Professor O’Brien was interviewed about the nomination of John Roberts to be the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Roberts' confirmation hearings, the death of Chief Justice Rehnquist, and the future of the Supreme Court. He reacted to video clips of Chief Justice Rehnquist from 1992, 1998, 2001, and 2004 and of attorney John Roberts in 1997 talking about the Court. He is the Spicer Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia and the author of Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics, published by W. W. Norton and Company.