Someone has probably already asked this. Does Roberts have any authority over the rest of his court?

[captain queeg]

Or is chief justice just an honorific?

[Frasier Balzov]

1. I think it's just administrative stuff.

Calendaring cases and assigning who gets to write majority opinions.

[stopdiggin]

3. correct. not without ANY power ..

but it's really fairly limited. And almost negligibly in regards to 'reining in' other justices (which is what a lot of voices are apparently looking for)

[RockRaven]

2. Not the sort which would be needed to control the unacceptable behavior

of Thomas or Alito or Boofboy in regards to their particular predilections.

[Irish_Dem]

4. He cannot reprimand the justices because he is corrupt too.

His wife takes the bribes for him.

[pwb]

5. The wives all did it.

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[doc03]

6. Is Roberts still there, I thought Alito was in charge

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

7. The Chief Justice's power is basically just administrative

Roberts has no power to control, reprimand, or punish the Associate Justices. At most he could deny them from writing majority opinions and assign them to someone else, but he can only do this if he voted with the majority. If Roberts is on the dissenting side of the vote, then the most senior Justice on majority gets to pick who writes the majority opinion.