that's happened before. And I didn't see the news treat it as peculiar, so I thought it wasn't out of the ordinary, but I wanted clarification just to be sure.