News on John Roberts (Chief Justice)

Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling'

2010-03-10T05:45:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Chief Justice John Roberts says State of Union speech has 'degenerated to political pep rally'</div><div><p>U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has "degenerated into a polit...

A Roberts rumor's blip on Washington's radar

2010-03-05T00:45:32Z

<div id="subtitle">The short life and quick death of Radar Online's rumor that Chief Justice Roberts is quitting</div><div><p>For a short time, Washington buzzed over a rumor reported exclusively by an online gossip Web site with no particular US Supreme Court refused Tuesday to block a law allowing same-sex marriages in Washington DC, clearing the way for the legislation to go into effect Wednesday.</p><p>Chief Justice John Roberts, in a three-page opinion that sidestepped the legal i...

Court refuses to stop DC's gay marriage law

2010-03-02T16:00:47Z

<div id="subtitle">Supreme Court refuses to stop DC's gay marriage law from taking effect</div><div><p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block the District of Columbia's gay marriage law, freeing the city to issue its first marriage licenses to same-sex couples the following day.</p><p>Opponents of gay marriage in the nation's...

Court allows Washington, DC, same-sex marriages

2010-03-02T15:15:55Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday a request from opponents of gay marriage to put on hold a new law that allows same-sex couples to wed in Wash...

Supreme Court Notebook

2010-02-06T01:45:17Z

FILE - In this Sept. 13,2005 file photo, Judge John G. Roberts testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his confirmation to become the Chi...

Obama State of the Union

2010-01-28T14:46:28Z

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, back right, talks to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, prior to President Barack Obama's State of the ...

President Obama Delivers State Of The Union Address

2010-01-27T22:32:19Z

WASHINGTON - JANUARY 27: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears to dose during U.S. President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on January 27, 2010 in Washington, DC. Pictured from the high court are: (L-R, Front) Supreme Court: If you've got Justice Anthony Kennedy on your side, you can pretty much do what you want. Without him, you're the author of an angry dissent.&a...

Court steps into murder case over jury's gifts

2010-02-22T18:11:41Z

<div id="subtitle">Raunchy gifts from jury to judge prompt Supreme Court intervention in Georgia death row case</div><div><p>A closely divided Supreme Court has given hope to a Georgia death row inmate, ordering a federal appeals court to take a new look at his case because of raunchy gifts that jurors sent the judge and a court...

Obama's Year What We've Learned

2010-01-16T07:30:21Z

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2009 file photo, Barack Obama, left, with his wife Michelle at his side, takes the oath of office to become the 44th president of the United States from Chief Justice John Roberts, on Capitol Hill in Barack Obama, left, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts to become the 44th president of the United States on Capitol Hill in Obama administration kept up aggressive enforcement that began under President George W. Bush.</p><p>Nearly 27,000 people faced seri...

Year in Race Analysis

2009-12-31T10:16:23Z

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2009 file photo, Barack Obama, left, joined by his wife Michelle, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts to become the 44th president of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The dynamics o...

YE Obama Inauguration

2009-12-20T21:31:03Z

FILE - Barack Obama, left, joined by his wife Michelle, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts to become the 44th president of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in this Jan. 20, 2009 file photo. (AP Photo/Jae...

No decisions in high court's horn of plenty

2010-02-23T23:58:28Z

<div id="subtitle">SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: No decisions in Supreme Court's horn of plenty this year</div><div><p>For the first time under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court failed to issue opinions before Thanksgiving in any of the cases that were argued in recent months.&...

Supreme Court considers life in prison for juveniles

2010-02-24T07:48:38Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant on Monday to make it unconstitutional for any juvenile who commits a crime other than murder to be sentenced to life in prison without possible release.</p><p>Instead of adopting such a categorical rule, U.S. Supreme Court is taking a close look at a question individual investors have long asked about their mutual funds, but the courts have largely ignored: Why am I getting charged twice as much as big institutional clients?</p><p...

Justices seem unwilling to get involved in fees

2010-02-24T10:59:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Several Supreme Court justices seem unwilling to get involved in fight over mutual fund fees</div><div><p>Several Supreme Court justices seemed unsympathetic Monday to calls for the courts to get involved in reining in what investors are calling "excessive" fees on mutual funds, a popular investment vehicle for millions of Americans.</p>&...

Alito troubled by concerns over court's Catholics

2010-02-24T16:32:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Alito voices frustration over questions about Supreme Court's Catholic majority</div><div><p>U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito voiced frustration Tuesday over what he called persistent questions about the court's Roman Catholic majority.</p><p>Alito aired the topic i...