Tag: John Roberts

• Wednesday, November 15th 2023 - 00:29 UTC

  Yielding to public opinion, US Supreme Court releases a “Code of Conduct” for Justices

  

  The United States Supreme Court on Monday made public an eight page “Code of Conduct” for Justices in response to years of criticism that the Court is not sufficiently transparent and underlining that its members should “avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety” in their actions on and off the bench.

• Saturday, July 2nd 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  First African-American woman sworn into SCOTUS

  

  Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr., thus becoming the first-ever African American woman to sit on the highest court of the United States.

• Friday, January 17th 2020 - 10:33 UTC

  Historic impeachment trial of Trump opens; Decisive US Senate controlled by Republicans

  

  The historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump opened on Thursday in the US Senate, as lawmakers took a solemn oath to be “impartial” in deciding whether to force the 45th US president from office.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  Trump clashes with the Supreme Court over asylum policy

  

  United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has taken the extraordinary step of rebuking President Donald Trump's criticism of a federal judge. Mr. Trump on Tuesday called a jurist who ruled against his asylum policy an “Obama judge”.

• Friday, June 27th 2014 - 07:42 UTC

  US Supreme Court rules police need a warrant to search cell-phone of arrested suspects

  

  The US Supreme Court ruled that police officers usually need a warrant before they can search the cell-phone of an arrested suspect, a major decision in favor of privacy rights at a time of increasing concern over government encroachment in digital communications.