The Latest Breaking News on John Roberts

Ketanji Brown Jackson formally introduced as newest Supreme Court justice

The first-ever Black woman on the nation’s high court is inaugurated days before a fall term begins

The Independent UK

Justices shield spouses’ work from potential conflict of interest disclosures

Ginni Thomas, Jane Roberts and Jesse Barrett’s clients remain a mystery, fanning fears of outside influences.

Politico

Supreme Court to hear 2 cases with major implications for 2024

The Court's new term starts in October and includes significant voting cases.

Politico

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John Roberts’s Long Game

Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act?

The Atlantic

Kenneth Starr obituary

American lawyer whose 1998 Starr report led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton

The Guardian - UK

The Nation That Never Was review: a new American origin story, from the ashes of the old

Kermit Roosevelt III, descendant of Theodore, sees lessons for today’s divided nation in Reconstruction and the civil rights era

The Guardian - US

Editorial: Doing its job preserves Supreme Court’s legitimacy

The best way for the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve its legitimacy is to ignore public opinion.

Tribune News Service

Kagan repeats warning that Supreme Court is damaging its legitimacy

The justice's pointed comments follow Chief Justice John Roberts' recent lament that unpopular decisions shouldn't undercut the court.

Politico

Chief Justice Roberts must face, and fix, public mistrust of Supreme Court

Rather than ask why many Americans now hold a dim view of the Supreme Court, Roberts has closed his ears…

Chicago Sun-Times

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Ken Starr, whose investigation led to Bill Clinton impeachment, dies aged 76

Ken Starr, a former US federal appellate judge and lawyer whose criminal investigation of Bill Clinton led to the president’s…

Irish Independent

Justice Kagan cautions Supreme Court can forfeit legitimacy

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is cautioning that courts look political and forfeit legitimacy when they needlessly overturn precedent and…

The Independent UK

Chief Justice John Roberts defends Supreme Court's legitimacy ahead of new term

“If the court doesn’t retain its legitimate function of interpreting the constitution, I’m not sure who would take up that…

Axios

Chief Justice John Roberts defends legitimacy of court

Chief Justice John Roberts is defending the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, saying its role should…

The Independent UK

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Australian Wool Innovation grabs attention with new international ad campaign

Footage of men and women covered in black oil, and emerging from a swimming pool, are part of a new…

ABC News

Noah Feldman: Did Congress really rebuff the Supreme Court on climate rule?

Liberals are understandably delighted that Congress has managed to repudiate the outcome of at least one major case the Supreme…

Tribune News Service

Drought, pollution, floods: Avon in Devon tells story of UK rivers in distress

A journey down the waterway in an area of outstanding natural beauty highlights troubles facing UK rivers

The Guardian - UK

The Inflation Reduction Act doesn't get around the Supreme Court's climate ruling in West Virginia v. EPA, but it does strengthen EPA's future abilities

The new Inflation Reduction Act is being justly celebrated as the most significant piece of federal legislation to address the…

The Conversation

Queen bees saved from certain death as war on hive-destroying varroa mite widens

The varroa mite is a honeybee parasite that kills bees' young and spreads disease and kills the entire hive.The fight…

The New Daily

The most pro-business Supreme Court ever

The Roberts court is more pro-business than any court before it.

Axios

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Commentary: Democrats missed their window to pass redistricting reform

“State constitutional bans on gerrymandering in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, and other states could die, as could independent redistricting commissions…

Tribune News Service

Alito taunts critics of abortion ruling

After writing an opinion striking down Roe, Alito hits out at Boris Johnson, Justin Trudeau and Prince Harry

Salon

Chief Justice John Roberts tried to protect Roe but failed to persuade Supreme Court colleagues, report claims

Draft opinion leak led to renewed sense of urgency among conservatives to issue final opinion before it could face other…

The Independent UK

SCOTUS leak derailed effort to save Roe

Roberts tried to sway Justice Brett Kavanaugh before an unidentified leaker blew up his efforts

Salon

A Court Without Precedent

The judiciary is supposed to be informed by historical memory, and guided by more than its members’ whims.

The Atlantic

Supreme Court leak probe: So many questions, so few answers

Less than 24 hours after the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion that overturned Roe v_ Wade, Chief Justice John…

The Independent UK