Chief Justice John Roberts emerges as U.S. Supreme Court's swing vote
Pivotal votes cast by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts in abortion and death penalty cases have underscored his new standing as the Supreme Court's ideological center and the outsize role he may play in major rulings for years to come. Roberts, a genial 64-year-old conservative ...
In an extraordinary rebuke of a president, Chief Justice John Roberts chastised Donald Trump Wednesday for going after a judge who ruled against his migrant asylum order as an "Obama judge." Trump quickly lashed back defending his own criticism. It's the first time the Republican-appointed ...
Supreme Court appears sympathetic to Ohio voter purge effort seen favoring GOP
The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Wednesday to states that seek to prune their voting rolls by targeting people who haven't voted in a while. The justices heard arguments in a case from Ohio, among a handful of states that use voters' inactivity to trigger a ...
Obama camp hopeful Roberts will tilt tie by justices over immigration plan
The Supreme Court appeared divided between its liberal and conservative justices Monday over President Barack Obama's immigration programs that could affect millions of people who are in the country illegally. The administration's best hope for a favorable ruling after 90 minutes of arguments at the ...
In key win for Obama, Supreme Court upholds main component of health care law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a major component of President Barack Obama's landmark health care reform, in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans. The decision is a major victory for one of Obama's most significant domestic achievements. The law, ...
Roberts, Obamacare savior in 2012, seems inscrutable this time
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, who cast the decisive vote in 2012 to beat back the first major challenge to President Barack Obama's health care law, kept his cards close on Wednesday. And the man who occupies the center chair on the Supreme Court's mahogany ...
