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• In Brief: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts ...

  Published: July 31, 2007, 8:50 am

  Tags: Cheap Shots, John Roberts, Politics, To Remember In Your Prayers

  Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts suffered a "benign idiopathic seizure" yesterday. While the Chief is reported as being "fully recovered," keep your fingers crossed for the guy; now that...

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• Speed Read Feed for July 31, 2007

  Published: July 31, 2007, 2:42 am

  Tags: Speed Read Feed, Al Gore, Al Gore Iii, Bill Walsh, Cancer, Chief Justice, Face Transplant, Fbi, Irs, John Roberts, Michelle Obama, O J Simpson, San Francisco 49ers, Taliban, Ted Stevens, Wine

  Chief Justice John Roberts has seizure after hitting his head after fall- New York Times Great San Francisco 49ers coach Bill Walsh dies at 75- My Way Al Gore, III enters guilty plea for felony drug charges- My Way Boston hospital is now offering face transplants- Boston Glass of wine a day increases chance of cancer- Daily Mail O.J. Simpson [...]

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• Jeffrey Goldberg Wants a Pony

  Published: August 6, 2007, 1:03 pm

  Tags: Company Town, Apple, Bancroft Family, Bear Stearns, Blogs, Coach, David Bradley, Dita Von Teese, Dow Jones, Forbes, Jeffrey Goldberg, John Roberts, Milberg Weiss, Phillip Lim, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, Steve Jobs, Supreme Court, The Atlantic

  • With the sprightly John Roberts suffering a seizure, how's the rest of the court holding up? [AP via Law.com] • Even though it looks like Milberg Weiss lied about paying kickbacks to class-action clients, some legal scholars argue that shouldn't be considered such a bad thing. [Law Blog/WSJ]

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• CNN Highlights Retired Republican Congressman's Pork in Anti-Earmark Segment

  Published: August 8, 2007, 6:58 pm

  Tags: Budget, Congress, Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Liberals Amp Amp Democrats, John Roberts, American Morning, Cnn

  As a final quick question, Roberts asked, "Steve, yes or no answer here. Democrats promised a new world when it comes to earmarks, after they were elected. Has the world changed?" Ellis answered by saying "a little," with a bit of laughter from both Roberts and Ellis. While Roberts did mention the continuing problem that

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• NBC's Matt Lauer Signals New Line on Petraeus Report on Iraq: 'It Doesn't Matter'

  Published: August 9, 2007, 10:19 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Iraq, John Mccain, John Roberts, Matt Lauer, American Morning, Cnn, Nbc, Today

  worth noting that CNN anchor John Roberts draws out the point that the Dems are acknowledging military success: ROBERTS: "Certainly, no one is questioning the dedication of the troops. What they are questioning is whether or not the troops are making any progress. Senator Durbin, Brookings Institution scholars Michael O'Hanlon and Ken

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• Out of the Blogosphere

  Published: August 25, 2007, 8:39 am

  Tags: Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Buffythevampireslayer, Csi, General Hospital, John Roberts, Johnroberts, Kid Nation, Kidnation, Rick Springfield, Rickspringfield, Television Blogs, Tv Blogs, Tvblogs

  has five questions for CNN's John Roberts. On a related note, here's video of Roberts in the 80s as MacGyver-ish VJ, interviewing Stan Ridgway. Yes, this really is Spike from Buffy The Vampire Slayer. New Mexico is investigating Kid Nation, but CBS says it didn't break any laws. Did an HBO show convince a football star to sign

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• CNN failed to detail Chertoff's Katrina "problem" while discussing possible attorney general appointment

  Published: August 27, 2007, 9:50 pm

  Tags: Dana Bash, Jeffrey Toobin, John King, John Roberts, Kelli Arena, Suzanne Malveaux, American Morning, Cnn, Cnn Newsroom, Ethics, Government Elections

  was a U.S. attorney -- ROBERTS: And what's your view of that? SCHUMER: -- and the time when he was a federal judge. ROBERTS: What is your view of that? What's your view of both of those careers? SCHUMER: And I'm going to have to go back and study those things. ROBERTS: Well, I mean, you're in New York. He

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• CNN's John Roberts on First Name Basis With Democrat Illinois Congressman

