<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>John Roberts: News &amp; Videos about John Roberts - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/John_Roberts</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about John Roberts from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:37:07 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>John Roberts: News &amp; Videos about John Roberts - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/americas/03/27/gibler.qanda/tztop.john.gibler.cnn.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/John_Roberts</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about John Roberts from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Author: U.S. security no match for Mexican drug cartels</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/27/gibler.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/27/gibler.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Obama administration announced this week it is sending hundreds of federal agents and crime-fighting equipment to the Mexican border to try to make sure violence from Mexican drug cartels doesn't spill over into the U.S.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-DEA agent: Treatment, education key in drug war</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/26/strang.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/26/strang.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues high-level talks with Mexico's leaders this week, her comments about responsibility in the U.S.-Mexico drug trade have struck a chord with officials familiar with U.S. anti-drug efforts.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama adviser: U.S. needs wisdom of investors</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/23/romer.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/23/romer.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Christina Romer, President Obama's chief economic adviser, says getting toxic assets off the books of the nation's banks is key to getting the credit markets working again.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cafe owner thrives with no-pricing policy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/17/lippert.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/17/lippert.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Cafe owner Sam Lippert has come up with an innovative way to cope with the recession: He's done away with pricing and simply asks customers to pay what they want.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bill Clinton: I should have better regulated derivatives</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/16/bill.clinton.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/16/bill.clinton.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former President Bill Clinton was in Austin, Texas, over the weekend to host the Clinton Global Initiative University, which encourages college students and administrators to come up with creative ways to address global issues.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sports attorney: Phelps could lose endorsements</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/02/ryan.qandq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/02/ryan.qandq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps has acknowledged he engaged in "regrettable" behavior and "demonstrated bad judgment," after a British newspaper published a photograph of the swimmer smoking from a bong.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Playboy founder Hefner, 82, talks of empire, girlfriends</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/01/09/hefner.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/01/09/hefner.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hugh Hefner founded Playboy magazine 55 years ago and turned the adult-oriented publication into a multimillion-dollar empire. CNN anchor John Roberts recently sat down with Hefner, now 82, and talked about Steven Watts' new book, "Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream."</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Anderson Cooper free dives with great white sharks in South Africa</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/11/pip.shark.diving/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/11/pip.shark.diving/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"Planet in Peril: Battle Lines" traveled to a place off the coast of South Africa known as "shark alley," one of the best places in the world to see great white sharks.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>GM exec: Automakers likely will be back for more</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/09/gm.auto.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/09/gm.auto.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>There's no indication when -- or if -- the White House and congressional leaders will reach agreement on the Democrats' proposal to give troubled U.S. automakers a financial lifeline.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ford CEO on bailout opposition: Past is past</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/18/mulally.automaker.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/18/mulally.automaker.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ford Motor Company chief executive Alan Mulally defended his company Tuesday against charges that Ford caused its own problems and said bailing out Detroit was essential to the U.S. economic recovery.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Races to watch: John Roberts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/02/robertsraces/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/02/robertsraces/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Through Election Night, CNN.com users can customize their online election tracking through the site's "Your Races" feature.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rollins: Palin to be most popular Republican</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/27/rollins.qa/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/27/rollins.qa/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Republican strategist and CNN contributor Ed Rollins spoke with "American Morning" anchor John Roberts on Monday on the status of the presidential campaigns and the weekend's events leading up to the November 4 vote.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ron Paul: 'Monetary system is fraudulent'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/ron.paul.economy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/24/ron.paul.economy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former presidential candidate Ron Paul was interviewed Friday morning by CNN anchor John Roberts on "American Morning."</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton: I'd like woman in White House I agree with</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/14/clinton.qa/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/14/clinton.qa/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. 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Another more liberal member says those on the right did "serious violence" to a high school student's free speech rights.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can Schools Still Achieve Diversity?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638595,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638595,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Supreme Court strikes a blow against race-based integration, but the decision suggests it may not be fatal</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Divided court rejects school diversity plans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/06/30/scotus.race/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/06/30/scotus.race/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A bitterly divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued what is likely to be a landmark opinion -- ruling that race cannot be a factor in the assignment of children to public schools. </description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ruling "Bong Hits" Out of Bounds</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1637131,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1637131,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Was it a pro-drug banner or just a silly joke? 