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The Philadelphia Tribune
April 14, 2018
But others, like Justice Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts, didn't hesitate to say Brown was correctly decided. Blumenthal asked the same question of Gorsuch during his confirmation hearing in 2017. “Brown v. Board of Education was a correct application of law of precedent,” Gorsuch said.
Reason (blog)
March 27, 2018
"Such speech cannot be restricted simply because it is upsetting or arouses contempt," declared the majority opinion of Chief Justice John Roberts. Stevens rejected that endorsement of free speech principles too. And then there is Stevens' record on the Fifth Amendment, as exemplified by his majorityÃâà...
The Hill
March 27, 2018
During the October arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts also raised concerns that a ruling for the plaintiffs would leave the Supreme Court open to charges it had effectively ruled for Democrats. ... Alexander Williams, a retired U.S. District Court judge who serves as a co-chairman of Maryland Gov.
Law.com
March 23, 2018
In Halo, Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for a unanimous court, recognized the fundamental defect of the “objective” prong in the Seagate rule: ... the most colorful “like a pirate,” the new standard leaves significant discretion to the jury and ultimately the district court judge in setting out the punitive award.
News & Observer
March 10, 2018
But, one of his attorneys was John Roberts, now the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Why share these stories about lawyers taking what to some are unpopular cases? Because comments were publicly made this week comparing United States District Court nominee Tom Farr'sÃâà...
New York Times
February 28, 2018
Earlier in the day, a Federal District Court judge in San Diego handed Mr. Trump a victory in his efforts to build a wall along the nation's southern border. .... acknowledged the “heated political debate” surrounding the border wall, and quoted a passage on the role of courts by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.
Politico
February 27, 2018
U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel rejected lawsuits environmentalists and the State of California filed last year claiming that the Department of Homeland Security acted illegally ... At one point, the judge cited an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, noting that Roberts is a "fellow Indiana native.
Lawfare (blog)
February 12, 2018
He likened District Court Judge Roger Vinson's opinion to that of another judge with the name of Roger: Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney, author of the infamous Dred Scott decision, which ruled that slaves .... I can only speculate that Chief Justice John Roberts would have viewed the event similarly.
Raw Story
February 10, 2018
38. Appointed flank of right-wing judges. Bush's two Supreme Court picks—Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito—have reliably sided with pro-business interests and social conservatives. He also elevated U.S. District Court Judge Charles Pickering to an appeals court, despite hisÃâà...
The Hill
February 10, 2018
The 11 FISC judges are sitting federal judges selected by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, a position now held by John Roberts, who was appointed by former ... The current presiding judge is U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer, who was also originally appointed to the bench by Bush.
Law.com
October 31, 2017
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL. ... She graduated in 1979 from Harvard Law School—where her classmates included Chief Justice John Roberts. She also served as a law clerk to Judge Harrison Winter of the U.S. Court ofÃâà...
CNN
August 28, 2017
That pattern held after Trump's repudiation Friday of a US district court judge's conviction of Arpaio for criminal contempt. The July 31 conviction arose from Arpaio's flagrant defiance of another judge's orders in a long-running case over the former Maricopa County sheriff's targeting of Latinos in Arizona.
TIME
March 23, 2017
In the chorus of voices raising concerns about President Donald Trump's attacks on the judges who halted his administration's travel ban, an important one has been notably absent: Chief Justice John Roberts. As the leader of the federal courts, the Chief Justice plays a significant role in defending them.
NOLA.com
December 31, 1999
David Vitter, R-La., at right, said 'separate but equal' public education was immoral policy, but she would not say whether the Supreme Court was right to outlaw it. President Donald Trump has nominated her to be a U.S. District Court judge in New Orleans. (Photo by Harry Hamburg, The Associated Press).
CapitalGazette.com
December 31, 1999
On Friday, the Captain Avery Museum, 1418 East West Shady Side Road, will welcome the Honorable Reggie B. Walton, a United States District Court judge for the District of Columbia since 2001. He will speak about the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. In 2007, Chief Justice John RobertsÃâà...