Home » Topics » chief justice john roberts
Obama sworn in for second term
US President Barack Obama was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts for a second term in office Sunday in a brief, intimate private ceremony at the White House. “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the…
Roberts sought ‘a way out’ of controversial health care ruling, says new book
Chief Justice John Roberts, wary of the potential repercussions should he have cast the deciding vote to nullify the entire Affordable Care Act, backed away from his initial desire to overturn the law for fear that doing so would strip the Supreme Court of its nonpartisan authority. That revelation is…
Roberts ‘wrote both sides of health care ruling’
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts flipped late in the game on the Supreme Court ruling on “Obamacare” and ended up writing both the majority opinion and most of the opposing dissent, sources said Tuesday. Supreme Court experts described the move by Roberts, whose decisive swing vote to uphold President…
Salon’s Joan Walsh on GOP anger at Roberts: They believed they controlled the court
Joan Walsh, editor at large from Salon.com, said Tuesday that Republicans were incredibly upset with Chief Justice John Roberts because they believed the Supreme Court was in their control. “I think the attacks on Chief Justice John Roberts have been tragic and awful, you know, people going so far as…
Glenn Beck selling Justice Roberts ‘Coward’ T-shirts
Many on the right are not taking yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act very well, but one enterprising pundit is making hay while the sun shines (or doesn’t). Some on the right are blaming Chief Justice John Roberts’s decision on epilepsy medication. Others are calling for him…
Supreme Court asked to broadcast healthcare case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. cable TV network and a senior Republican senator asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to allow its first live broadcast when it hears arguments in the legal dispute over President Barack Obama’s sweeping healthcare overhaul law. In a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, C-SPAN, the…
Supreme Court rules life sentences for some minors is unconstitutional
The Supreme Court has ruled that teenagers may not be locked up for life without chance of parole if they haven’t killed anyone. By a 5-4 vote Monday, the court says the Constitution requires that young people serving life sentences must at least be considered for release. The court ruled…
Brand new on Raw Story
- New Zealand becomes home to global tech industry
- Obama pledges to ‘do more’ on climate change in Berlin
- British royals don’t know the sex of the baby due in mid-July
- Apple TV adds HBO GO and WatchESPN apps to device
- Study of Siberian cave reveals permafrost could thaw within decades
- Frace faces unseasonal storms and weather havoc
- Steve King: Secret income is ‘part of freedom’
- LGBT groups slam immigration bill for boosting border security
- Detroit cop who killed 7-year-old girl walks free after mistrial
- China begins exporting ‘Yunnan Red’ wine to Europe
Commentary
Republicans’ latest abortion ban is staggeringly stupid
By Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
The Orange Couch does Mad Men: S6E12, “The Quality of Mercy”
By Amanda Marcotte
The Center For Inquiry Likes Atheism’s Cranky White Guy Image, So Screw You Ladies
By Amanda Marcotte
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
Is Massachusetts more racist than Mississippi, as Chief Justice John Roberts hints?
Massachusetts officials came out swinging this week after Chief Justice John Roberts argued in a hearing on the constitutionality of a part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that Mississippi may be more sensitive to black voting rights than Massachusetts. That’s important because Mississippi, often… …
Read More