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
Sep 12 Roberts Nomination Hearings Open on Capitol Hill By Admin, PBS News Hour Supreme Court chief justice nominee John Roberts, in his first comments to the Senate Judiciary Committee, pledged Monday to "confront every case with an open mind" and to "fully and fairly analyze the legal arguments presented."… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch The Roberts Hearings Begin Less than three years after becoming a federal judge, John Roberts faced the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday in the first day of hearings to see if he should become the nation's top jurist. Kwame Holman reports on the day's statements. Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch The Roberts Hearings Begin Less than three years after becoming a federal judge, John Roberts faced the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday in the first day of hearings to see if he should become the nation's top jurist. Two experts talk about what has been… Continue watching
Sep 07 National Leaders Mourn as Chief Justice is Buried By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush and the remaining members of the Supreme Court led hundreds of mourners in honoring Chief Justice William Rehnquist as he was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday. Continue reading
Sep 06 Senate Postpones Roberts Confirmation Hearings By Admin, PBS News Hour Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said his committee would push back confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts until Monday in light of this week's memorial services for Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Continue reading
Sep 05 President Bush Nominates John Roberts As Chief Justice By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush on Monday nominated federal appellate Judge John Roberts to succeed William Rehnquist as chief justice of the Supreme Court. Roberts, who at one time served as Rehnquist's clerk, said he was "honored and humbled."… Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch Changes at the Supreme Court President Bush on Monday nominated John Roberts to succeed Chief Justice William Rehnquist as chief justice. A former clerk for Chief Justice Rehnquist joins a professor who has argued numerous cases before the court to consider the chief justice's legacy… Continue watching
Sep 04 Biography: Chief Justice William Rehnquist By Admin, PBS News Hour Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who steered the high court through groundbreaking legal and political disputes as well as guided it through a docket-full of potentially pivotal and controversial cases in recent court terms, died on Sept. 3, 2005. Continue reading