Thursday, March 4, 2010

Online Rumor That Chief Justice Roberts Retiring

Radaronline.com is reporting that Chief Justice John Roberts will be retiring for personal reasons from the Supreme Court.  The story is unconfirmed and is not being reported elsewhere.  Chief Justice Roberts suffered a seizures in 1997 and 2003.  Time Magazine has speculated that he has epilepsy.  However, the Supreme Court has stated that a neurological evaluation in 2007 showed no epilepsy.

UPDATE:  Radaronline is now retracting the story.

We'll keep an eye on this just in case there's something to this story.  For the article click here.

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1 comment:

James G. Dimeas said...

Many of the major news outlets have picked up on this story. The general consensus is that the story is not true. There is no indication that Justice Roberts will be stepping down.

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