The Latest Breaking News from John Roberts

Sales slide at AO World as consumers put off buying latest mobile phones

Online electrical goods seller still able to report pre-tax profits of £13m in the half year as cost-cutting measures bear fruit

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court’s new code of conduct is too little, too late

Lacking both enforcement and the weight of law, the new code is both useless and toothless.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 21, 2023

He Lost His Gun Rights Because of a Misdemeanor DUI Conviction. That Was Unconstitutional, a Judge Says.

The case highlights the broad reach of a federal law that bans firearm possession by people with nonviolent criminal records.

Reason · Nov 15, 2023

"Judges Have Long Deferred to Academe. That's Changing."

A very interesting article by Prof. Steve Sanders (Indiana), who is also an Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and a scholar of sexual orientation and the law; it's in the Chronicle of Higher Education, but also available without the need for registration here. An excerpt: During the Red Scare of…

Reason · Nov 7, 2023

High court seems likely to uphold law banning guns for accused domestic abusers

If so, the decision would be a small retreat from the Supreme Court's sweeping decision on gun rights last year.

WEKU · Nov 7, 2023

Supreme court leans towards upholding US gun ban for domestic abusers

Justices appear to be against further unravelling of gun laws as DoJ makes passionate call for preservation of 1994 firearms ban

The Guardian - US · Nov 7, 2023

The Supreme Court takes up a case that again tests the limits of gun rights

The Supreme Court is hearing its first case about guns since last year’s decision that called into question numerous gun control laws

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2023

Fridge magnate: John Roberts, the man who founded AO World ‘for a bet’

The boss who sells us appliances by the thousand is chilled about Mike Ashley’s stake in the company, but hot on recycling and the need for the rich to give back

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023

Amy Coney Barrett says she supports an ethics code for Supreme Court justices

Several justices have faced ethics questions in recent months, but the Supreme Court has so far resisted imposing a code of ethics.

WEKU · Oct 17, 2023

Amy Coney Barrett calls ethics code for scandal-hit supreme court ‘a good idea’

Conservative justice nominated by Trump offers no timeline for implementation or details of what code would contain

The Guardian - US · Oct 17, 2023