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• Article: Chief Justice Roberts: Souter II?

  Readers by now will know that the Supreme Court upheld the Obamacare monstrosity, and that the deciding vote was the Chief Justice, Bush-appointee John Glover Roberts (b. 1955). This may well have been a last minute … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Arizona v. United States

  Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. had barely started his argument against Arizona’s immigration law on Wednesday at the Supreme Court when Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. signaled where he stood — in sympathy with the state’s defense of the … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Court’s Conservatives Question Health Law’s Mandate

  Chief Justice John Roberts compared the individual mandate to a cellphone. Justice Samuel Alito said citizens could be compelled to buy burial insurance since, after all, everyone will die at some point. Broccoli came up eight … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Pelosi, Grassley Want Cameras in Supreme Court During Health Care Arguments

  A pair of bipartisan lawmakers on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to let television cameras broadcast their proceedings for the first time when they hear arguments next year about President Obama’s landmark health care law. The … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Chief Justice Roberts Blasts Lawmakers On Judicial Nominations

  Citing the economic downturn as one of two “immediate obstacles” to improving the performance of the federal judiciary, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts also focuses part of his annual year-end report on the … Continue reading →