John Roberts on Townhall

• Gay Marriage Advocates Lose By Winning Mon Feb 18
  Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
  Homosexual activists achieved historic gains in the November 2012 election in the states of Washington, Maine and Maryland. These three notoriously liberal states passed laws extending marriage benefits to homosexual relationships by four to six percentage points. But will these legal victories ultimately deny them the sweeping Supreme Court decision they long for? ... more
• Prediction for 2013: Obama Will Lie Under Oath Thu Jan 3
  Terry Jeffrey
  Looking back over the last four years, it is now obvious that the greatest symbolic moment of President Barack Obama' first term was the very first moment. ... more
• Obama's Reelection Means Four More Years of the Same Fri Nov 9
  Donald Lambro
  President Obama has proved he can win re-election without a second-term agenda merely by demonizing his opponent and appealing to voters' fears instead of our hopes, dreams and aspirations. ... more
• S.C. editor John Roberts dies at 85 Wed Aug 15
  Baptist Press
  S.C. editor John Roberts dies at 85 ... more
• Poll: Americans Hate the ACA, Don't Know Who John Roberts Is Thu Jul 19
  Kate Hicks
• Balancing Power in the Age of Obama Fri Jul 13
  Suzanne Fields
  These past few days have given us a lot of fireworks, between the Supreme Court decision upholding Obamacare and the celebration of Independence Day. With the fireworks came a serious look at the Founding Fathers -- and what they had to say about governance. ... more
• The art of self-restraint Wed Jul 11
  Paul Greenberg
  Granted, it was not the most popular decision ever rendered by a chief justice of the United States. Its immediate result was particularly unpopular with those who over the years had shared his own political loyalties and ideological tendencies. ... more
• "Chief Justice Roberts Was Just Offered a Job as the Conservative Commentator on MSNBC" Wed Jul 11
  America
  NewsBusted Conservative Comedy ... more
• No Dissent Tue Jul 10
  Armstrong Williams
  How foolish does the media look now, after weeks of demagoguery, now that the Court has issued two huge victories for the Left in one week? ... more
• Why Not Treat SCOTUS Opinions Like They Treat the Constitution? Tue Jul 10
  Frank Turek
  What if we all simply decided to interpret the 5-4 Supreme Court decision to uphold Obamacare as a 9-0 vote to <i>overturn</i> Obamacare? ... more
• In Search of Conservative Leadership Mon Jul 9
  Star Parker
  The annual Independence Day party that I host at my home was particularly alive with conversation this year. Conversation probably not too different from what was taking place in a lot of backyards around the country. ... more
• Don’t Blame Roberts, Blame Obama Mon Jul 9
  Bruce Bialosky
  Feeling misled? You certainly should. Congress created a law so complex that it occupies between 2,400 and 2,800 pages depending on who says what, almost all of them unread by the people who voted for it. President Obama and his Democratic colleagues told you many things about the law – most of which were either mischaracterizations or outright lies. What Chief Justice John Roberts did was tell the truth, and now we can move forward. ... more
• Jobs, Taxes & Penalties Fri Jul 6
  Rich Galen
  The jobs number this morning was, to say the least, disappointing. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the unemployment rate remained at 8.2% but the economy added only about 80,000 jobs - far below the "whisper number" which was north of 110,000 - and farther below the number needed to bring the unemployment rate down. ... more
• The <i>Office Space </i> Response to Obamacare: Is this Good for the Country? Fri Jul 6
  David Malcolm
  In the classic comedy, "Office Space", the annoying, worthless boss Bill Lumbergh instructs his indifferent employees to ponder this question before acting: “ask yourself, is this good for the company?” Likewise here, regardless of last week’s Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, the question is whether the Act is good for America. Americans expect Mitt Romney, who seeks to manage one of the co-equal branches, to have a compelling, cogent answer, and one that doesn’t depend on the meaning of the word “is.” ... more
• Jay Carney: SCOTUS Was Wrong about the Mandate, Because Obama Says So Thu Jul 5
  Kate Hicks
• Supreme Court Hypocrisies Thu Jul 5
  Victor Davis Hanson
  Until last week, Chief Justice John Roberts was vilified as the leader of a conservative judicial cabal poised to destroy the Obama presidency by overturning the federal takeover of health care. But with his unexpected affirmation, Roberts suddenly was lauded as the new Earl Warren -- an "evolving" conservative who at last saw the logic of liberal big government. ... more
• A Vast New Federal Power Thu Jul 5
  Judge Andrew Napolitano
  Of the 17 lawyers who have served as chief justice of the United States, John Marshall -- the fourth chief justice -- has come to be known as the "Great Chief Justice." The folks who have given him that title are the progressives who have largely written the history we are taught in government schools. They revere him because he is the intellectual progenitor of federal power. ... more
• Chief Justice Roberts, You Fox You Thu Jul 5
  Emmett Tyrrell
  WASHINGTON -- I have a headache. I imagine you do too, if you have been trying to interpret the legalese employed by those legal sages who have pronounced on Thursday's Supreme Court decision on Obamacare. I would rather read the lyrics of a thousand rap composers than the anfractuous language of one legal sage. ... more
• The 'Oprahfication' of America Thu Jul 5
  Cal Thomas
  When asked at the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 what the Founders had wrought, Benjamin Franklin famously said, "A Republic, if you can keep it." ... more
• Conservatives Should Tone Down Criticism of Roberts Wed Jul 4
  Ken Connor
  Conservatives are apoplectic that John Roberts, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, sided with the liberal wing of the court in largely upholding the constitutionality of The Affordable Care Act (ACA). Their rhetoric has been filled with invective and they have described Roberts as “a traitor to his philosophy” who is “forever stained in the eyes of Conservatives.” His opinion has been called “the worst kind of judicial activism” and characterized as “a 21st century Dred Scott decision.” ... more
• Judicial Betrayal Wed Jul 4
  Thomas Sowell
  Betrayal is hard to take, whether in our personal lives or in the political life of the nation. ... more
• John Roberts: The Umpire who Homered for the Wrong Team Wed Jul 4
  Frank Turek
  “An Umpire.” That is how John Roberts properly described the duty of a Supreme Court justice during his confirmation hearings. His rulebook? The U.S. Constitution. Thank you sir, may I have another! ... more
• Roberts' Rules of Meddling Wed Jul 4
  Jacob Sullum
  Last week, supporters and opponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act anxiously awaited the Supreme Court's ruling on the law's individual health insurance mandate. Imagine their surprise when the Court announced, in a majority opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, that there is no individual health insurance mandate. ... more
• The Awakened Giant Likes Tea Wed Jul 4
  Matt Barber
  It’s often said, “Be careful what you wish for – you just might get it.” Democrats got it all right. ... more
• Court Taxes Our Patients with Awful Ruling Wed Jul 4
  Robert Knight
  When is a tax not a tax? Answer: When you’re busy pushing a major expansion of government like Obamacare. The tax that is not a tax becomes a “penalty” or a “shared responsibility payment” in the text of the bill. ... more

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