John G. Roberts News

Thousands gathered downtown to hear U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speak from the front porch of the Robert H. Jackson Center.

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said Thursday night that he's come to the realization that the rationale behind the court's Bush v. Gore decision that effectively decided the 2000 presidential election "was really quite unacceptable" because it differentiated between so-called "hanging chads" and "dimpled chads." That distinction, he ... (more)

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is due in his native upstate New York to help mark the 10th anniversary of the Robert H. Jackson Center.

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved three of President Barack Obama 's judicial nominees, including one for an influential appeals court, for a full Senate vote.

A massive police presence, both visible and behind the scenes, is expected Friday for the visit of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

It seems as if the battle over the IRS' improper focus on Tea Party groups has splintered into an attack on the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.

Angelina Jolie's decision to get tested for a breast cancer gene mutation, undergo a double mastectomy and then write about it is the latest example of news that could affect Supreme Court justices' views.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will deliver the commencement address at La Lumiere School north of LaPorte, where he graduated in 1973.

The United States Supreme Court, in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum , recently restricted the scope of the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. 1350 , a 224-year-old law often used to invoke jurisdiction in suing corporations over human rights violations committed overseas.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Monday that the IRS should be condemned for targeting conservative groups for special scrutiny in the run-up to last year's elections, but she also blamed the Supreme Court for opening the door to broader political activity.

In this Oct. 8, 2010, file photo members of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington.

With Chief Justice John Roberts' historic visit less than a week away, the Robert H. Jackson Center is finalizing all of the details for Friday's event.

The school says 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge William B. Traxler Jr.

Last term, the Chamber of Commerce was undefeated - it won every Supreme Court case it weighed in on.

In her new book, "The Roberts Court," Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal and regular NewsHour contributor takes a look at the landmark decisions that have reached the Supreme Court during the tenure of Chief Justice John Roberts.

A survey of 1,000 Americans asking them to name our country's 100 most trusted individuals revealed that Tim Tebow is more trusted than Anderson Cooper and Alex Trebek ranks higher than former president Jimmy Carter.

Two cases nearing decisions by the court within weeks threaten to uproot affirmative action programs at the nation's public colleges and universities and weaken a federal statute that guards against discriminatory changes in state and local voting procedures.

To prevent the enforcement of the Affordable Care Act in Texas, Dr. Steve Hotze, a Houston physician announced he is suing the federal government, claiming the ACA violates federal tax law as written.

The Supreme Court has long enjoyed a reputation for fairness and impartiality. Although trust in the Court has waned somewhat in recent years, recent revelations threaten that reputation, and recent research shows how politics may be seeping into the decisions of the Supreme Court as well as those of the lower federal courts following high court ... (more)

The new study cited by Liptak is "How Business Fares in the Supreme Court" by Lee Epstein, William Landes, and Richard Posner, recently published in the Minnesota Law Review .