Over several generations, the modern court gradually ruled that a series of unwritten constitutional rights existed as part of the 14th Amendment. In addition to declaring a right to abortion, the court struck down involuntary sterilization and laws interfering with who people could choose to live w...
Of the Republican-appointed justices on the Supreme Court, only Chief Justice John Roberts seems greatly concerned with preserving the impression that the court is apolitical. In the Dobbs case he voted with the majority in upholding a Mississippi law restricting abortion but said he would have tak...
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Profile: Judge John Roberts making the rounds on Capitol Hill meeting the senators who will vote on his Supreme Court nominationRENEE MONTAGNE
Chief JusticeJohn Robertshas always been “a man more sinned against than sinning.” That line from Shakespeare’s “King Lear” seems increasingly apt for the head of our highest court. Roberts was installed almost exactly 20 years ago and soon found himself grappling with a series of controve...
John G. Roberts, Jr., 17th chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Nominated as chief justice by President George W. Bush, he was confirmed by the Senate in September 2005. He was known as an institutionalist who promoted a view of the Court as
The Supreme Court’s toughest cases during Chief Justice John Roberts’ tenure have often generated internal suspense, with shifting votes and last-minute switches
Roberts was introduced by Justice Elena Kagan, who effusively lauded his judicial temperament and especially his writing as she saluted him for receiving an award named after legendary appeals court Judge Henry Friendly. “The chief is incapable of writing a bad sentence. His writing has depth, ...
The high court’s decision saidthe judge in Mr. McDonnell’s trialfailed to tell a jury that it must look only at his “official acts,” or the former governor’s decisions on “specific” and “unsettled” issues related to his duties.最高院的决定表明麦克审判的法官没有告知陪审团必须只考...