The nationwide problem of judicial vacancies is a major focus in the year-end report of U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts. He outlines the increasing caseloads and how the judiciary depends on its judges to carry out its mission to provide fair and impartial resolution of legal disputes.
The shooting Saturday in Tucson that claimed the life of Chief Judge John Roll of the U.S. District Court for Arizona as well as five others, and critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, prompted Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. to make the rare move of issuing a statement. The violence in Arizona today has senselessly taken five lives and inflicted tragic loss on dedicated public servants and their families," Roberts said in a statement released by the U.S. Supreme Court Saturday. "We in the judiciary have suffered the terrible loss of one of our own. Chief Judge John Roll was a wise jurist who selflessly served Arizona and the nation with great distinction, as attorney and judge, for more than 35 years. I express my deepest condolences to his wife Maureen and his children, ...
In his year-end report on the state of the judiciary, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. called on Senate lawmakers to stop stalling judicial nominees as a political maneuver. While lauding progress that has been made in cost savings, improved efficiency and reduced backlogs, Roberts said there are still obstacles keeping the judiciary from fully reaching its potential.
The Supreme Court is now deliberating on the most important case in the Bush presidency, a case that can set precedents for future presidents during what the defendant, Donald Rumsfeld, admits will be a decades-long war against terrorism. It is so important that Chief Justice John Roberts made availabe audiotapes of the oral arguments on the same day. Here, Hentoff talks about issues surrounding Pres Bush's assumption of supremacy over Congress and the Courts, which is now in peril.
Several Democratic members of the Senate sent a letter to Chief Justice John G. Roberts urging him to release the Supreme Court's ethics rules and confirm that the Court's justices follow the same ethics code that binds other federal judges. In the letter, sent Monday, Sens. Dick Durbin, Patrick Leahy, Sheldon Whitehouse and Al Franken pressed the Court to be more transparent about the "internal resolutions the Court has adopted to address ethical issues.
The Supreme Court term starting Monday is loaded with politically volatile issues, including abortion, assisted suicide and gays in the military. With Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. largely an unknown quantity and frequent swing-voter Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in limbo as she waits for a successor, court-watchers and those with an interest in this term's cases will be keeping a close watch on where the court lands on the big cases.
My dear Mr. Chief Justice: Now that the 2010 election has come and gone, it is time to reflect on what we have learned from the experience, especially in light of the recent Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. As I'm sure you are aware, Citizens United allowed anyone, including corporations, unions and other big money interests to spend unlimited amounts of money on political electioneering. This decision reversed an almost century old ban on political advertising by corporations and has allowed anyone, without having to identify themselves, to support candidates for office.
Introduction. B. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.. C. Justice Samuel A. Alito. D. Conclusion.
Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. told a crowd of Maryland judges yesterday that, as head of the country's court system, he will work to preserve judicial independence. About 320 appellate and trial judges were gathered in Cambridge for the Maryland Judicial Conference. Roberts, who was nominated to his post by President Bush last year, spoke at the end of the judges' business meeting.
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