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Sarah K. Burris
October 11, 2024 11:30AM ET
Slate's judicial writer Dahlia Lithwick wrote that Roberts was left shocked that Americans didn't buy his attempt to persuade them that his ruling was not about Trump, but instead focused on the office of the presidency. The court ruled that a president was largely immune from criminal prosecution for official actions.
Lithwick referenced a report by CNN's Joan Biskupic. He was shaken by the adverse public reaction to his decision affording [Donald] Trump substantial immunity from criminal prosecution," she wrote.
"His protestations that the case concerned the presidency, not Trump, held little currency.
Lithwick also mentioned New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak's claim that Roberts had hoped his pro-Trump ruling would be written with such poetry that it would lower the bubbling anger from an anti-Trump public still furious over the elimination of Roe v. Wade.
Read the rest at: https://www.rawstory.com/justice-john-roberts-bubble/
Jerry2144
(2,518 posts)he could always resign. Presidnet BIden and/or PResidet (soon-to-be) Harris can replace him with a good person
AllyCat
(16,877 posts)brush
(56,829 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 12, 2024, 02:45 PM - Edit history (1)
A president is just another citizen and should not be allowed to commit crimes with impunity. How moronically full of themselves and their so-call power can they get, especially after yanking away abortion rights.
I have a feeling there's more shock to come for those bozo jurists...a citizen/president is above the law.
Hah!
a kennedy
(31,719 posts)🤬 🤬 🤬
brush
(56,829 posts)which is nowhere in the Constitution.
kerry-is-my-prez
(8,897 posts)There was quite a bit of scorn heaped onto her. They kept on saying that would be in the first line of her obituary.
Upthevibe
(8,942 posts)I'm a very spiritual person and have worked very hard on myself. Having said that, I will NEVER forgive Sandra Day O'Conner - NEVER
not fooled
(6,025 posts)It was aggravating to see the rosy praise heaped on her at the time, with the installation of chimpy mentioned usually only as an afterthought.
GenThePerservering
(2,394 posts)I'm not sure how the three sane justices on there can stand it.
""His protestations that the case concerned the presidency, not Trump, held little currency."
Sorry, Roberts - that horse is an ass and it has long since left the barn anyway. No one believes you. Nor your "poetry".
unblock
(53,990 posts)He was hoping to convince us that the case wasn't about ... THE APPELANT?
Especially when the concept of presidential immunity never came up in a quarter of a millennium, not until Donnie. But no, the case isn't about Donnie.
Yeah, right.
ShazzieB
(18,316 posts)The mode I think about it, the more amazed I am by Roberts' utter inability to read the room. The idea that he did not realize that the public would see the immunity decision as being all about helping TSF avoid prosecution is mind-blowing.
The man must live in a bubble, surrounded by people who never, ever question or criticize his actions or tell him he's wrong. Smdh.
B.See
(3,057 posts)these SCROTUS MAGATS are 'shaken' is when Americans get wise to their TREACHERY.
Frankly wouldn't mind seeing a little tar and feather in their future.
(figuratively speaking, of course)
Roy Rolling
(7,145 posts)His mindset was disturbed [because] the push back was unexpected? What does he expect from American people?
B.See
(3,057 posts)the same partisan miscarriages of justice they've BEEN getting away with.
bluesbassman
(19,740 posts)Neither he nor any of his cronies on the SC bench give a rats tail about public perception. That ship has long since sailed. Theyre untouchable and dont care who knows it or suffers the consequences.
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msfiddlestix
(7,689 posts)but the way, your post got 22 recs including mine.
Rebl2
(14,432 posts)Lovie777
(14,427 posts)Hekate
(94,013 posts)littlemissmartypants
(24,706 posts)NonPC
(395 posts)He's been so arrogant in spite of the obvious evidence of his court being so corrupt. Now it's becoming hard for him to ignore. Too little and too late.
chicoescuela
(1,444 posts)F off Roberts
BamaRefugee
(3,685 posts)chicoescuela
(1,444 posts)Hekate
(94,013 posts)BaronChocula
(2,383 posts)wnylib
(23,941 posts)I've seen it so many times now that I almost have the dialogue memorized.
BaronChocula
(2,383 posts)It always makes me think of how easy it is for people to want to "move on" after atrocious acts.
wnylib
(23,941 posts)take the first step down a slippery slope out of fear or to keep the peace through appeasement.
BamaRefugee
(3,685 posts)about it.
Smaller countries have needed to put on a sham display of fair play because they know they might have to come begging the USA for help at some point.
Murica wont be asking anyone else for help ever.
Our laws will just spring from random bursts of hatred and revenge out of the mouth of a lunatic, with the death penalty on all of them because anything else is just too annoying to deal with.
Writing a sentence like the one I just did will get me killed.
And news of these things will NEVER be reported in print or TV. There will just be quiet trembling whispers of rumors about neighbors who havent been seen for a while.
Forgive my clairvoyance, oops, sorry, I mean my rambling. 🤕
PortTack
(34,192 posts)Prairie Gates
(2,466 posts)He is, of course, wrong.
Comfortably_Numb
(4,069 posts)And will die on the wrong side of history. Roberts fate is sealed, crocodile tears or not. The court is a disaster.
Voltaire2
(14,587 posts)I'm not sure that making it official that humans were property throughout the USA is not still the worst decision in our history.
