'Drunk with Power': How John Roberts May Have 'Corrupted' the Supreme Court

'Drunk with power': How John Roberts may have 'corrupted' the Supreme Court

Twenty years ago this week, John Roberts was sworn in as chief justice of the Supreme Court, at 50 years old.On that day, Lisa Graves “wept.” As chief counsel for nominations with the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2002 to 2005, she anticipated Roberts’ commitment to “advancing a right-wing political agenda through the judiciary,” she writes in her new book: "Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitut…

Supreme Court Ethics Issues Trace to John Roberts’ ‘Original Sin,’ New Book Alleges

An excerpt from "Without Precedent" lays out how John Roberts joined the Supreme Court after presiding over a case involving the Bush administration.

'Drunk with power': Author tells how Chief Justice John Roberts 'corrupted' Supreme Court

Twenty years ago this week, John Roberts was sworn in as chief justice of the Supreme Court, at 50 years old. On that day, Lisa Graves “wept.” As chief counsel for nominations with the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2002 to 2005, she anticipated Roberts’ commitment to “advancing a right-wing politi...