Roberts to swear in yet another president who opposed him
3 years, 11 months ago

Roberts to swear in yet another president who opposed him

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Someday, perhaps, John Roberts will swear in a new president who doesn’t wish someone else was chief justice of the United States. President Donald Trump has castigated the chief justice as a “disgrace” for his role in upholding Obama’s health care overhaul. “It’s more partisan, more polarized, more contentious than at any time since” after the Civil War, said Richard Friedman, an expert on Supreme Court history at the University of Michigan law school. “To the extent it is a situation where the Biden administration might take a different view, then I think that’s where the composition of the court might matter,” she said. President Dwight Eisenhower also soon regretted his choice of Chief Justice Earl Warren, referring to the man who led the court during its liberal era “the biggest damned-fool mistake I ever made.”

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Justice John Roberts poised to give go-ahead to 'MAGA vision of the law': legal expert
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Justice John Roberts poised to give go-ahead to 'MAGA vision of the law': legal expert

Raw Story  

A review of Chief Justice John Roberts' actions during the last Supreme Court session would seem to indicate that he has stopped attempting to rein in both his more rabidly conservative colleagues and chosen to go along with their far-right vision of America, according to an expert's analysis. That is the opinion of Slate legal analyst Mark Joseph Stern who …

Supreme Court analysis: John Roberts knows he lost the public.
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court analysis: John Roberts knows he lost the public.

Slate  

You would be forgiven were you to find yourself suffering from some version of motion sickness when reading about Chief Justice John Roberts’ worldview at the start of this new Supreme Court term. Colleagues and friends who saw him said he looked especially weary, as if carrying greater weight on his shoulders.” This echoes precisely the blockbuster New York Times …

John Roberts’ MAGA conversion: How Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court in his image
3 months, 1 week ago

John Roberts’ MAGA conversion: How Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court in his image

Salon  

Since he was appointed Supreme Court chief justice by George W. Bush in 2005, John Roberts has been something of an enigma. As to his legal philosophy, a review of his record by the left-leaning nonprofit Take Back the Court Action Fund suggests that “Roberts has been one of the most conservative justices since joining the Supreme Court in 2005.” …

Huge Supreme Court docs leak exposes chief justice meddling in Trump's January 6 and election cases - read his memos
3 months, 1 week ago

Huge Supreme Court docs leak exposes chief justice meddling in Trump's January 6 and election cases - read his memos

Daily Mail  

Chief Justice John Roberts strong-armed his fellow Supreme Court judges into allowing him the key role in cases involving Donald Trump, leaked memos reveal. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts with Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor The court's decision on presidential immunity was a hammer blow to judicial attempts at prosecuting Donald Trump over his role in the January 6 attack …

Sotomayor’s dissent: A president should not be a ‘king above the law’
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Sotomayor’s dissent: A president should not be a ‘king above the law’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In an unsparing dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court allowed a president to become a “king above the law” in its ruling that limited the scope of criminal charges against former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the election. She was joined …

Don’t Believe John Roberts. The Supreme Court Just Made the President a King.
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Don’t Believe John Roberts. The Supreme Court Just Made the President a King.

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. As Justice Sonia Sotomayor put it in her terrified and terrifying dissent, “the President is now a king above the law.” Trump v. United States, Monday’s decision, has no basis in the Constitution as written. Fear of criminal prosecution, Roberts warned, could interfere …

Chief Justice John Roberts says it would be "inadvisable" to meet with senators about Alito
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Chief Justice John Roberts says it would be "inadvisable" to meet with senators about Alito

Salon  

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is politely refusing to meet with Democratic senators regarding his colleague Samuel Alito's ethical issues, writing in a letter Thursday that to so would raise concerns about the separation of powers and itself create an appearance of impropriety. "I must respectfully decline your request for a meeting," Roberts wrote to Sen. Dick Durbin, …

John Roberts isn’t happy with previous ruling against Trump – what happens now?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

John Roberts isn’t happy with previous ruling against Trump – what happens now?

CNN  

CNN — During nearly three hours of historic Supreme Court arguments, John Roberts said little. The tenor of the arguments differed strikingly from the sentiment of lower court judges who’d previously heard Trump’s claim, as Roberts and the right wing concentrated on a former president’s potential exposure to retaliation by political opponents. “As I read it, it says simply a …

John Roberts’ absurd double standard: He’ll embrace checks and balances for Trump, but not for his own court.
1 year, 7 months ago

John Roberts’ absurd double standard: He’ll embrace checks and balances for Trump, but not for his own court.

Slate  

Last week, Chief Justice John Roberts sent a one-page letter declining Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin’s invitation to testify today about Supreme Court ethics. Indeed, three years ago, Roberts wrote the court’s 7–2 majority opinion in Trump v. Mazars, the landmark case testing Congress’ power to compel production of President Donald Trump’s tax returns and other financial records. Roberts …

John Roberts can’t escape the shadow of Donald Trump
3 years, 11 months ago

John Roberts can’t escape the shadow of Donald Trump

CNN  

CNN — Chief Justice John Roberts will swear in Joe Biden on January 20 as the next president of the United States. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said a Senate trial would not begin while Trump is president because senators are not scheduled to return to regular session before January 19. Senate Majority Leader McConnell said in a memo …

John Roberts defies Trump and conservatives with another legacy decision
4 years, 6 months ago

John Roberts defies Trump and conservatives with another legacy decision

CNN  

CNN — Chief Justice John Roberts saved Obamacare in 2012 – a move forever earning him the wrath of many Republicans – and on Thursday he preserved an Obama-era program that protects young immigrants who came to the US without proper papers, a direct rebuke to President Donald Trump. “If the Chief Justice believes his political judgment is so exquisite, …

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