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Owen Roberts
Owen Josephus Roberts (May 2, 1875 – May 17, 1955) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court for fifteen years. He also led two Roberts Commissions, the first that investigated the attack on Pearl Harbor and the second that focused on works of cultural value during the war. At the time of World War II, he was the only Supreme Court Justice who was not appointed by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, meaning that he was also the only Republican appointed Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States He was also one of only three justices to vote against Franklin D. Roosevelt's orders for Japanese American internment camps in ''Korematsu v. United States''.
==Early life and career==
Roberts was born in Philadelphia and attended Germantown Academy and the University of Pennsylvania, where he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society〔(Supreme Court Justices Who Are Phi Beta Kappa Members ), ''Phi Beta Kappa website'', accessed Oct 4, 2009〕 and was the editor of ''The Daily Pennsylvanian''. He completed his bachelor's degree in 1895 and went on to graduate at the top of his class from University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1898.〔(Portrait at the University of Pennsylvania )〕
He first gained notice as an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia. He was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge to investigate oil reserve scandals, known as the Teapot Dome scandal. This led to the prosecution and conviction of Albert B. Fall, the former Secretary of the Interior, for bribe-taking.
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