  Published: September 10, 2007, 9:05 am

  Tags: Iraq, David Patraeus, Duncan Hunter, John Roberts, Rahm Emanuel, Cnn

  David Patraeus. CNN's John Roberts questioned the congressmen. During the interview, Hunter challenged his Democratic counterpart (Emanuel) by pointing out that Democrats had previously implored President Bush to "listen to his generals," but now the Democrats were preemptively being critical of General Patraeus. Having heard

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• Wash. Post, CNN ignored McConnell's retraction on role of newly expanded FISA in German terror arrests

  Published: September 13, 2007, 5:03 pm

  Tags: John Roberts, American Morning, Cnn, The Washington Post, National Security Foreign Policy, Terrorism

  American Morning: JOHN ROBERTS (co-host): Yeah, it took a long time, but finally coming back to life. As we remember 9-11 today, the government is trying to prevent the next terror attack. Top counterterrorism officials testified before a Senate committee yesterday. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says the

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• Alan Greenspan: ‘Not My Fault’

  Published: September 14, 2007, 1:05 pm

  Tags: Company Town, Alan Greenspan, Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz, Demi Moore, Diane Von Furstenberg, Emanuel Ungaro, Gordon Gekko, John Roberts, Marc Jacobs, Steve Schwarzman, Time Inc

  Law] • Chief Justice John Roberts says being a judge is a lot like being a firefighter. No one knows what you're doing under those huge outfits. [Law Blog/WSJ] • Ambitious associates, you don't have to wait to make partner before becoming a rainmaker. Here's how to get started early. [National Law Journal] FASHION • Diane

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• AG Ficus Update

  Published: September 16, 2007, 4:56 pm

  Tags: Horticulture, Humor, Scotus, John Roberts, Aclj, Justice, Attorney General, Regent University, Wing Nut

  In a previous post, Mick came up with what I believe to be the perfect candidate for the position of new US Attorney General: a potted plant. In comments, yours truly suggested the law school @ Regent University as particularly fertile ground to find a suitable shrub. Besides, I’m pretty sure Regent U. alumnus (and American Center for

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• CNN's Roberts Prods Hillary on MoveOn's Petraeus Ad

  Published: September 18, 2007, 11:28 am

  Tags: Health Care, Moveon Org, Diane Sawyer, Harry Smith, Hillary Clinton, John Roberts, Matt Lauer, American Morning, Cnn

  morning. Out of the four, Roberts was the only one who brought up the issue of the ad. A transcript of the exchange between Roberts and Senator Clinton, which took place near the bottom of the 7 am Eastern hour of Tuesday's "American Morning." JOHN ROBERTS: Senator, we've got to let you go in a second, but I just wanted to touch on

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• John Roberts '80s Flashback

  Published: September 19, 2007, 6:59 pm

  Tags: John Roberts, Rachel Sklar, Blogs

  least in Sklar's opinion) John Roberts from his days as a Canadian veejay (h/t TVNewser).: Just over a week ago, we sent out the small, hopeful call: To be reuinted by a glowing, shining icon of my frostbitten Canadian childhood in the form of video footage of my early crush, J.D. Roberts. J.D. was a MuchMusic veejay, the host of

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• CNN's Roberts Corners Columbia Dean on Ahmadinejad, Minutemen Project

  Published: September 24, 2007, 4:57 pm

  Tags: Academia, Iran, John Roberts, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, American Morning, Cnn

  president Ahmadinejad, CNN's John Roberts directed tough questions to John Coatsworth, dean for Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. Roberts opened the interview with a question which summarized Ahmadinejad's record. "Here's a leader who's advocated the destruction of Israel, denied the Holocaust, and is accused by our

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• Carhart II and "Polarization"

  Published: October 2, 2007, 1:11 pm

  Tags: Constitutional Interpretation, Minimalism, Contrarian Illogic, Reproductive Freedom, John Roberts, Supreme Court

  for the polarization of the Roberts Court I addressed in a TAP article recently. The short version is that 1)Roberts will certainly fail in his attempt to create a consensual Court that papers over major substantive divisions, and 2)since I don't think the Court is entitled to a fixed degree of legitimacy and think that legal and political

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