Roberts seethed over blame for Obama inauguration flub

Published March 26, 2019 4:00am ET



Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts thought he got blamed unfairly for errors administering the presidential oath of office to Barack Obama a decade ago.

Roberts fumed at the coverage of the Jan. 20, 2009 presidential inauguration oath snafu, according to a new biography, The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts, by Joan Biskupic.

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