Chief Justice Roberts Not Stepping Down
March 4, 2010 by Dylan
Chief Justice Roberts Not Stepping Down – It was falsely reported that Chief Justice John Roberts was planning to step down from the Supreme Court for personal reasons.The rumor started on Above the Law blog when Professor Peter W. Tague claimed that Roberts was retiring and a student posted on the site saying:
Our criminal justice professor started our 9am lecture with the news that Roberts will be resigning tomorrow for health reasons- that he could not handle the administrative burdens of the job. He would not say how he knows- but halfway through our lecture on the credibility and reliability of informants he revealed that the Roberts rumor was made up to show how someone you ordinarily think is credible and reliable (ie a law professor) can disseminate inaccurate information.
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Radar Online which broke the story published a retraction saying:
Update: RadarOnline.com has obtained new information that Justice Roberts will NOT resign. The justice will be staying on the bench.
What are your thoughts on John Roberts?
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