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EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts: 'The hard part is coming up'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/02/scotus.ahead/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/02/scotus.ahead/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court has shown a surprising degree of unanimity and harmony since Chief Justice John Roberts took over last fall.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>End-of-the-Year News Quiz Answer Key</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/05/24/year.end.quiz.answers/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/05/24/year.end.quiz.answers/index.html</guid><description>Click here to access the related End-of-the-Year News Quiz.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 20:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court: Cops didn't need warrant to break up fight</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/22/scotus.search/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/22/scotus.search/index.html</guid><description>A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that Utah officers properly entered a private home without a search warrant after witnessing a fight.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 16:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Search case exposes high court discord</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/18/scotus.police.search/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/18/scotus.police.search/index.html</guid><description>A usually harmonious Supreme Court showed signs of public friction Thursday in a police-search case that could limit the use in court of evidence seized from criminal suspects.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 20:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Justices uphold military recruiting on campuses</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/06/scotus.recruiting/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/06/scotus.recruiting/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court ruled Monday that universities that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, even if they oppose the Pentagon's policy barring people who are openly homosexual from serving.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Alito's record, character on display at hearings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/09/alito.hearing.preview/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/09/alito.hearing.preview/index.html</guid><description>It may have been a sly joke, or the idealistic dreams of a young man, but Samuel Anthony Alito made clear 32 years ago where he expected his career to take him: to the very top of the judicial profession.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts urges pay raises for judges </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/02/scotus.roberts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/02/scotus.roberts/index.html</guid><description>Chief Justice John Roberts picked up where his late predecessor had left off, declaring in his first year-end report that the problem of pay for judges "has gotten worse, not better."</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Political Plays of the Year</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/30/schneider.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/30/schneider.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Before auld acquaintance is forgot, let's bring to mind the political Plays of the Year, for auld lang syne.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>2005's legal highlights -- and lowlights</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/29/coffey.best/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/29/coffey.best/index.html</guid><description>Miami lawyer Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney and frequent CNN guest analyst, takes a wry look at the best and worst the legal world had to offer in 2005.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chief Justice Roberts wins early praise </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/28/scotus.roberts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/28/scotus.roberts/index.html</guid><description>Court watchers looking for an anecdote that illustrates how John Roberts is doing in his new role as chief justice point to the "Halloween incident."</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court enters Roberts 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Justice Roberts goes to work</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/30/roberts.starts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/30/roberts.starts/index.html</guid><description>John Roberts wasted little time getting down to business, spending his first full day Friday as chief justice of the United States making the rounds at the U.S. Supreme Court.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court vacancy fights: One down, one more to go</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/29/scotus.analysis/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/29/scotus.analysis/index.html</guid><description>A summer drama over the makeup of the Supreme Court received an extended run into autumn, as the political fight over a second vacancy on the bench threatens to erupt into a bitter partisan spat.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts sworn in as chief justice </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/29/roberts.nomination/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/29/roberts.nomination/index.html</guid><description>John G. Roberts Jr. was sworn in Thursday as the 17th chief justice of the United States after winning Senate approval with a solid majority.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts expected to win nod as chief justice Thursday</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/28/roberts.nomination/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/28/roberts.nomination/index.html</guid><description>In a vote packed with more historical significance than any real suspense, the Senate is expected to easily confirm Judge John Roberts as the nation's new chief justice Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats' special interest problem</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/26/democrats.problem/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/26/democrats.problem/index.html</guid><description>For several elections, Democrats have been hurt by the widespread perception that the party consists of a confederation of interest groups to which Democratic leadership is slavishly beholden.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Roberts effect</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/19/roberts.effect.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/19/roberts.effect.tm/index.html</guid><description>As John Roberts sailed through his confirmation hearings, conservatives stepped up pressure on George W. Bush to choose his next Supreme Court nominee more squarely in the strict-constructionist, Antonin Scalia mold.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schumer: 'What kind of justice will John Roberts be?'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/roberts.schumer/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/roberts.schumer/index.html</guid><description>Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, on Thursday outlined what he considers pros and cons of John Roberts' nomination for chief justice of the United State.  Schumer made the remarks during the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing for Roberts.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts awaits Senate's verdict</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/roberts.hearings/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/roberts.hearings/index.html</guid><description>John Roberts now awaits two Senate votes to decide whether he will be the next chief justice, after telling lawmakers Thursday, "I am not an ideologue."