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21 Nov 2018, 7:26 pm by Steve Shiffrin
This claim of Roberts is reminiscent of his position at his confirmation hearings that judges are like impartial umpires calling balls and strikes. [read post]
6 Nov 2013, 9:19 am by Eric Turkewitz
When Chief Justice John Roberts appeared before the Senate in 2005 for confirmation, he famously stated that his role as Chief Justice would be “to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat. [read post]
14 Feb 2022, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Roberts may have been genuinely taken aback by the suggestion that as the appointee of a Republican president, he owed the party his vote in opposition to the signature legislative achievement of a Democratic president.As a nominee appearing before the Senate, John Roberts likened the judicial role to that of an umpire calling balls and strikes. [read post]
25 May 2023, 6:38 pm by Howard Bashman
“It Is Not a Journalist’s Job to Make John Roberts Look Good; Telling the whole story of a Supreme Court case requires more than reading the opinion and cranking out a summary by lunchtime”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes. [read post]
8 Apr 2022, 9:45 am by Howard Bashman
“John Roberts Isn’t Going to Do the Democrats’ Work For Them; The Supreme Court has proven itself incapable of policing the Supreme Court; Congress has to act”: Elie Mystal has this post at Balls and Strikes. [read post]
7 Jan 2022, 6:16 pm by Howard Bashman
“The Conservative Justices Are Ready to Bring Government to a Grinding Halt; The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis that only bold, innovative action can address; For John Roberts and company, that’s a problem”: Hannah Mullen has this essay online at Balls and Strikes. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 2:01 pm
But any objective review of Judge Sotomayor’s record on the Second Circuit leaves no doubt that she has simply called balls and strikes for 17 years far more closely than Chief Justice Roberts has during his four years on the Supreme Court. [read post]
8 Jul 2008, 11:45 am
And, it turns out, Roberts' comments may have been demeaning to umpires, who must do a lot more than simply call balls and strikes. [read post]
19 Dec 2012, 9:33 am
You think it was interesting that John Roberts said he saw himself as an umpire, calling balls and strikes? [read post]
31 Dec 2023, 3:01 pm by Amy Howe
” However, Roberts – who at his confirmation hearing famously compared judges to baseball umpires tasked with calling balls or strikes – said, “legal determinations often involve gray areas, that still require application of human judgment. [read post]
3 Feb 2023, 1:40 pm by Howard Bashman
“The Supreme Court Spouses Cannot Stop Stomping On Ethical Rakes; Jane Roberts’s lengthy and lucrative legal recruiting career is the focus of new allegations about the Supreme Court’s unaddressed conflicts of interest”: Yvette Borja has this post at Balls and Strikes. [read post]