Tag: John Roberts

• 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.