US Supreme Court

December 2005

January 2005

October 2005

31 October 2005
President Names Alito
President Bush has named Judge Samual Alito to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

27 October 2005
Miers Withdraws
Harriett Miers has withdrawn her embattled candidacy for the Supreme Court, citing concerns about Senate questions related to her experience in the White House and her "judicial philosophy."

10 October 2005
Krauthammer on Miers
It's not the normal course of action for me to agree with conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer. But his most recent column on the "dismaying" nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court is an exception.

5 October 2005 Miers Faces Rocky Road
President Bush nominated a woman, Harriet Miers, to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, but the similarities end there. O'Connor (Stanford), who was named to the Court in 1981, practiced law before being elected an Arizona state senator...

September 2005

29 September 2005
Roberts Sworn In As Chief Justice
John Roberts has been sworn in as the 17th Chief Justice of the US the Supreme Court. As our US Liberals Guide forecast last week, the Senate confirmed (78-22) Roberts as the new Chief Justice of earlier today.

August 2005

9 August 2005
Roberts SCOTUS Case Details
OYEZ has details on the 14 cases that John Roberts has argued (1995-2002) before the US Supreme Court.