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none February 2026 September 2023 John Roberts yes File:File-Official roberts CJ cropped.jpg 2011 seventh October 3, 2011 September 30, 2012 7 2 0 4 1 12 1 1 2 Scalia, Alito (9) Sotomayor (4) https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/11 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/relatingtoorders/11 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/in-chambers/11 October 23, 2012 John Roberts opinions SCOTUSterm2010-2015 01 Smith v. Cain majority 565 73 2012 Due Process Clause Brady disclosure materiality of witness impeachment evidence Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan Thomas dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas#Smith v. Cain 02 Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC majority 565 171 2012 Americans with Disabilities Act First Amendment ministerial exception to employment discrimination laws Unanimous Thomas concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas#Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC Alito concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC 03 Messerschmidt v. Millender majority 565 535 2012 Fourth Amendment law enforcement reliance on overbroad search warrant qualified immunity Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito Breyer concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Messerschmidt v. Millender Kagan concurrencedissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Elena Kagan#Messerschmidt v. Millender Sotomayor dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Messerschmidt v. Millender 04 Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern Cal., Inc. dissent 565 606 2012 Medicaid state law reduction of payments to providers review by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services private action to enforce federal reimbursement criteria Supremacy Clause Scalia, Thomas, Alito Breyer majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern Cal., Inc. 05 Zivotofsky v. Clinton majority 566 189 2012 political question doctrine U.S. position on status of Jerusalem Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 passport designation of births in Jerusalem Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Kagan Alito concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#Zivotofsky v. Clinton Sotomayor concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Zivotofsky v. Clinton Breyer dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Zivotofsky v. Clinton 06 Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington concurrence 566 318 2012 Fourth Amendment strip searches in jail of arrestees of minor offenses Kennedy majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Anthony Kennedy#Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington Alito concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington Breyer dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington 07 Filarsky v. Delia majority 566 377 2012 qualified immunity private individuals temporarily working for government Unanimous Ginsburg concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg#Filarsky v. Delia Sotomayor concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Filarsky v. Delia 08 Blueford v. Arkansas majority 566 599 2012 double jeopardy retrial after mistrial due to hung jury Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito Sotomayor dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Blueford v. Arkansas 14 Armour v. Indianapolis dissent 566 673 2012 Equal Protection Clause disparate tax treatment administrative justifications under rational basis review Scalia, Alito Breyer majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Armour v. Indianapolis 15 Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter dissent 567 182 2012 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act reimbursement of tribal contract support costs for public services Contract Disputes Act Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito Sotomayor majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor#Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter 16 Miller v. Alabama dissent 567 460 2012 Eighth Amendment Cruel and Unusual Punishment sentencing of juveniles to life without parole Scalia, Thomas, Alito Kagan majority 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Elena Kagan#Miller v. Alabama Breyer concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer#Miller v. Alabama Thomas dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas#Miller v. Alabama Alito dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Samuel Alito#Miller v. Alabama 17 National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius plurality 567 519 2012 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act individual mandate Anti-Injunction Act Commerce Clause Necessary and Proper Clause Medicaid expansion coercive conditions on federal spending Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan (in part) Ginsburg concurrencedissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg#National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Antonin Scalia#National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius Thomas dissent 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas#National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius 18 FCC v. CBS Corp. concurrence 567 953 2012 FCC regulation of indecent broadcasting content Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy fleeting expletives Ginsburg concurrence 2011 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg#FCC v. CBS Corp. Roberts concurred in the Court's denial of certiorari. 19 Maryland v. King other 567 1301 2012 Maryland v. King Fourth Amendment DNA collection from criminal defendants Roberts granted a stay, pending the Supreme Court's disposition of a certiorari peition, of a decision by the Maryland Court of Appeals. The lower court had held a state law providing for the collection of DNA samples from defendants charged with certain crimes violated the Fourth Amendment. Roberts believed that the Court was likely to grant the cert. petition because the Maryland decision conflicted with decisions by the Third and Ninth Circuits and another state supreme court, and that it was likely to reverse the Maryland decision because of the strength of the analyses presented in those other courts' decisions. He also concluded that the decision, like any other that enjoined a statute, subjected Maryland to irreparable harm. Noting that 58 prosecutions had occurred between 2009 and 2011 because of DNA collection from Maryland arrestees, the lower decision also constituted "an ongoing and concrete harm to Maryland's law enforcement and public safety interests." A stay was, therefore, appropriate. See also Katie's Law