John Roberts, Donald Trump
Opinion
Trump’s Victories at the Supreme Court
Re “How the Chief Justice Shaped Trump’s Supreme Court Winning Streak” (front page, Sept. 15): This article provided interesting, revealing and insidious documentation of Chief Justice John Roberts’s behind-the-scenes strategies to assure continuing victories for former President Donald Trump.
Chief Justice John Roberts Almost Had Me Fooled
Kudos to The New York Times for its reporting on how exactly he put the thumb on the scale in Trump's immunity case.
Opinion
The supremely partisan court of Chief Justice Roberts
The Roberts court has become so political that it is driving itself to term limits. As FDR put it in a Fireside Chat to the nation on March 9, 1937: “We have, therefore, reached the point as a nation where we must take action to save the Constitution from the court and the court from itself.
How Roberts Shaped Trump’s Supreme Court Winning Streak
Behind the scenes, the chief justice molded three momentous Jan. 6 and election cases that helped determine the former president’s fate.
Opinion
Leaked Supreme Court Memos Show Roberts Knows Exactly How Bad Alito Is
A new report reveals how Chief Justice John Roberts tried to protect Samuel Alito as he faced backlash amid his flag scandal.
Chief Justice John Roberts targeted by Supreme Court leak
Chief Justice John Roberts became the target of the latest batch of leaks related to the Supreme Court this week, prompting criticism from center-left commentators about Roberts’s apparent efforts to find consensus on cases involving former President Donald Trump.
Opinion
John Roberts’ MAGA conversion: How Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court in his image
The Times notes that he had originally assigned the opinion to be written by Justice Samuel Alito. But, after the revelation that Alito had flown an American flag upside down to symbolize solidarity with those who had stormed the capital, Robert again sprang into action. He benched Alito and wrote the opinion favoring the insurrectionists himself.
Leaked SCOTUS memo exposes Roberts’ role in shaping bombshell Trump immunity ruling
Progressive legal expert Elie Mystal, in his blistering condemnation of the U.S. Supreme Court's controversial 6-3 immunity ruling in Trump v. the United States, has made a major distinction between "qualified immunity" and "absolute immunity.
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How John Roberts Went Full MAGA
A revealing article in The New York Times details how the chief justice put his thumb on the scale for Trump to keep him on ...
Durbin pressed Roberts in person to enact binding Supreme Court ethics code
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) directly pressed Chief Justice John Roberts on the need for ...
US Supreme Court's Roberts hears key Democrat's call for enforceable ethics code
The Democratic chair of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday argued during a closed-door federal judiciary meeting ...
Politics are playing a bigger role in Supreme Court decisions and John Roberts is pulling the lever
Chief Justice historically has tried to keep the Supreme Court out of politically charged discourse but that changed this ...
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Samuel Alito's Role in Jan 6 Ruling Questioned after John Roberts Memo Leak
Questions have been raised regarding U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's involvement in a ruling related to January 6 defendants in the wake of details around Chief Justice John Roberts' ...
Trump Lawyers Cling To Supreme Court Immunity Ruling In Jan. 6 Case
They argued that Trump’s alleged pressure campaign on Mike Pence would qualify as official conduct and is protected by ...
Trump’s Lawyers Rehash Already-Rejected Arguments In Endless Bid To Dismiss Immunity Case
Trump’s lawyers late Thursday night — having missed the 5 p.m. deadline set by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan — ...
Judge Chutkan Scolds Trump Lawyers in New Order
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan scolded former President Donald Trump's lawyers while granting them an extension to a ...