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
Sep 15 Roberts Tries to Address Concerns of Skeptical Democrats By Admin, PBS News Hour Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled chief justice nominee John Roberts on his views of affirmative action, civil rights and big business, trying to get at his personal, rather than legal, view of the law. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch The Roberts Hearings’ Final Day A report on the final day of John Roberts' confirmation hearings for chief justice of the United States. Continue watching
Sep 14 Roberts Stresses Limited Role of Court, Pledges to Seek Consensus By Admin, PBS News Hour During his second day of questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee, chief justice nominee John Roberts said Wednesday he would strive to build larger and clearer majorities in Supreme Court decisions if confirmed. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch Third Day of Roberts Hearings Judge John Roberts faced a second day of questioning in his confirmation hearings for chief justice of the United States. A report highlights important moments of the day. Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch Day Three of Roberts Hearings On the second day of questioning, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts faced questions on issues ranging from the right to die to how broadly he would interpret the Constitution. Two scholars assess his responses. Continue watching
Sep 13 Senators Question Roberts on Abortion, Civil Rights By Admin, PBS News Hour Chief justice nominee John Roberts on Tuesday faced hours of pointed questions from senators on a slew of issues ranging from abortion and segregation to the separation of executive and congressional powers. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch Questioning Judge Roberts U.S. chief justice nominee John Roberts faced a first round of questions in his Senate confirmation hearings Tuesday on a range of subjects, including abortion, privacy, and racial and gender discrimination. Two legal scholars assess Roberts' responses. Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch First Round of Questions Chief justice nominee John Roberts faced hours of pointed questions in Tuesday's first round of questioning from senators on the Judicial Committee. A report selects highlights from the hearings, including questions about abortion, The Voting Rights Act and separation of… Continue watching