Tag: John Roberts

Right-Wing Justices Conjure Up Lawn Care Strawman To Juxtapose With Supposedly Elite Student Debtors

By Kate Riga | February 28, 2023 4:32 p.m.

By Jackie Wilhelm | July 28, 2022 2:05 p.m.

A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss new data points on the Dobbs leak and the shifting prognostications of the midterm elections.

You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.

CNN: Draft Opinion Leak Killed Roberts’ Efforts To Convince Conservative Justices To Save Roe

By Cristina Cabrera | July 26, 2022 10:19 a.m.

Roberts Tries To Wash Hands Of Overturning Roe While Joining Majority Judgment

By Kate Riga | June 24, 2022 12:56 p.m.

FEC v. Ted Cruz For Senate Is Just The Latest In A Wretched Line Of Cases

Predictably, Roberts Supreme Court continues its deregulation of money in politics.

By Ciara Torres-Spelliscy | May 17, 2022 1:26 p.m.

Chief Justice Roberts Says Roe Leaker Would Be ‘Foolish’ To Think Leak Will Affect SCOTUS’ Work

By Cristina Cabrera | May 6, 2022 12:38 p.m.

Who Had Access To The Leaked SCOTUS Draft Overturning Roe?

Former SCOTUS clerks explain how draft opinions are transmitted.

By Josh Kovensky | May 4, 2022 4:57 p.m.

Where Things Stand: Just A Reminder That SCOTUS Is Poised To Loosen New York’s Gun Restrictions

This is your TPM evening briefing.

By Nicole Lafond | April 13, 2022 6:21 p.m.

The suspected shooter who fired a gun inside a New York City MTA train car in Brooklyn yesterday was arrested this afternoon after a 24 hour-plus manhunt. The man is suspected of releasing smoke grenades inside the moving train and firing a gun 33 times, shooting 10 people and injuring 29 others. None of the victims have died.

The attack roiled New York on Tuesday, the realization of a nightmare scenario in a city that relies heavily on its massive and largely underground transit system.

Roberts Joins Liberals In Opinion Criticizing Conservative Majority’s Use Of Shadow Docket

By Kate Riga | April 6, 2022 11:36 a.m.

Where Things Stand: Probably Better To Have No Agenda Than Allow Rick Scott To Do … Whatever It Is He’s Doing

This is your TPM evening briefing.

By Nicole Lafond | March 28, 2022 6:31 p.m.

I am of course just speculating, but that ^ might be Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) current internal debate after Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-FL) flailing around on Fox News this weekend.

As head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Scott put out an “11-Point Plan to Rescue America” last month to attempt to give Republicans some sort of safe-space to coalesce around heading into the 2022 Midterms — as the party seemingly does not have a broader legislative agenda, beyond letting the right-wing media rile the base into a frenzy over faux culture wars.