On a chilly platform before the U.S. Capitol today, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. swore-in President Barack Obama for a second term, in a replay of the actual oath administered yesterday in the Blue Room of the White House. In...
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Obama Sworn-In: Second Start Today — ‘I Did It,’ He Tells Family
Updated at 4:15 pm EST President Barack Obama took the oath of office today for a second term. The private White House ceremony led by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. played out at 11:55 am EST. It wasn’t all that...
Read more »Obama `Battle Hardened’ for Term Two
When Barack Obama held his first prime-time news conference as president, the financial crisis was at its peak and not a single Republican had voted for his economic stimulus bill. So he pleaded for their partnership. Four years later, this...
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Cristina Castro, 23, of New York, wraps up against the cold while waiting to enter the Capitol to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama.
Obama’s 40-Degree Inaugural Day — History Dictates a Heavy Top Coat
The real inauguration will play out indoors. The outdoor celebration the next day will be chilling. President Barack Obama’s second term actually starts at noon Sunday, on the date and time demanded by the Constitution. The president will have Supreme...
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The crowd watches a large screen on the National Mall during President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington on Jan. 20, 2009.
Obama’s Second-Term Inauguration: `Era of Responsibility,’ Take Four
The White House is preparing for another inauguration. This one will span two days, with an official swearing in on the day required under the Constitution, Sunday the 20th, and a ceremonial swearing in outside the Capitol on Monday the...
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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, is sworn in as wife Michelle holds up the same bible used by former President Abraham Lincoln, during the inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2009.
Obama’s Fourth Oath of Office: Inauguration Day 2013
There’s only one president who has been sworn in as many times as President Barack Obama will be sworn in as chief executive of the nation on the public Inauguration Day of Jan. 21, 2013. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Steve Kerrigan,...
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Chief Justice John Roberts
John Roberts’ Role in KKR’s Profits
Does private-equity giant KKR have Chief Justice John Roberts to thank for a stellar quarter? Yes and no. The storied buyout firm, run by cousins Henry Kravis and George Roberts, today posted second-quarter profits of $520 million, more than double...
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A Tea Party supporter outside the Supreme Court.
Republicans Fall Out of Love with Supreme Court
Despite an alleged aversion to “judicial activism,” Republican voters applauded as the Supreme Court’s 5-4 conservative majority reversed precedents and overturned legislation, most notably in the Citizens United case removing limits on corporate campaign spending. The ruling led to an explosion...
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Mitt Romney supporters.
Court `Revved’ Romney’s Base, Jets Owner Tells Donors
Updated at 11 am EDT On the road, the day after the ruling: Republican Mitt Romney told campaign donors today that the Supreme Court ruling upholding President Barack Obama’s health-care law “calls for greater urgency” in the Nov. 6 election....
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Chief Justice John Roberts
Roberts Legacy Injected with Nuance
Serving as the junior senator from Illinois, Barack Obama met in private quarters with a fellow graduate of Harvard Law School, John Roberts Jr., President George W. Bush’s nominee for chief justice of the Supreme Court . Obama cast a...
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