WASHINGTON (Reuters) -John Roberts was not supposed to be the U.S. chief justice. When President George W. Bush nominated him to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005, it was as one of the nine-member body's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When he was pitching himself to George W. Bush for a seat on the highest court in the land, John Roberts famously declared that ...

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 ...

Chief Justice John Roberts asserted Wednesday that the US Constitution is as strong as ever as the nation awaits major Supreme Court decisions in 2026. In his annual end-of-year message, Roberts ...

Twenty years ago, Chief Justice John Roberts took the oath of office and ushered in a new era for the Supreme Court. His 2005 confirmation vote marked the transition from the Rehnquist court—where a ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. In 1982, when the Voting Rights Act was up for reauthorization, the Reagan Justice Department had a goal: ...

A senior Republican senator presses for an investigation of Jackson over her attendance at Sunday's Grammys.

Trying to silence those who speak to the press is a pet project of Trump's. But in this case, the muzzler-in-chief is Chief Justice John Roberts.

Rice University’s entrance gate sign. Chief Justice John Roberts of the United States Supreme Court is set to speak about the state of the American judiciary at Houston’s Rice University in March, ...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts poses during a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., October 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo WASHINGTON ...