Chief Justice Roberts A Victim of Credit Card Fraud
Reports from Washington D.C indicate that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' credit cards were compromised, forcing him to use cash when paying for his morning cup of joe.
Roberts apparently had to use cash when he went for coffee at a local area Starbucks. He reportedly told the cashier that he was using the paper method because someone had obtained his credit card numbers, according to an article published in The Washington Post's Loop Column by Al Kamen.
There was no indication that the chief justices' credit cards were used, but rumors suggested that the person responsible for illegally obtaining the sensitive information was actually in Kentucky.
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Unfortunately, credit card fraud is a growing problem in the U.S., with consumer protection advocates claiming that as many as 10 percent of Americans-roughly 31.4 million people- have experienced some type of credit fraud, with the average amount stolen being about $400.
Chief Justice Roberts and the justices heard oral arguments this week regarding the issue of gay marriage. The courts were specifically with the issue regarding the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law that defines marriage taking place between one man and one woman, and California's Proposition 8, concerning a lower court's ruling over the unconstitutionality of Proposition 8, which stipulated same-sex couples could not marry.
"The bottom line, in my opinion, is that the Court probably will not have the five votes necessary to get to any result at all, and almost certainly will not have five votes to decide the merits of whether Proposition 8 is constitutional," wrote Tom Goldstein, founder and contributor to SCOTUSblog.
Currently, nine U.S. states, as well as the District of Columbia, recognize same-sex marriage, and although states are free to decide their own laws regarding same-sex couples, the Supreme Court has the power to change the federal definition.
