Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »

Sat 09 Sep 2005Dream believerProfile/John Roberts: He is regarded as having one of the sharpest legal minds, but is viewed with suspicion by some minority groups and environmentalists, writes Seán O'Driscoll in New YorkAccording to the legal groupies website, undertheirrobes.com, John Roberts jnr is the fifth sexiest federal judge in the US. He is also a fluent Latin speaker, a summa cum laude Harvard graduate, a champion wrestler, former captain of his school football team and a multimillionaire lawyer with a greeting-card cute family and a mansion in the suburbs.