Joan Biskupic - CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst
Joan Biskupic
CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst
Joan Biskupic, CNN's Chief Supreme Court analyst, has covered the Supreme Court for more than twenty-five years and has written several books on the judiciary. She is the author of the recently published Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and its Historic Consequences.
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The last best hope for Supreme Court liberals: Amy Coney Barrett
Nov 8, 2024
So far it is her method, not bottom-line votes, that primarily sets this Trump appointee apart.
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Supreme Court rules against GOP in Pennsylvania ballot case
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Nov 1, 2024
In a defeat for Republicans, the US Supreme Court on left in place a Pennsylvania court ruling that is expected to expand options for voters whose mail-in ballots are rejected for technical reasons to have their votes counted. CNN’s Joan Biskupic and Steve Vladek discuss.
There’s no such thing as a guaranteed Supreme Court vacancy
Oct 30, 2024
“The great ones get their backs up. They say ‘No one can do this job as well as I can.’”
Analysis: John Roberts remains confounded by Donald Trump as election approaches
Oct 8, 2024
From the moment he was confirmed in 2005, Chief Justice John Roberts made it his mission to differentiate the Supreme Court from the political branches. Yet, the court is ensnared in politics perhaps more than ever – and by the chief’s own hand.
The inside story of how Sandra Day O’Connor rebuffed pressure from Scalia and others to overturn Roe v. Wade
Sep 13, 2024
During much of the 1980s, Justice Sandra O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, cast a consistent vote against abortion rights. That changed in 1989.
Exclusive: How Samuel Alito got canceled from the Supreme Court social media majority
Jul 31, 2024
The hardline approach Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito takes usually gets him what he wants.
Exclusive: The inside story of John Roberts and Trump’s immunity win at the Supreme Court
Jul 30, 2024
The Supreme Court’s toughest cases during Chief Justice John Roberts’ tenure have often generated internal suspense, with shifting votes and last-minute switches
Exclusive: Inside the Supreme Court’s negotiations and compromise on Idaho’s abortion ban
Jul 29, 2024
The Supreme Court began the year poised to build on its 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade and to deliver a new blow to abortion access.
John Roberts embraces Donald Trump’s view of the presidency
Jul 2, 2024
Chief Justice John Roberts is so enamored with the image of a bold and fearless American President that he abandoned his usual restraint and declared a stunning level of immunity for a former president facing criminal indictment for trying to overturn an election.
Oral dissents are back in vogue at the Supreme Court as liberals lament latest rulings
Jun 29, 2024
As the conservative Supreme Court majority has won case after case in recent days, liberal dissenters are having their moment in the courtroom.
Why Justice Sotomayor’s rare reference to Dobbs may be a warning from liberals
Jun 25, 2024
Since the Supreme Court reversed constitutional abortion rights two years ago, the conservative majority has avoided referring to that Dobbs decision while dissenting liberals have at times invoked it in rebuke or to warn of other rights that may fall.
Analysis: Samuel Alito, caught on tape, reinforces why people are skeptical of the Supreme Court
Jun 12, 2024
The religious zeal reflected in surreptitious recordings has long been evident in Alito’s public statements and written opinions.
Former federal judge blasts John Roberts in new book and says Ruth Bader Ginsburg was annoyed by pressure to retire
May 29, 2024
Retired US Appeals Court Judge David Tatel, a former civil rights lawyer and nearly 30-year veteran of the country’s “second highest court,” laments the actions of the current Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Roberts in a candid new memoir.
Tired, testy and fractured: The Supreme Court prepares for more drama
May 24, 2024
As Supreme Court justices try to resolve more than a dozen major cases over the next month, including whether Donald Trump must stand trial for election subversion, they appear mired in antagonism and distrust.
Supreme Court saves consumer protection agency after a challenge from conservatives and the payday lending industry
May 16, 2024
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the federal watchdog created in response to the 2008 financial meltdown may continue to operate in its current form, brushing aside claims from the payday lending industry that could have severely jeopardized years of consumer-friendly banking regulations.
Brett Kavanaugh speaks about presidential power, his Taylor Swift fandom and an expensive trip to see Caitlin Clark
May 10, 2024
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh told an Austin judicial conference on Friday that his experience in the George W. Bush administration has made him more skeptical of presidential assertions of regulatory power.
About
Joan Biskupic, CNN’s Chief Supreme Court analyst, has covered the Supreme Court for more than twenty-five years and has written several books on the judiciary. She is the author of the recently published Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court’s Drive to the Right and its Historic Consequences.
She is also the author of a biography of Chief Justice John Roberts (The Chief, spring 2019). Her previous books include Sandra Day O’Connor (2005), American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (2009) and Breaking In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the Politics of Justice (2014).
Biskupic previously was an editor-in-charge for Legal Affairs at Reuters and, earlier, Supreme Court correspondent for the Washington Post and for USA Today. A graduate of Georgetown University law school, she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in explanatory journalism in 2015.
