“One of the justices told me, ‘I think that he could be one of our greatest chief justices,’” [Ted] Olson says, declining to name names. “Another said, ‘I think he’s going to be great; he’s been wonderful so far.’” Olson, a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, adds that justices speak about Roberts “as if he was born to be chief justice of the United States, much like Tiger Woods was born to be on a golf course.”

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