Reagan credited Roberts for their landmark win in a Supreme Court case in 1983
President Ronald Reagan greets John G. Roberts Jr. in the Oval Office in 1986, when he worked for the President as his lawyer. At the center, then, is his boss, White House Counsel Fred Fielding. (Photo courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Library.)
President Ronald Reagan credited John Roberts for winning the landmark Chadha immigration case issued on June 23rd, 1983, by the U.S. Supreme Court in INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983).
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The primary source is located in the 90-page file at the Reagan Library linked here:
The Chadha case was recognized by the U.S. Court of Claims on October 20, 1983, as a landmark case in immigration law regarding the supremacy of Presidential Powers over one-house vetoes of executive actions by Congress.
In a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of President Reagan.
It declared that Congress's veto over executive powers was unconstitutional.
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Roberts worked for Reagan before becoming Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on September 29, 2005.
From November 28, 1982, to April 11, 1986, the President appointed Roberts as his Associate Counsel.
Roberts’ duties included:
reviewing congressional bills
drafting and reviewing Executive Orders
preventing Congress from infringing on Presidential powers.
The oral hearings in the Chadha case were on:
Dec. 7th, 1982
Feb. 22nd, 1982
They are linked here:
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1981/80-1832
Readable copies of the Supreme Court decision in Chadha are linked here:
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/462/919/#tab-opinion-1955150
During Reagan’s time, Congress clashed with him over immigration, Presidential powers, and court jurisdiction issues.
Now, it is federal district judges who think their authority supersedes that of the Presidency on any issue.
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President Ronald Reagan Greets John Roberts During a Photo Opportunity with Members of The White House Counsel's Office in The Oval Office, dated January 6th, 1983.
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