</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts sidesteps questions on pledge, eminent domain</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/14/roberts.hearings/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/14/roberts.hearings/index.html</guid><description>Timely social issues dominated a marathon third day of confirmation hearings for chief justice nominee John Roberts, who told lawmakers the Supreme Court should try to reach some "consistency" in dealing with thorny church-state disputes.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts reveals views on legal questions</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/14/roberts.quotes/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/14/roberts.quotes/index.html</guid><description>Judge John Roberts, President Bush's pick to succeed William Rehnquist as the nation's chief justice, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third day of his confirmation hearings Wednesday. Read below for some of the questions posed to the nominee in the hearings so far and his responses on the legal issues of the day.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts fields senators' queries for second day</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/13/roberts.hearings/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/13/roberts.hearings/index.html</guid><description>Chief justice nominee John Roberts faced friendly questioning early Wednesday but was expected to endure more intense probing as Senate confirmation hearings continued for a third day.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts: 'My job is to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/12/roberts.statement/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/12/roberts.statement/index.html</guid><description>The following is Judge John Roberts' opening statement during his nomination hearings before the Senate judiciary committee. He spoke extemporaneously.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>I come with 'no agenda,' Roberts tells hearing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/12/roberts.hearings/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/12/roberts.hearings/index.html</guid><description>Chief justice nominee John Roberts on Monday promised to approach the law with "a certain humility" and told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that he has "no agenda" on the bench.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Replacing Justice O'Connor</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/06/bush.court/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/06/bush.court/index.html</guid><description>President Bush's decision to nominate John Roberts for chief justice solves one political problem -- and creates new ones.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toobin: Roberts a young nominee for a chief justice</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/05/toobin.roberts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/05/toobin.roberts/index.html</guid><description>President Bush moved quickly Monday to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Saturday. Bush nominated federal Judge John Roberts to the nation's top judicial post.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 14:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush nominates Roberts as chief justice</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/05/roberts.nomination/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/05/roberts.nomination/index.html</guid><description>Moving quickly to fill the vacancy left by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's death, President Bush on Monday nominated Judge John Roberts to the nation's top judicial post.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 11:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 things you need to know about Roberts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/29/roberts.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/29/roberts.tm/index.html</guid><description>He's going to be on the Supreme Court for life. So what kind of justice will he be?</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Some civil rights group members support Roberts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/25/roberts.supporters/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/25/roberts.supporters/index.html</guid><description>With the approach of Senate confirmation hearings for President Bush's Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, representatives from a handful of advocacy organizations Thursday announced support for him and criticized groups on the left who claim to speak for minority groups.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 23:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Critics, supporters battle over Roberts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/24/roberts.nomination/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/24/roberts.nomination/index.html</guid><description>As critics and supporters of John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court sparred Wednesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, laid out to a crowd of California lawyers the questions she wants answered before she makes up her mind:</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts gets bar association's top rating</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/17/roberts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/17/roberts/index.html</guid><description>Supreme Court nominee John Roberts has received the American Bar Association's highest rating for professional qualifications, an important legal and political benchmark, as he prepares for Senate confirmation hearings.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 22:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New documents show Roberts' views on school prayer, abortion, courts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/15/roberts.documents/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/15/roberts.documents/index.html</guid><description>Supreme Court nominee John Roberts supported the idea of allowing prayer in public schools, writing as a White House lawyer in 1985 that such efforts were "within the constitutional power of Congress."</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Abortion rights group pulls anti-Roberts ad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/11/naral.roberts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/11/naral.roberts/index.html</guid><description>NARAL Pro-Choice America said late Thursday it was pulling a controversial advertisement in which the abortion rights group accused Supreme Court nominee John Roberts of "supporting violent fringe groups and a convicted bomber."</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2005 02:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Supreme game</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/11/supreme.game/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/11/supreme.game/index.html</guid><description>This week's vicious attack on Judge John Roberts by the abortion lobby was not really a desperate effort to defeat him against overwhelming odds.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 23:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Making a market in (almost) anything</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/08/08/8267667/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/08/08/8267667/index.htm</guid><description>AT THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER 2003, THE U.S. MILITARY'S search for Saddam Hussein appeared to be going nowhere. Eight months after the deposed dictator escaped from Baghdad, the trail, at least to t...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Justice: 'Serious flaws' in death penalty </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/07/death.penalty/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/07/death.penalty/index.html</guid><description>Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens steered the debate over President Bush's nominee to a new subject -- capital punishment -- sharply condemning the country's death penalty system.