John Roberts
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Cars, Crime, Department of Justice, Drugs, John Roberts, Morning Docket, Rap, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 11.29.06
* The DOJ’s IG, its equivalent of the GAO, will investigate the NSA’s warrantless issuance of acronyms. [Law.com] * Disecting the Chief Justice’s humor… lawyer style. [WSJ Law Blog] * No name-calling: Court strikes down President’s power to designate terror groups. [MSNBC] * Back in the Dogg pound: this time charges include “having a false […]
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Antonin Scalia, Conspiracy Theories, Fabulosity, Fashion, Federalist Society, John Roberts, Judicial Nominations, Samuel Alito, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court
From the Belly of the Beast: An Evening With Scalito (Part 2)
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CIA, Crime, Dahlia Lithwick, John Roberts, Media and Journalism, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Television
Morning Docket: 11.15.06
* When committing a robbery, try not to target a master of illusion. [CNN] * Another legal show goes the way of “The Law Firm.” [CNN] * Dahlia Lithwick begins this article, “Chief Justice John Roberts is the Dr. McDreamy of the federal bench.” [Slate] * Dismissal sought in the CIA leak case. [AP] * […]
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Dan Markel, Eyes of the Law, Jan Crawford Greenburg, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Court Justices: "They're Going to Miami"
We’d pay a king’s ransom for an update of the music video for “Miami.” Instead of showing Will Smith frolicking with bikini-clad beauties, the new version would feature Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, shaking their bon-bons with surgically-enhanced sirens. If this sounds unlikely, consider: Winter is still weeks away, but Supreme Court justices are […] -
Abortion, Bad Ideas, Free Speech, John Roberts, Orin Kerr, Politics, Rudeness, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court: Speak Softly, and Carry a Big Gavel
The judiciary was largely upstaged yesterday by developments from the other two branches: the Democratic takeover on Capitol Hill, and the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense. But the Supreme Court was still doin’ its thing yesterday, hearing the cases of Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood. These cases raise the […] -
Eyes of the Law, Fashion, John Roberts, Music, Parties
The Eyes of the Law: The Chief Justice at the Opera
Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are the most famous opera aficionados on the Supreme Court. But it appears that they’re not the only ones. Check out our latest judicial sightation: It appears that the ranks of the opera-attending justices is swelling. My wife and I spotted the Chief Justice and Mrs. Roberts […] -
Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Reader Polls, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice "Net Popularity Scores"
You may recall our recent Above the Law reader polls for Most Favorite Supreme Court Justice and Least Favorite Supreme Court Justice. The results of those polls are available here and here, respectively. One of you had an interesting suggestion: Combine the results of the two polls to generate “net popularity scores” for the justices. […] -
Ann Althouse, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, Glenn Reynolds, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Reader Polls, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
ATL Poll Results: Your LEAST Favorite Supreme Court Justice
After finding out your Favorite Supreme Court Justice (answer: Justice Scalia), we asked about your LEAST Favorite Supreme Court justice. And the result was surprising, at least to us. Voter turnout was massive, with over 6,000 votes cast. Maybe everyone’s in a voting frame of mind, with Election Day so close. Here’s how you voted: […] - Sponsored
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Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Reader Polls, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
ATL Reader Poll: Your LEAST Favorite Supreme Court Justice
Not much explanation required. This is just the flip-side of our recently concluded Favorite Supreme Court Justice poll (in which Justice Scalia easily prevailed). Now we want to learn which of the Nine Robed Ones is your LEAST favorite jurist. We’ll keep the polls open until we get at least 1,000 responses, so that the […] -
Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Reader Polls, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
ATL Poll Results: Your Favorite Supreme Court Justice
Last Friday, we asked you to vote for your Favorite Supreme Court Justice. Over 1,300 votes were cast. Here are the results: Interesting! Thanks to everyone who participated in the poll. And thanks to SCOTUSblog and Professor Althouse for linking to the poll, which generated many votes. Update: Vote for your LEAST favorite Supreme Court […] -
Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Reader Polls, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
A Random Friday Poll: Your Favorite Supreme Court Justice
This is NOT an official ATL contest. We won’t offer any commentary on the candidates, to keep the proceedings objective. This is simply a random Friday poll that we’re conducting for our own curiosity. Readers of this site are generally interested in, and highly knowledgeable about, the United States Supreme Court. Many of you might […] -
2nd Circuit, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Enron, Jeffrey Skilling, John Roberts, Morning Docket, Samuel Alito, Sandra Day O'Connor, State Judges, Supreme Court, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 10.12.06
* Buttons — isn’t that the new song by the Pussycat Dolls? Yes; but it’s also the issue in a case argued before the Supreme Court yesterday. Question Presented: Was a murder defendant’s right to a fair trial violated when the judge allowed relatives of the victim to sit behind the prosecutor, sporting buttons with […]
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Douglas Ginsburg, Eyes of the Law, John Roberts, Lori Alvino, Matthew McGill, Miguel Estrada, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, Ted Olson, Weddings
The Eyes of the Law: Wedding Crashers
Yesterday Lori Alvino and Matthew McGill crushed their competition in Legal Eagle Wedding Watch. And perhaps their margin of victory should have been even larger. We would have given them extra points had we known about these legal celebrity sightings at their wedding: Not that Matt McGill and Lori Alvino McGill need more praise from […]
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Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Eyes of the Law, John Roberts, Religion, Samuel Alito, Supreme Court
The Eyes of the Law: The Red Mass
On October 1, before the start of the new Supreme Court Term, the annual Red Mass was held at St. Matthew’s Cathedral, in Washington, DC. Held before the opening of the judicial year, the Mass is celebrated “to invoke God’s blessing upon… all protectors and administrators of the Law” (description here). Tony Mauro of the […] -
Cert Pool, Harvard, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Roberts and Alito, Skinnydipping in the Cert Pool
From the same Tony Mauro column that discussed Chief Justice Roberts’s new summer house comes this update on the SCOTUS cert pool: [T]he Supreme Court’s two newest justices have decided, at least temporarily, to stick with the Court’s clerk-pooling arrangement…. [B]oth Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel Alito Jr. said they will stay […] -
Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, David Souter, John Roberts, Lawyerly Lairs
Lawyerly Lairs: Chief Justice Roberts's Island Hideaway
When the Supreme Court isn’t in session, many of the justices — such as Justice Scalia and Justice Kennedy — traipse off to Europe. But Chief Justice John G. Roberts, showing his diligence, sticks around town (at least more than his colleagues). He was recently spotted at work on a Sunday. When he does travel, […] -
Antonin Scalia, Eyes of the Law, Federalist Society, John Roberts, Ted Olson
The Eyes of the Law: Leading Lawyers Chowing Down
In response to our request for legal celebrity sightings, you sent a few our way, which we now share in these pages. But we know that you can do better. Next time you see a famous lawyer or well-known judge around town, please let us know, by email (subject line: “Sighting”). Today’s sightings have a […] -
Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, Federal Judges, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Money, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justices Are Just Like Us -- But Richer
It’s that time of the year again, kids: when the members of the Supreme Court release their financial disclosure forms. We now get to engage in a little bit of financial voyeurism, learning which justices have gold-plated gavels, and which ones must settle for plastic. Delicious! Unfortunately, the information isn’t as comprehensive as it could […] -
Jane Ginsburg, John Roberts, Phil Alito
Jack Roberts: We Knew We Liked That Kid
The children of Supreme Court justices are a pretty impressive bunch. Consider these examples. Eugene Scalia is a prominent labor lawyer and former Solicitor of the Department of Labor. Jane Ginsburg, following her mother’s footsteps into academia, is a highly regarded law professor at Columbia. And Phil Alito — he’s a total hottie. But we […] -
Akhil Amar, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, John Roberts, Miguel Estrada, Neal Katyal, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Neal Katyal: The Paris Hilton of the Legal Elite?
Today’s Wednesday. Guess what that means? Time for another sycophantic profile of Georgetown Law Professor Neal Katyal! Katyal, you surely recall, successfully argued Hamdan v. Rumsfeld before the Supreme Court. For that achievement, he earned a place in the footnotes of legal history — and, even more importantly, an appearance on the Colbert Report. After […]