Roberts calls for end of confirmation gridlock 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 5, 2011
Tags: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Federal courts, judicial nominations
WASHINGTON – In his year-end report on the state of the judiciary, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. called on Senate lawmakers to stop stalling judicial nominees as a political maneuver.
D.C. starts to issue same-sex marriage licenses
By:
Reni Gertner
Published: March 4, 2010
Tags: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, same-sex couples, same-sex marriage, Supreme Court
On Wednesday, the District of Columbia began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, after U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. refused to stay a new law authorizing them.
Annual report on federal judiciary released
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 4, 2010
Tags: bankruptcy court, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, criminal cases, Federal courts, judicial pay
WASHINGTON – Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. had just one message in his annual report on the state of the federal judiciary: the courts are fine.
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