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Sotomayor sworn in as Supreme Court justice
August 8, 2009
[JURIST] Sonia Sotomayor [WH Profile; JURIST news archive] was sworn in as the 111th justice in the history the US Supreme Court [official website] Saturday. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath, in which Sotomayor swore to "administer justice without respect to persons and do equal righ....... [more]

Obama retakes presidential oath on lawyer's advice
January 22, 2009
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama retook the presidential oath of office Wednesday, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts, following minor mistakes the two made in the wording of the oath during Tuesday's inauguration ceremony. White House lawyer....... [more]

Roberts presses calls for judicial pay raises in 2008 report
January 1, 2009
[JURIST] US Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. pressed his call for raises for federal judges in his 2008 year-end report on the federal judiciary, released Wednesday. Roberts compared the$6.8 billion allocated to the federal judiciary to the$3 trillion....... [more]

Roberts, Thomas urge Congress to approve pay hike for federal judges
March 14, 2008
'[JURIST] US Chief Justice John Roberts and Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas told a House Appropriations subcommittee Thursday that Congress should pass a bill to raise the pay of federal judges in an attempt to close the pay gap between....... [more]

Roberts again urges salary increase for federal judges in year-end report
January 2, 2008
'[JURIST] US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts used his 2007 year-end report on the federal judiciary to urge Congress to increase the salaries of federal judges and to increase communication between all branches of government. In the report....... [more]

Roberts released from hospital after suffering seizure
July 31, 2007
'[JURIST] Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts was released from the hospital Tuesday after suffering a benign idiopathic seizure on Monday. In a phone conversation with President Bush earlier in the day, Roberts assured the president that he....... [more]

Roberts taken to hospital after falling at Maine home
July 30, 2007
'[JURIST] Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts was taken to the hospital Monday after suffering a fall. Supreme Court spokesperson Kathy Arberg said Monday that Roberts fell at his vacation home in Maine and that he went to the hospital as a....... [more]

Guantanamo detainees ask Roberts to suspend habeas-stripping case rejection
April 26, 2007
'[JURIST] Lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees urged US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Wednesday to suspend the Court''s order denying certiorari and allow detainees 120 days to petition the court for a rehearing in two cases....... [more]

Roberts calls lack of pay hike for judges 'constitutional crisis' in year-end report
January 1, 2007
'[JURIST] US Chief Justice John Roberts called failure to raise the pay of federal judges a"constitutional crisis" in his 2006 year-end report on the federal judiciary, released Monday. Making that the sole focus of his second such report since taking....... [more]

Chief Justice Roberts hires former DOJ colleague as top aide
August 14, 2006
'[JURIST] US Chief Justice John Roberts named Jeffrey P. Minear, former senior litigation counsel in the Office of the Solicitor General, as his top aide on Monday. Minear and Roberts worked together for four years at the solicitor general''s office and....... [more]



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