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John Roberts stories: 62 news summaries

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'Just to Be Safe,' Obama Should Redo Oath: Experts

Lawyers advise he retake fudged oath to avoid controversy

Jan 21, 09 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - OK, it's probably not going to come up in court, but some constitutional lawyers tell the San Francisco Chronicle that Barack Obama should retake his flubbed oath just to be on the safe side. Presidents Coolidge and Arthur did after similar gaffes. It "would take him 30 seconds, he... More »

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Barack Obama • John Roberts • US Constitution • inauguration • President Obama • Inauguration Day • presidential oath

(Newser) - President Obama is not among those blaming Chief Justice John Roberts for their little oath glitch today. “We’re up there, we’ve got a lot of stuff on our mind, and he actually helped me out on a couple of stanzas there,” Obama told ABC News. Roberts... More »

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John Roberts • Chief Justice • President Obama • Inauguration Day • presidential oath

Roberts' Oath Flub
Trips Up Obama

New president shows ability to think on his feet

Jan 20, 09 12:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Chief Justice John Roberts' first attempt at administering the presidential oath of office didn't go as swimmingly as the chief justice might have liked, reports the Wall Street Journal. Roberts left out "faithfully" where the Founding Fathers wrote it—“that I will faithfully execute the office of... More »

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John Roberts • inauguration • President Obama • presidential oath

 President Obama Takes Office 

Chief justice swears in US' first black president

Jan 20, 09 11:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States. In front of record crowds and with his hand on the Bible used by Abraham Lincoln, Obama took the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts. The new president swore: “I will faithfully execute the office of president... More »

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Barack Obama • John Roberts • Abraham Lincoln • inauguration • President Obama • Inauguration Day • presidential oath • Lincoln's Bible

Youth, Ambition Will Meet Over Lincoln's Bible

Roberts to swear in the man who voted against his confirmation

Jan 20, 09 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The first person to call Barack Obama “Mr President” will be John Roberts, appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court in 2005. Today marks the first inauguration for Roberts, who invited Obama to visit the Court last week; both are Harvard Law grads, ambitious men who attained the highest... More »

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Barack Obama • John Roberts • Chief Justice • Abraham Lincoln • inauguration • US Supreme Court • President Obama • Lincoln's Bible

Supreme Court OKs Use of Illegally Obtained Evidence

5-4 vote along ideological lines aims to avoid criminals freed on mere technicalities

Jan 14, 09 1:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today ruled that evidence obtained in violation of the Constitution is admissible in court, Bloomberg reports, in a 5-4 vote along ideological lines. The court ruled that prosecutors could try an Alabama man who was found to be carrying methamphetamine and a pistol when he was accidentally... More »

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John Roberts • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • search and seizure • US Supreme Court • evidence

High Court to Hear Challenge to Voting Rights Act

Provision forcing local governments, mainly in South, to clear changes with feds at issue

Jan 9, 09 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - The US Supreme Court agreed today to hear a case that challenges a central section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act designed to protect minority voters in discriminatory districts, the New York Times reports. Section 5 of the law, which forces many Southern states and select districts elsewhere to get... More »

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John Roberts • Texas • appeal • Austin • Voting Rights Act • US Supreme Court • civil rights movement • racial discrimination

Federal Judges Lose Pay Raise Battle, Again

Financial crisis kills hike, leaves bench feeling shortchanged

Jan 1, 09 2:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Federal judges went without a cost-of-living pay increase yet again in 2008, the LA Times reports. A quirk in federal law prevents judges from getting the automatic raises other federal employees get, and the financial crisis derailed a bill that would have upped their pay by 28%. John Roberts... More »

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John Roberts • Cost of Living • federal employees • federal judges • financial crisis

Chief Justice Ain't Got a Bob Dylan Quote

Roberts almost cites singer correctly in dissenting decision

Jun 29, 08 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Supreme Court decision was livened up this week by a quote from 1960s thinker, Robert Dylan—known to his fans as Bob. Regarding a stand-off between phone companies, Chief Justice John Roberts quoted, "When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose," from Bob Dylan's 1965 hit... More »

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John Roberts • Bob Dylan • pop music • US Supreme Court • rock music

ANALYSIS

Order in Court Will Be Task for Next President

With liberal bloc aging, McCain could boost conservative leaning

Jun 27, 08 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Recent Supreme Court decisions that broke 5-4 underlined the impact the next president could have on top US judicial body, the Boston Globe notes. The liberal bloc—including John Paul Stevens (age 88) and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (75)—is more likely to lose members during the next administration, so a... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court

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 O'Connor's Imprint Fades 

First female Supreme Court justice's legacy uncertain

Jun 10, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even as Sandra Day O’Connor public profile as an advocate for Alzheimer’s disease research grows, the legal imprint of the first woman Supreme Court justice is fading, USA Today reports. Since her departure, the Roberts court has shifted course on abortion and retreated from positions supported by her... More »

