
Why Chief Justice Roberts' role in impeachment trial is "critical"
Roberts' role is to be a symbol of neutrality, "to be accepted by both sides as fair."
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Roberts' role is to be a symbol of neutrality, "to be accepted by both sides as fair."
It was invoked by Chief Justice John Roberts in an age discrimination case.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case involving two former political aides convicted in the 2013 "Bridgegate" scandal.
The 86-year-old has been treated for cancer twice in the past 13 months.
Chief Justice John Roberts highlighted the importance of an independent federal judiciary and credited judges with promoting civic education in his annual year-end report.
Remington made the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators at the Newtown, Connecticut, school December 14, 2012.
The president asked the court to shield financial records from House Oversight and Reform Committee Democrats, who subpoenaed his accounting firm for the information.
Non-partisan groups, like the American Medical Association, voiced their opposition to Louisiana's abortion law.
If upheld, the law in question could entirely eliminate access to legal abortion in Louisiana
The Supreme Court has given Trump's lawyers until December 5 to file their appeal of the lower court's ruling
Adnan Syed was convicted of strangling a high school classmate he had once dated
A lower court had ordered the president's accounting firm, Mazars USA, to turn over the records this week
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Trump's tax returns can be turned over to state criminal investigators
Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared to agree with the argument that the Trump administration did not want to be held accountable for a political decision to end DACA — a "choice," she said, "to destroy lives"
Court rejects appeal from Remington Arms that argued it should be shielded by a 2005 federal law preventing most lawsuits against firearms manufacturers
Min Ku Choi is one of nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants in the U.S. whose futures hinge whether or not the Trump administration can rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program
The Supreme Court will hear arguments to decide whether the Trump administration can end protections for 700,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children
"Everyone has the power to inspire others. Be courageous, stand strong, be yourself," she said
Ginsburg plans to direct the prize money to charity
The Supreme Court has made it harder to fight, and reform bills are failing, but the issue could appear on 2020 ballots in several states
The justices threw out a case that had been brought by Democratic voters
The outcome could have major implications for asylum seekers and the speed at which they can be deported
Louisiana could become the first state not to have legal abortion access since the procedure was legalized in 1973
CBS News is traveling through Louisiana this week, speaking to patients, doctors, advocates and politicians on all sides of the abortion issue
Cases center on whether federal civil rights law protects LGBTQ people from job discrimination
The Trump administration announced it believes acetaminophen is linked to autism risk, but the maker of Tylenol and medical experts have strongly pushed back on the claims.
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" had been pre-empted on Wednesday following comments Kimmel made on the show in response to the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Democrats have pleaded with Republicans to negotiate before government funding expires at the end of the month.
President Trump moved to fire Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from her position as a member of the Federal Trade Commission in March.
President Trump announced Saturday that he would be nominating Lindsey Halligan to serve as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Newspapers in the U.K. published an email that Prince Andrew's ex-wife Sarah Ferguson reportedly wrote to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew Cully, Andrew Kraus, Donavon Scott and Jadalyn Good were part an elite team that does nighttime missions.
A man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year has chosen not to testify in his own defense.
New internal documents reveal details of an incident that left Jeffrey Epstein injured and on suicide watch days before his death.