The Beginning of the Roberts Era

A couple of interesting articles today on the operations of the Roberts Court thus far. In a news conference that Justice Breyer gave before speaking at the Clinton Presidential Library, he stated that the addition of two new justices had caused an increase in the amount of debate in the Justices' conferences. That suggests that the quite high degree of public consensus that the Court has shown in its decisions so far this term may not last, to no one's surprise. Breyer also said that he thought the introduction of television cameras in the Court "almost inevitable."

Meanwhile, in a speech at the Reagan Presidential Library, Chief Justice Roberts admitted that he was a little nervous his first day on the job.