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Chief Justice John Roberts

On the Least Dangerous Branch and the Politics of Judging

Ray Brescia | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics
Ray Brescia

Whether the Court's recent turns will threaten the public's perception of the Court, and the court system as a whole, remains to be seen. But the jury is out, and the data seems to be coming in: The Court appears in the midst of a significant partisan turn, one that could threaten its long-term legitimacy.

The Supreme Court and Marriage Equality

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.29.2013 | Politics
Lincoln Mitchell

Justice Roberts has demonstrated that he understands that as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court he has a responsibility not just to his own ideological views, and interpretation of the constitution, but to the institution of the Court as well.

WATCH: Colbert Talks John Roberts' Gay Cousin

Posted 03.29.2013 | Comedy

Even though the oral arguments for and against the Defense of Marriage Act have ended, Stephen Colbert is on pins and needles waiting for a decision. ...

Nick Wing

Supreme Court Chief Justice Hit By Credit Card Fraud

HuffingtonPost.com | Nick Wing | Posted 03.29.2013 | Politics

Chief Justice John Roberts is paying Washington D.C.-area establishments in cash this week, after being targeted by credit card fraud. The Washingt...

Chief Justice Roberts' Marriage Moment

Gregory T. Angelo | Posted 03.26.2013 | Gay Voices
Gregory T. Angelo

A Roberts ruling in favor of overturning the Defense of Marriage Act would be a victory for federalism, a triumph for the gay equal rights movement, and a historic moment for the Court that could well mark the moment that conservative opposition to same-sex marriage crumbled to dust.

The Moment Is Now: Prop 8 Comes to the Supreme Court

Paul Hogarth | Posted 03.26.2013 | Gay Voices
Paul Hogarth

Despite having strong political and religious feelings about the issue, how are opponents "harmed" by same-sex couples getting married -- and having their relationship recognized by the law?

WATCH: 12-Year-Old Urges Supreme Court Justice To Embrace Gay Marriage

Posted 03.18.2013 | Gay Voices

The 12-year-old adopted son of two gay dads urged Supreme Court Justice John Roberts to strike down Prop 8 and embrace gay marriage in a poignant lett...

Eastman, NOM Places Status Above Love When It Comes to Families

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.15.2013 | Gay Voices
Alvin McEwen

What John Eastman did was to push a concept into the idea of family which has no business being there. Families should never be judged on a tier. They aren't baked goods at the state fair to be given ribbons marking 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

Roberts, Scalia and Voters

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics
Christopher Brauchli

The only suspense is in waiting to find out if Massachusetts continues to be used to justify the ruling and whether the Court applies the Scalia Cowardly Congress theory to justify its ruling. One thing seems certain: Scalia and Roberts will be the winners. The voters will be the losers.

Official Slams Roberts For 'Deceptive' And 'Disturbing' Remarks

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 03.04.2013 | Politics

Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin is calling out Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for making "deceptive" and "disturbing" remark...

Orly Taitz's New Celebration

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 01.15.2013 | Politics

Birther queen Orly Taitz is celebrating a routine U.S. Supreme Court decision to refer her petition, which asks the court to overturn President Barack...

Birthers Pick New Target

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 01.08.2013 | Politics

The birther movement is now targeting Chief Justice John Roberts for impeachment if he swears in President Barack Obama for a second term later this m...

Roberts Makes Appeal To Obama, Congress On Cuts

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 12.31.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Urging full financial support for the U.S. court system, Chief Justice John Roberts said in his year-end report Monday that the federal ...

My Argument to the Supreme Court

Stanton Peele | Posted 02.09.2013 | Politics
Stanton Peele

My argument is addressed principally to Chief Justice Roberts (although, of course, you -- Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Kennedy -- can listen in). I'm only going to cite one precedent -- Dred Scott.

Guilty, by Popular Demand

Brian Giacometti | Posted 12.15.2012 | Politics
Brian Giacometti

Judicial races are under-the-radar for most of us, but not for industries likely to go before the judges in the future. So, what do we want? Well, we want political contests that lead to an absence of politics in the courtroom. Are we are kidding ourselves?

Ethics: The Unfinished Business in the Supreme Court's New Term

Bob Edgar | Posted 12.01.2012 | Politics
Bob Edgar

We're told that the court's docket is dominated by civil rights issues, but the justices have one major bit of unfinished business that's getting almost no attention, and deserves plenty: the court's own ethics.

Memo to Governor Romney: The Constitution Is Not a Conservative Document

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 11.13.2012 | Politics
Menachem Rosensaft

While the stewardship of the U.S. economy, jobs, health care, immigration, and foreign policy are all important considerations in this year's election, the safeguarding of constitutional rights for all Americans is at least as critical.

NEWS FLASH: Chief Justice Roberts Expounds on the New Chief Justice Roberts

Michael Solomon | Posted 10.29.2012 | Comedy
Michael Solomon

Supreme Court watchers were initially surprised when Roberts upheld the PPACA not because he found the law constitutional per se, but because he ruled it a tax. "I know that's not what the Justices on the Left think, not to mention those other jerks, but why split hairs?"

Christina Wilkie

The Partner: Jane Roberts Breaks The Mold Of Supreme Court Wives

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 08.10.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- In a city where access equals power, spouses can wield outsized influence. Earlier this year, President Barack Obama cited conversations...

Justice Roberts Saved the Supreme Court -- Here's What He Needs to Do Next

Peter Scheer | Posted 09.10.2012 | Politics
Peter Scheer

What can the Court do to shore up its legitimacy in a world in which the Glenn Becks and Keith Olbermanns are in ascendancy? Answer: It can, finally, open its doors to the public, permitting real-time video transmission, via TV and the internet, of the Court's proceedings.

Game of Robes: Why Conservatives May Ultimately Praise the Roberts Switch on Health Care Reform

Ray Brescia | Posted 09.05.2012 | Politics
Ray Brescia

Shifting alliances, unclear loyalties, palace intrigue, broken vows, poisonous edicts and bitter rivals: just when you think you've got it all figured out, someone switches sides and victory is grabbed from the clutches of defeat.

Will Chief Justice Throw Another Curveball On Controversial Race Cases?

Reuters | Posted 09.05.2012 | Black Voices

(Repeats with no changes to text) By Joan Biskupic WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - Over his 30 years in Washington, Chie...

Has America's Fire Been Contained?

Ethan Casey | Posted 09.04.2012 | Books
Ethan Casey

I've been intending to share a sketch of the itinerary I'm planning for my drive around the USA this fall for my next book, but that keeps getting overtaken by events. I'm starting to get used to the idea that this might be the way it goes for any of us from now on.

Law Professor's Brief Shapes Landmark Healthcare Decision

The Huffington Post | Alyssa Creamer | Posted 07.05.2012 | College

A Vanderbilt University law professor's brief on the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion provision helped shape the U.S. Supreme Court's recent r...

Health Care And Judgement Day, Revisited

Lisa Sharon Harper | Posted 09.04.2012 | Religion
Lisa Sharon Harper

The Supreme Court has levied its judgment: States can opt out, but they cannot prevent the nation from offering its citizens the health and care worthy of every human being made in the image of God.