Appointed by John Ashcroft Role Justice Preceded by George F. Gunn, Jr. Spouse Renee Beal | Religion Methodist Succeeded by Ann K. Covington Name Edward Robertson, | |
Preceded by Charles Blakey Blackmar Born May 1, 1952 (age 71)
Durham, North Carolina ( 1952-05-01 ) Alma mater Westminster College
Southern Methodist University
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
John F. Kennedy School of Government
University of Virginia School of Law Education Southern Methodist University | ||
Edward D. "Chip" Robertson, Jr. is a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri. Robertson was 33 years old when then-Governor John Ashcroft picked him to serve on the court, and he served from 1985 to 1998. His appointment - Ashcroft's first to the high court - led to claims that the non-partisan Missouri Plan for appointing judges was actually a highly partisan process; twenty years later, Robertson would join opposition to Republican efforts to dismantle the system. In 1998 he left the Supreme Court to join a Kansas City firm that was led Missouri's lawsuit against tobacco companies. Robertson was rumored to be mulling a challenge to then-Governor Matt Blunt, also a Republican, but he never did.
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