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Durbin Asks High Court to Go Live with Opinions

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Tuesday urged Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. to allow live broadcast of the Supreme Court's opinion announcements in the blockbuster cases due to be issued before the end of June. “It is not unreasonable for...

Prudential Financial, Inc. - Analyst/Investor Day

Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) June 18, 2013 8:30 am ET Executives Eric Durant John Robert Strangfeld - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Member of Executive Committee Mark B. Grier - Vice Chairman Charles FrederickShow More Summary

READ: The Supreme Court rules prosecutors can use a suspect’s silence as evidence of guilt

The ruling is 5-4, with Samuel Alito writing an opinion that John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy joined, and Clarence Thomas writing a separate concurrence, joined by Antonin Scalia. Stephen Breyer wrote the dissent, joined by Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and … Continue reading ?

Judge Edith Jones to Be Investigated for Alleged Racist Remarks

Chief Justice John Roberts is apparently not amused by the alleged racist antics of Judge Edith Jones, who sits on the extraordinarily conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, located in Texas. Roberts has ordered the Judicial Council...Show More Summary

Family Holds Epic Funeral for Proposition 8: VIDEO

4 days agoLGBT / Gay : Towleroad

The Leffew family (you may recall their son's powerful letter to Chief Justice John Roberts on marriage equality) throws a funeral for Proposition 8 in advance of the SCOTUS decision. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP... Let's all hope it doesn't come...

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Burnt Orange Report: Two-thirds of Texans support immigration reform. Steve Benen: Chief Justice John Roberts decides that Circuit Court Judge Edith Jones has some ‘splainin’ to do. ACLU: A map helps explain the worst year for Americans’...Show More Summary

Judge's New Job Opens Seat on D.C. Federal Court

Earlier this week, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. announced he was tapping U.S. District Judge John Bates to lead the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Bates is expected to continue serving as an active judge, but his appointment has...

Supreme Odds: How Will Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. Vote On Marriage Equality?

last weekLGBT / Gay : Queerty

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. surprised many court watchers last year when he not only voted with the liberal wing of the court but led it in upholding President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. An appointee of President George W. Bush, Roberts seemed to that point like a reliably conservative vote, especially on cases involving such [...]

New Leadership for Federal Courts' Administrative Office

U.S. District Judge John Bates will take over next month as director of the federal judiciary's administrative office, the U.S. Supreme Court announced today. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., appointed Bates to replace U.S. District Senior Judge Thomas Hogan Jr.,...

Michelangelo Signorile: Waiting on the Supreme Court, and Obama's Pen, While Democrats Still Cower

Even in this time when some pundits claim gays have arrived, our supposed friends are still throwing us overboard, subjecting us to ongoing discrimination. Here's hoping that, even if John Roberts isn't among them, five justices of the Supreme Court get that.

Joel John Roberts: 10 Tweets on Ending Homelessness for L.A.'s New Mayor

With significant deficits in the city's budget, and public debate over city employee raises and cuts in services, the notion of ending homelessness for 23,500 Angelenos seems daunting.

Scalia vs. Roberts

Last June, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia went at each other over Obamacare. Roberts famously joined with the court’s liberals to uphold most of the health care law, handing the president a victory, while Scalia voted with the court’s conservative bloc to kill the law. Show More Summary

John Roberts Steps Down as Chairman of Macquarie Infrastructure Company

John Roberts Steps Down as Chairman of Macquarie Infrastructure Company Martin Stanley Appointed Chairman Effective July 1, 2013 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC ( NYS: MIC ) announced that John Roberts has resigned as Chairman of the MIC board of directors. Show More Summary

As Corporate Accountability Barriers Grow, Chamber Of Commerce Still Claims ‘Lawsuit Abuse’

Under both the influence of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, and corporate spending in state courts around the country, procedural wins have imposed new onerous hurdles on individuals aiming to hold businesses accountable for their wrongdoing. Two new analyses out this week point to the real costs of these losses for individuals. In [...]

Macquarie Infrastructure's Management Presents at 2013 Annual Shareholder Meeting Conference (Transcript)

Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC. (MIC) 2013 Annual Shareholder Meeting Conference Call May 20, 2013 5:30 pm ET Executives Jay Davis – Managing Director, Investor Relations John Roberts – Chairman Michael Kernan – General Counsel...Show More Summary

Judge Mosman Named to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Chief Justice John Roberts has appointed Judge Michael W. Mosman of the District of Oregon to serve as a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The appointment was effective May 4, 2013, and will extend through May 3, 2020, said Mr. Sheldon Snook, a spokesman for the Court. Judge Mosman replaces Judge [...]Show More Summary

Did John Roberts and Nino Scalia Kill the Republican Party with Citizens United?

My view is: perhaps they did. The argument is that the Koch Brothers and others of their ilk now think that they bought and paid for the Republican Party--and in the primaries they are largely right. But money is much less influential...Show More Summary

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. to Participate in Wells Fargo Securities 2013 Industrial and Cons

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. to Participate in Wells Fargo Securities 2013 Industrial and Construction Conference LOWELL, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., ( NAS: JBHT ) today announced John Roberts, president and CEO for J.B. Show More Summary

Prudential Financial Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Prudential Financial (PRU) Q1 2013 Earnings Call May 02, 2013 11:00 am ET Executives Eric Durant John Robert Strangfeld - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Member of Executive Committee Mark B. Grier - Vice Chairman Robert Michael Falzon - Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Edward P. Show More Summary

CVS Caremark's CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS) Q1 2013 Earnings Call May 1, 2013 8:30 a.m. ET Executives Nancy Christal – SVP, IR Larry Merlo – CEO, President David Denton – CFO, EVP Mark Cosby – EVP, President of CVS Pharmacy John Roberts – EVP, President...Show More Summary

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