John Roberts
Chief Justice of the United States.
Role in each timeline
- The Fed's Rate Path: From the 2024 Cuts to Warsh's First Meetings
As chief justice, joined the decision denying the government's application to remove Cook while her suit proceeds.
- IEEPA Tariff Refunds: From the Supreme Court Ruling to the Console Lawsuits
Wrote the Supreme Court opinion holding that IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.
John Roberts across every timeline
Every dated entry that names John Roberts, from all 2 timelines, newest first.
- Supreme Court, 5 to 4, keeps Cook in office: governors have for-cause protection and a right to notice and a hearing Legal
Chief Justice Roberts, joined by Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh and Jackson, denied the government's application to remove Cook while her suit proceeds, holding that the Federal Reserve Act's for-cause protection is constitutional and that a governor must receive notice and some opportunity to respond before removal, which Cook had not. The Court said eliminating that protection was for Congress, even as it had allowed at-will removal at most other independent agencies.
on The Fed's Rate Path: From the 2024 Cuts to Warsh's First Meetings - Supreme Court holds 6 to 3 that IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs Legal
Chief Justice Roberts wrote for the Court in Learning Resources v. Trump: the taxing power belongs to Congress, and when Congress has delegated tariff authority it has done so explicitly and with limits, so IEEPA's words regulate and importation cannot carry a delegation of unbounded tariff power. The Federal Circuit was affirmed and the D.C. district-court case was sent back to be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. By then CBP had collected roughly $166 billion in IEEPA duties from about 330,000 importers on 53 million entries, all of it now potentially refundable.
on IEEPA Tariff Refunds: From the Supreme Court Ruling to the Console Lawsuits