Mar 09 Chief Justice John Roberts By Admin, PBS News Hour John Roberts Jr., a former federal appellate judge, won Senate confirmation Sept. 29, 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States. The 50 year old becomes the youngest chief justice in 200 years. Continue reading
Feb 20 Supreme Court Overturns $79.5 Million Tobacco Award By Admin, PBS News Hour The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a $79.5 million jury award levied against the Philip Morris tobacco company, ruling in a 5-4 decision Tuesday that the verdict was invalid because the jury had overstepped its bounds. Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch Hamdan, Redistricting Rulings Mark New Roberts Court’s First Term The U.S. Supreme Court marked the last week of its 2005-2006 term with major rulings on Guantanamo's military tribunals, texas redistricting, and Kansas' death penalty law. Four legal experts review the high court's decisions over the past year. Continue watching
Jun 26 Watch High Court Rules Against State Campaign Finance Law In two much-anticipated decisions, the Supreme Court struck down Vermont's stringent campaign finance limits while ruling that the Kansas Supreme Court had improperly ruled the state's death penalty law unconstitutional. Continue watching
Jun 05 Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cases on Race in Schools By Admin, PBS News Hour The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it would consider a pair of cases which takes race into account when assigning students to high schools. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch John Roberts’ First Day The first day of October meant opening day at the Supreme Court. But Monday was strikingly different, as recently appointed Chief Justice John Roberts sat among his new colleagues. NewsHour regular Jan Crawford Greenburg talks about Roberts' first day on… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch A New Chief Justice A report on the confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts. Continue watching
Sep 27 Appellate Judge John Roberts Nominated to Supreme Court By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush on Tuesday nominated federal judge John Roberts Jr., described as a strong conservative with an unassuming manner, to the U.S. Supreme Court. Continue reading
Sep 22 Senate Committee Sends Roberts Nomination to Full Senate By Admin, PBS News Hour In a 13-5 vote Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended that Judge John Roberts' nomination to serve as chief justice of the United States be approved by the full Senate. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch Roberts Vote Heads to Senate The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 in favor of sending the nomination of Judge John Roberts as chief justice of the United States to the full Senate. All ten Republicans and three Democrats praised Roberts' qualifications but five Democrats said… Continue watching