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John Roberts

Executive Chairman, J.B. Hunt

Search every verified John Roberts interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Chief Justice John Roberts, during oral arguments in Cisco Systems v. Doe on April 28, 2026, questioned Deputy Solicitor General Curtis E. Gannon about what Roberts described as a "serious conceptual challenge" in the government's argument. Roberts stated that the first Congress intended courts to recognize rights of action available under common law, as interpreted in Sosa, and suggested that the government's position was not faithful to that intent. He asked Gannon to explain how to reconcile the court's modern approach to statutory interpretation with the historical understanding of congressional intent. In response, Gannon acknowledged the difficulty, citing the "Erie revolution" and noting that both the majority and Justice Scalia's concurrence in Sosa had addressed the issue. Gannon argued that the court could limit recognition of causes of action to those the first Congress would have expected, such as the "Blackstone three torts," and that Congress had since codified some results, as with the Torture Victim Protection Act. Roberts pressed further on whether overruling Sosa was appropriate, given that the government was not arguing the decision was wrong.

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