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August 2007
- Roberts Faces Tough Choices on Treatment
  
  New York Times | Aug 1, 07 5:57 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After recovering from a seizure Monday, Chief Justice John Roberts must make a crucial medical decision—whether to take anti-seizure medication, which has side effects that could affect his job, or forgo the pills and risk having another episode, which is considered more likely now that he has suffered two seizures. Neurologists are divided on the answer, reports the Times . More »
  
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  John Roberts • seizure • epilepsy
July 2007
- Chief Justice Checks Out of Hospital
  
  Associated Press | Jul 31, 07 2:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Chief Justice John Roberts left a Maine hospital today in good condition, a day after suffering a seizure of unknown cause. The 52-year-old jurist told President Bush he was doing just fine, reports the AP. He waved as he scooted out of the hospital and headed back to his vacation house on Hupper Island to finish his summer break. More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • John Roberts • hospital • Maine • seizure • epilepsy
- Chief Justice Is 'Fully Recovered' After Seizure
  
  Washington Post | Jul 31, 07 4:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Chief Justice John Roberts was "fully recovered" yesterday evening following a seizure at his island summer home off Maine, according to a Supreme Court spokeswoman as Roberts spent the night in a hospital for observation. Roberts had a thorough neurological evaluation that revealed no cause for concern, the Washington Post reports. He received minor scrapes from a fall during the convulsion. More »
  
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  health • US Supreme Court • John Roberts • patient • seizure
- Chief Justice Takes a Tumble
  
  CNN | Jul 30, 07 4:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Chief Justice John Roberts was taken to the hospital in an ambulance this afternoon after falling at his Maine vacation home, the Supreme Court announced. A spokeswoman said he was conscious after the fall, and an EMT told NBC he was alert on the trip to the hospital. The cause of the fall and any possible injuries remain under wraps. More »
  
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  health • US Supreme Court • injury • John Roberts • hospital
- New Court Overturns O'Connor
  
  Slate | Jul 10, 07 6:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Justice Sandra Day O'Connor legal legacy is one of the first casualties of the new Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts, Slate's Dahlia Lithwick writes. After being hailed as the most powerful women in America, the former justice has seen her judgments "explicitly minimized" or "stepped distastefully over" by the conservative court, writes Lithwick. More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • abortion • campaign finance • law • John Roberts • affirmative action • Sandra Day O'Connor
June 2007
- Kennedy Is Swing Vote as Supreme Court Shifts Right
  
  New York Times | Jun 30, 07 7:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As the Supreme Court wrapped up its first term under Chief Justice John Roberts Friday, the new court's conservative bent was obvious: the Court swung to the right in most of the ideological cases decided this year by a 5-4 margin. Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered the swing vote, making him the key to the new majority. More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • John Roberts • judge • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • Stephen Breyer • judicial
- High Court Limits Use of Race in School Assignments
  
  CNN | Jun 28, 07 12:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Taking race into consideration in school assignments is unconstitutional because it violates students' rights under the equal protection clause, the Supreme Court ruled today in a landmark decision that could cause upheaval in K-12 education. The decision, by an increasingly familiar 5-4 vote, invalidates diversity plans in Louisville and Seattle but affects systems across the country. More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • race • student • school • Seattle • John Roberts • discrimination • Louisville • equality
- Scalia Joins Majority, but Not Happily
  
  New York Times | Jun 28, 07 8:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The high court may have a new conservative majority, but it's not exactly a lovey-dovey one, judging from Antonin Scalia's withering concurring opinions on two recent decisions, the New York Times reports. Although he voted with the majority, Scalia blasted Chief Justice John Roberts for downplaying the impact of the decisions. "This faux judicial restraint is judicial obfuscation," he snarked in one. More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • court • law • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia
- Supremes Let Up on Political Ad Limits
  
  Washington Post | Jun 25, 07 2:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Conservatives on the Supreme Court weakened one of the major strictures of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Law today, relaxing the definition of prohibited ads in the run-up to federal elections. An increasingly familiar 5-4 majority declared that "issue ads," which stump for political platforms without explicitly endorsing a candidate, are protected speech. More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • campaign finance • John Roberts • First Amendment • Samuel Alito • McCain Feingold
- Court Limits Student Speech
  
  Reuters | Jun 25, 07 10:41 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Schools may limit student speech that advocates criminal activity, even off campus, the Supreme Court ruled today. The case centers on a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" displayed across the street from a school; writing for the 5-4 majority, Chief Justice Roberts said the school principal's understanding of the banner as encouraging drug use was "plainly a reasonable one." More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • student • John Roberts • free speech • First Amendment
April 2007
- High Court Eyes McCain- Feingold
  
  Legal Times | Apr 26, 07 7:37 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court looks poised to pull an about face on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law by striking down its strictures on "issue ads"—pre-election commentary that mentions candidates by name. Sandra Day O'Connor joined a majority in upholding the ban in 2003; Alito and Roberts may provide critical mass to strike it down. More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Samuel Alito • McCain Feingold • Campaign Finance Reform • political action committees
- Alito Swings Court Against Late Abortion
  
  New York Times | Apr 19, 07 6:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court's decision to uphold a ban partial-birth abortions is a gauntlet thrown down by the Roberts court, reports Linda Greenhouse in the Times . Samuel Alito, the newest justice, was the deciding factor in the 5-4 turnaround. While it will affect a small subset of abortion procedures, the focus on "ethical and moral concerns" signals a major shift. More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • abortion • John Roberts • Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy
- EPA Must Regulate Greenhouse Gases
  
  New York Times | Apr 3, 07 7:52 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Carbon dioxide must be regulated by the federal government unless it can provide a scientific reason not to, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. The 5-4 decision, which ordered the EPA to consider CO 2 an "air pollutant" as defined by the Clean Air Act, was a blow to the Bush administration's policy of refusing to regulate factory and automobile emissions. More »
  
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  climate change • environment • US Supreme Court • science • pollution • Massachusetts • Environmental Protection Agency • John Roberts • carbon dioxide • Clean Air Act • sea level
March 2007
- Bong Case 4 SCOTUS
  
  New York Times | Mar 20, 07 10:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A student glorifying illegal drug use shouldn't be protected by the First Amendment, Ken Starr argued before the Supreme Court yesterday in the case of a high school student suspended for displaying a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" during the Winter Olympics Torch Relay in Juneau, Alaska in 2002. More »
  
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  US Supreme Court • drugs • Alaska • Olympic Games • John Roberts • drug use • First Amendment • Samuel Alito • Juneau • Kenneth Starr