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Chief Justice Roberts Is Impressed That He Doesn't Scare Law Students

Would you be nervous if you had to deliver an argument before the Supreme Court's chief justice?

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I’m particularly impressed that nobody seemed to be too nervous. I would’ve been more nervous if I had been in your shoes.

— Chief Justice John Roberts, in remarks given before announcing the winner of the Ames Moot Court Competition at Harvard Law School. Roberts presided over the final round of the competition, along with Judge Debra A. Livingston of the Second Circuit and Chief Judge Carl E. Stewart of the Fifth Circuit.

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