Obama Takes Oath Again, Just to Be Safe

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2009 The second time was the charm for Chief Justice John Roberts, who flawlessly administered the oath of office to Barack Obama a day after botching the pledge. The White House counsel explained that they opted for a repeat "out of an abundance of caution." Obama actually legally became the president even before taking the oath the first time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Takes the Oath of Office

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2009 In case you missed Chief Justice Roberts bumbling the oath of office or you just want to relive the historic moment when Barack Obama became the nation's 44th president, the first of African descent, here is his swearing in and speech in its entirety. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Whale of a Decision

Staff / Truthdig Nov 13, 2008 While some whales' hearts are as big as cars, the hearts on the Supreme Court that ruled Wednesday against a ban on high-powered sonar in Navy training exercises must be shrinking by the minute. The decision was a defeat to environmentalists, who argue that sonar panics whales, makes their ears bleed and pushes them to beach themselves. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Keeping the Supreme Court in Check

Bruce Fein / Truthdig Nov 2, 2008 Neither McCain nor Obama would alter the prevailing jurisprudence in the Supreme Court or in subordinate tribunals. The unfortunate result will be a judiciary that is deferential to presidential powers and law enforcement in the name of fighting international terrorism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Different Republican, Same Right-Wing Court

Marie Cocco / Truthdig May 8, 2008 There is no mystery to the missing lightning rods. John McCain neglects to volunteer the names of Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas as model jurists for an obvious reason. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chief Justice Has Mysterious Seizure

Staff / Truthdig Jul 31, 2007 Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized Monday (and released Tuesday) after experiencing a seizure, his second. Doctors were unable to find a cause in either case, leading one neurologist unrelated to the episode to observe: "Having two seizures so many years apart without any known culprit is going to be very difficult to figure out." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Unmaking History

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jun 29, 2007 It's time for those of us who are old enough to remember when the U.S. Supreme Court was a major force for racial integration and justice to stop living in the past. We need to realize that, for the foreseeable future, any progress our increasingly diverse country makes toward fairness and equality will come in spite of the nation's highest court, not because of it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

CNN Calls Out McCain

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2007 CNN's John Roberts refutes John McCain's idealized presentation of Iraq a day after the senator said the U.S. troop surge was working. McCain tried to claim that the media are stuck in a time warp of three-month-old bad news, but it turns out he was either misinformed, mistaken or lying about the results of the surge in Baghdad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chief Justice Wants More Money

Staff / Truthdig Jan 1, 2007 Chief Justice John Roberts made judicial pay the sole focus of his annual report, calling for a "substantial salary increase" for federal judges. Federal district judges currently earn the same amount as members of Congress -- $165,200 a year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Case Will Point to Revised Court’s Abortion Approach

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2006 The Supreme Court will hear arguments next week regarding the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act passed by Congress. The case should indicate how the newly formed court will approach abortion rights without the presence of Sandra Day O'Connor. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CNN’s Roberts Apologizes to Lamont for ‘Al Qaeda’ Remark

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2006 The "Headline News" anchor set the record straight and admitted to Lamont that no one had called him the Al Qaeda candidate. Kudos to Chuck Roberts for making the honorable admission. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kennedy: Alito and Roberts Misled Us

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2006 The long-serving senator from Mass. writes that the two Supreme Court justices' voting record betrays an ultraconservative agenda that they hid from Congress during the confirmation hearings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )