Dec 24 Chief Justice Roberts faces political quagmire presiding over impeachment trial By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Chief Justice John Roberts will preside over President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, putting him in the national spotlight. Continue reading
Nov 18 Chief justice orders delay in House fight for Trump financial records By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Chief Justice John Roberts is ordering an indefinite delay in the House of Representatives’ demand for President Donald Trump’s financial records. Continue reading
Sep 30 These Supreme Court cases could reveal the justices’ deepest disagreements By Marcia Coyle The justices largely succeeded last term in keeping a relatively low profile following the bitter Justice Kavanaguh confirmation battle. That feat will be difficult to match this year. Continue reading
Jun 27 The Supreme Court blocked a citizenship question from the census. Now what? By Yasmeen Alamiri, Daniel Bush Though the court has stopped the citizenship question from being added to the 2020 Census, it does not mean definitively that the question cannot appear on the forms. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch 7:28 The critical role of ‘guarded’ Chief Justice John Roberts With the country feeling deeply polarized and a Supreme Court that has moved to the right under President Trump, the role of Chief Justice John Roberts is attracting increased interest and scrutiny, including in "The Chief," a new book by… Continue watching
Mar 26 Supreme Court so far won’t stop bump stock ban By Associated Press The Supreme Court is so far declining to stop the Trump administration from enforcing its ban on bump stock devices, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns. Continue reading
Dec 21 Trump’s request to enforce his asylum ban rejected by Supreme Court By Associated Press The court's order Friday leaves in place lower court rulings that blocked President Donald Trump's proclamation in November automatically denying asylum to people who enter the country from Mexico without going through official border crossings. Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch 12:30 Brooks and Marcus on what’s fueling the president’s ‘ramped up’ rhetoric New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post deputy editorial page editor Ruth Marcus join John Yang to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump’s rhetoric on immigration policy and the federal judiciary, his denial of Saudi involvement… Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch 5:45 Why Chief Justice Roberts’ response to Trump matters In a rare move, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts responded to President Trump’s recent criticism of a judge who ruled against his new asylum rules. Roberts countered that “the U.S. does not have Obama judges or Trump… Continue watching
Nov 21 Chief Justice John Roberts pushes back on President Trump’s criticism of ‘Obama judge’ By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The pre-Thanksgiving dustup was the first time that Roberts, the Republican-appointed leader of the federal judiciary, has offered even a hint of criticism of Trump, who has several times blasted federal judges who have ruled against him. Continue reading