Man who swore in Obama gives lecture at college summer school

THE man who swore in Barack Obama as United States president – twice – earlier this year has become the latest major American figure to spend time at the National University of Ireland Galway.

Chief Justice John G Roberts holds the most senior legal position in the US, but has taken time to teach students at a summer school hosted by the college this month.

Veteran actor Martin Sheen spent a semester studying for an arts degree at NUIG in 2006, shortly after finishing his seven-year term as US president Josiah Bartlet in TV series The West Wing.