Chief Justice John Roberts

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The Best Argument Against McCain

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted April 20, 2008 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

Howard Dean was right, in his Saturday morning radio address, when he said that Senator John McCain has no plan to fix our broken economy, and that nothing will change from the Bush years if he were to win election. Dean was right to suggest, too, that the economy is...

Masking Justice, Supreme Court Style

Andrew Gumbel | Posted April 16, 2008 | Politics


Andrew Gumbel

Nobody can be surprised that the Supreme Court gave a free pass today to proponents of execution by lethal injection. Justices Roberts, Alito, Scalia et al were hardly going to be sympathetic to the idea of suspending executions indefinitely in the 35 states that have adopted lethal injection, just...

Chief Justice Roberts Defends ExxonMobil

Think Progress   |   February 28, 2008 12:42 PM


Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on how much money ExxonMobil should be forced to pay as damages for its Exxon Valdez oil spill 19 years ago. The Washington Post's Dana Milbank notes that Chief Justice John Roberts appeared...

Supreme Injustices

Bradley Whitford | Posted February 6, 2008 | Politics


Bradley  Whitford

During his confirmation hearings, Chief Justice John Roberts assured the Senate Judiciary Committee and the American people that he would safeguard women's equality, testifying under oath, "Of course gender discrimination is a serious problem. It's a particular concern of mine."

Just one year later, the chief justice changed his...

Congress Members Get $4,000 Pay Raise

AP   |  JIM ABRAMS   |   January 9, 2008 04:36 PM


Fortunately for members of Congress, their pay isn't tied to their approval ratings. Lawmakers in 2008 will receive salaries of $169,300, a boost of $4,100 over the pay they have lived with since January 2006. That 2.5 percent increase is...

 

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