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Samuel Alito • abortion • John Roberts • law • Sandra Day O'Connor • integration • Samuel A. Alito • US Supreme Court • justices

 Court Readies
 Term's Testiest Decisions 

Justices will hand down 26 of the most contentious opinions beginning today

Jun 9, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court is poised to begin unveiling decisions today in some of the year's most heated cases, reports USA Today. As the term winds down, the 26 final opinions will be released on select days in June, and include clashes over Guantanamo detainees, DC's handgun ban, and the 1989... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • opinion • David Souter

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Supreme Court Expands Margins

5-4 votes that characterized last
term grow scarce

May 23, 08 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court divisions expected after Samuel Alito replaced Sandra Day O’Connor materialized last term but have since disappeared in a tide of consensus. Only one of 35 cases this term has been decided 5 to 4. Linda Greenhouse of the New York Times looks at a once-predictable panel... More »

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Antonin Scalia • John Roberts • lethal injection • voter ID laws • child pornography • US Supreme Court • consensus

Lethal Injection Ruling Will Spur Executions, Lawsuits

Pro-death states will waste no time; lawsuits likely in others

Apr 17, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Executions will resume in the United States, thanks to the Supreme Court’s ruling on lethal injection yesterday, but so will lawsuits, the New York Times reports. By condoning methods “substantially similar” to Kentucky’s, the court has invited more challenges. “We have left the states with... More »

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death penalty • John Roberts • Kentucky • lethal injection • cruel and unusual punishment • Clarence Thomas • Baze v. Rees • US Supreme Court

Supreme Court Overturns La. Death Sentence

Blacks wrongly blocked from jury in case compared to OJ

Mar 20, 08 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a former Marine awaiting execution on Louisiana's death row. Allen Snyder, an African-American, was convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife and her boyfriend, but the court ruled 7-2 that prosecutors acted improperly by using its challenges to seat an all-white... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Louisiana • capital punishment • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • jury selection • Allen Snyder • Snyder v. Louisiana

Supremes Appear Set to KO DC's Handgun Ban

In key 2nd Amendment case, Kennedy notes 'general right to bear arms'

Mar 18, 08 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court looks ready to declare Washington, DC’s handgun ban unconstitutional, the LA Times report. The justices heard oral arguments in the landmark Second Amendment case today, and swing voter Anthony Kennedy said, “In my view, there is a general right to bear arms.” At issue... More »

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John Roberts • Washington DC • Anthony Kennedy • Constitution • Second Amendment • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • handgun • constitutional law • gun ban

 Court Hears Gun Case Today 

Nation's firearms laws in the balance as Supremes hear arguments

Mar 18, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the oldest and most hotly debated constitutional amendments—the right to bear arms—comes under scrutiny by the Supreme Court today. The court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of Washington DC's stringent ban on handguns. The ruling, which will arrive in June, is sure to have a... More »

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Department of Justice • John Roberts • John Ashcroft • Washington DC • gun control • Anthony Kennedy • Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • National Rifle Association • handgun • constitutional law • gun ban • Scotus • Temple University • David Kairys • Dick Anthony Heller

Justices' Stock Portfolios Cripple Cases

Supreme Court left deadlocked by recusals amid calls to divest

Mar 7, 08 7:35 PM CST
(Newser) - The stock portfolios of Supreme Court justices have become a flash point this term, in which six cases could be affected by justices recusing themselves because they own financial stakes in companies involved. Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, and Justice Stephen Bryer have bowed out of cases involving... More »

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Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Anthony Kennedy • ExxonMobil • Pfizer • Stephen Breyer • Cisco • conflicts of interest • US Supreme Court

Exxon Asks Court to Toss $2.5B Payout

Supreme's justices appear to be split
in Valdez case

Feb 27, 08 8:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Nearly 20 years after the Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil in Prince William Sound, the company asked the Supreme Court to reject a ruling that it pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages. Judges appeared split in today's arguments, USA Today reports, making a tie... More »

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John Roberts • Alaska • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • oil spill • ExxonMobil • class action • shipping • Exxon Valdez • Samuel A. Alito • US Supreme Court • Joseph Hazelwood

Justice Is Blind, Not Disenfranchised

Most Supremes go to polls today; Roberts votes only in general elections

Feb 12, 08 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia always exercise their right to vote, and John Roberts goes to the polls only for general elections, the Washington Post reports. Six of the nine Supreme Court justices—five in Virginia, one in DC—are eligible to participate in today’s primaries, and the... More »

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Antonin Scalia • John Roberts • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • US Supreme Court • Potomac Primary

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