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2005 00:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toad case reveals Roberts as activist</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/04/hilden.roberts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/04/hilden.roberts/index.html</guid><description>Supreme Court nominee John Roberts serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit -- an immensely influential circuit court.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2005 17:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Precedent works against White House</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/03/dean.roberts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/03/dean.roberts/index.html</guid><description>Remarkably little is known about Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts, other than the bare bones of his resume.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts documents reveal a conservative</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/27/roberts.documents/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/27/roberts.documents/index.html</guid><description>The National Archives on Tuesday released 15,000 pages of government documents pertaining to Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. from his days as a young lawyer in the Reagan-era Justice Department.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Judging Mr. Right</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/25/mr.right.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/25/mr.right.tm/index.html</guid><description>It's good thing that John Roberts has been universally described as decent, funny, civil and fair, since he may be joining a court with a long history of pugilists, ideologues and misanthropes who have somehow made it past the U.S. Senate.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Political Play of the Week</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/22/bush.roberts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/22/bush.roberts/index.html</guid><description>Before President Bush announced his Supreme Court pick, the political armies of the right and left were girding for war.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts on the charm offensive</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/21/roberts.nomination/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/21/roberts.nomination/index.html</guid><description>Supreme Court nominee John Roberts spent a second day Thursday visiting senators on Capitol Hill, where the contentiousness many expected to see over the first high court confirmation in 11 years was nowhere in sight.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democratic block of Roberts unlikely</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/21/lazarus.roberts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/21/lazarus.roberts/index.html</guid><description>With President Bush's nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's Judge John Roberts to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, I believe the prospect of a titanic confirmation battle has diminished.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme surprises?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/21/supreme.surprises/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/21/supreme.surprises/index.html</guid><description>With his nomination of federal Judge John Roberts to the Supreme Court, President Bush seems to have made the safe choice: a Washington insider, a solid conservative with several key Democrats to recommend him, and an impressive Harvard pedigree.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Gang of 14' members cast doubt on court stalemate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/21/scotus.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/21/scotus.main/index.html</guid><description>Three members of the Senate's "Gang of 14" are downplaying the possibility of a Democratic filibuster to block the nomination of Judge John Roberts Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts gets mild thumbs-up</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/20/roberts.poll/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/20/roberts.poll/index.html</guid><description>A new poll finds some Americans want more information before they make up their minds about the man tapped for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts donated primarily to GOP candidates</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/20/roberts.campaigndonations.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/20/roberts.campaigndonations.ap/index.html</guid><description>Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts has donated to the political campaigns of several Republican candidates, including one senator who will vote on Roberts' appointment to the high court.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 18:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business likely to back Roberts</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/20/news/economy/roberts_business/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/20/news/economy/roberts_business/index.htm</guid><description>Supreme Court nominee John Roberts is likely to win the support of business groups, but in one of his last cases before the nation's highest court he represented a group of states that accused Microsoft of being a monopoly.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Earnings trouble lurks</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/20/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/20/markets/stockswatch/index.htm</guid><description>Disappointing quarterly results from Dow component General Motors, as well as from tech bellwethers Intel and Yahoo!, are poised to hurt stocks when markets open Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 09:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moderates cast doubt on court stalemate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/20/scotus.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/20/scotus.main/index.html</guid><description>President Bush's pick for the Supreme Court made a round of courtesy calls to top lawmakers Wednesday, with a key group of moderates casting doubt on the possibility of a stalemate in the Senate.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>King: Conservatives 'will be very happy'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/19/scotus.king/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/19/scotus.king/index.html</guid><description>President Bush announced on Tuesday that he's selected U.S. Circuit Court Judge John Roberts Jr. as his nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 02:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: 'A man of extraordinary accomplishment' </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/19/bush.roberts.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/19/bush.roberts.transcript/index.html</guid><description>President Bush announced Tuesday night his nomination of U.S. Circuit Judge John Roberts Jr. to the Supreme Court. The following is a transcript of Bush's and Roberts' remarks at the White House.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reaction to Roberts swift, disparate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/19/scotus.reacts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/19/scotus.reacts/index.html</guid><description>Early reaction to news that President Bush has nominated Judge John Roberts Jr. to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court portends a partisan fight.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toobin: Roberts '100 percent conservative'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/19/otsc.toobin/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/19/otsc.toobin/index.html</guid><description>President Bush on Tuesday selected U.S. Circuit Judge John Roberts Jr. as his nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A NEW TOOL TO HELP MANAGERS Business-oriented economics isn't sexy. 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