When he was pitching himself to George W. Bush for a seat on the highest court in the land, John Roberts famously declared that judges should be like “umpires,” making calls but never stepping up to ...

This goes a long way toward explaining why Roberts has failed so spectacularly as successive ethics scandals have engulfed the high court.

Twenty years ago this week, John Roberts became the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and embarked on a campaign to dismantle vital legal precedents and landmark laws, like the Voting Rights Act ...

It is key to the longtime objectives supported by and benefiting the billionaires who funded the court-capture machine.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts warned about a “potential disaster” during oral arguments in a mail-in ballots case.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now. In that time, ...

Chief Justice John Roberts’ 20 years on the Supreme Court have been punctuated by a series of vivid episodes, from his confirmation hearings as he vowed merely to call “balls and strikes,” to his ...

Twenty years ago this week, John Roberts was sworn in as chief justice of the Supreme Court, at 50 years old. On that day, Lisa Graves “wept.” As chief counsel for nominations with the Senate ...

Ms. Shaw is a Times contributing Opinion writer. Mr. Baude is a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Mr. Vladeck is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center. Kate Shaw, a ...

The nine justices currently sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court, in 2022. Back row, left to right: Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson; bottom row: ...

October 6 is the first Monday of the month. It is the traditional start of the U.S. Supreme Court term. It is also the twentieth year with John Roberts as Chief Justice. While American democracy faces ...