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U.S. Supreme Court

Dec. 16, 2016

The many jobs of Chief Justice John G. Roberts

7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner recently excoriated the high court chief's management skills in a video interview that went viral. Perhaps Posner should first consider the full range of Roberts' administrative duties. By John Rabiej

John Rabiej

By John Rabiej

Richard Posner, judge on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and impish provocateur extraordinaire, is at it again. In a video of an interview before a small audience of First Amendment advocates that went viral on YouTube, Posner excoriates the Supreme Court, zeroing in on Chief Justice John Roberts. He ridicules recent court opinions, taking particular glee poking fun at several of Roberts' opinion analyses. Everyone, including ...

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