So far.
yourout
(7,916 posts)Citizens United or Plessy/Dobs or immunity would get him the top honors of worst ever.
He will lap the field as worst ever.
SWBTATTReg
(23,888 posts)Supreme Court, which had a pristine rating, and w/ him, no more. He dragged that institution into the gutter and still hasn't gotten it out of the gutter. Until these six want-to-be dictators are gone from the Supreme Court, it will always be tainted.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(2,948 posts)MomInTheCrowd
(313 posts)shove it right up his ahem. Sorry
orthoclad
(4,451 posts)drmeow
(5,214 posts)a Double Bass fit? Could we try?
GopherGal
(2,342 posts)RussBLib
(9,563 posts).....is he really that stupid and tone-deaf?
sheshe2
(86,620 posts)SheltieLover
(59,034 posts)He is upset that Americans are paying attention!
sheshe2
(86,620 posts)How dare we be WOKE .
Keepthesoulalive
(403 posts)He doesnt give a hoot, hes in charge of the court and hes doing his masters bidding.
NameAlreadyTaken
(1,361 posts)Spare us the crocodile tears, Roberts
Skittles
(157,562 posts)Hekate
(94,013 posts)I was appalled and disgusted when he gutted the Voting Rights Act.
I cried for 3 days after Dobbs and a friend of mine who had been thru any number of failed rounds of IVF basically took to her bed for the same 3 days.
But his ruling about presidential immunity damn near gave me a stroke, and I wish I was joking. I thought Imperial Presidency was settled when we got rid of Nixon, I really did.
He and his Sleazy Six on the Court are trying to undo all the progress of the 20th Century, especially the second half, which was the first part of my lifetime.
So if the gentleman is shaken and having a sad, he fckng well should, and I hope it gets worse every day for the rest of his misbegotten life.
orthoclad
(4,451 posts)despite what Flawed Story says.
Hekate
(94,013 posts)orthoclad
(4,451 posts)The plutocrats will coddle him. That's all he needs.
UpInArms
(51,677 posts)And it has never stopped since then
KPN
(16,018 posts)Without that decision, there night actually be a 5-4 liberal leaning SCOTUS right now.
lindysalsagal
(22,202 posts)His cold dead heartlessness
diane in sf
(4,047 posts)he relates much to women.
tavernier
(13,140 posts)thats ok I guess, but most of the gay men I know care very much for the rights of women and all people in general because they well know what exclusion feels like.
brush
(56,829 posts)StarryNite
(10,583 posts)maxrandb
(15,788 posts)His grandchildren could charter a plane with a full surgical suite, have an abortion at 32,000 feet, and be on the beach in Cabo by noon.
JoseBalow
(4,729 posts)He's just another partisan cultist hack. Fuck that guy.
Orrex
(63,827 posts)bmichaelh
(572 posts)Some of this I find incredulous.
If its true, Roberts should immediately resign.
There were conservative jurists like J. Michael Luttig that did not support immunity.
SCOTUS went out of their way to delay their decision.
They could have heard arguments back in January.
Some of the SCOTUS thought they were issuing a decision that would stand the test of time.
Since, they broke precedent in Dobbs; they should realize there could be a later SCOTUS that will reverse their immunity decision.
Akakoji
(197 posts)Not sure what his problem is - maybe Alito or Thomas or Kavanaugh have something on him - but to say that he was surprised by the reaction to his reactionary, anti-American ruling is a large, hot dump.
Aristus
(67,919 posts)And to hell with anyone who thinks right now that maybe George W. Bush wasnt so bad, and isnt his schoolboy crush on Michelle Obama cute?
Roberts is doing exactly what he was elevated to SCOTUS to do. Anyone who thinks differently is fooling himself.
liberalhistorian
(20,844 posts)his MAGA ilk have helped us forget just how awful and authoritarian and proudly ignorant Dubya was, and how horrible his SUPCO appointments, Roberts and Alito, are. I knew twenty years ago when they were appointed just how bad they'd be and I'm not at all surprised that this gas been the outcome.
Even Sandra Day O'Connor was appalled at Alito and that he'd be her replacement, noting his horrendous misogyny.
Aristus
(67,919 posts)Rumor has it she voted Bush in Bush v Gore 2000 because she wanted a Republican to appoint her successor.
Well, she got what she wanted. So I don't care how "appalled" she claimed to be.
RidinWithHarris
(623 posts)Being for the benefit of Trump simply takes an unthinkably awful decision and elevates it to satanically malevolent.
PortTack
(34,192 posts)StarryNite
(10,583 posts)RidinWithHarris
(623 posts)Granting any President pulled-out-of-your-collective-asses dictatorial powers is profoundly against any rational interpretation of the Constitution. It's an unadulterated naked power play by authoritarians, for authoritarians.
StarryNite
(10,583 posts)KS Toronado
(19,147 posts)when President Biden uses the "IMMUNITY POWERS" Roberts gave him to stop KFC from stealing
the election. Hell Biden might have to jail 6 Supremos on some petty charge so the 3 remaining
good ones can make all the decisions.
brush
(56,829 posts)ane we here all know in what direction I'm talking about, and no one can't do anything about it.
So ruled SCOTUS.
Marcuse
(7,962 posts)ArkansasDemocrat1
(2,948 posts)SheltieLover
(59,034 posts)People are paying attention!
sheshe2
(86,620 posts)usonian
(12,948 posts)patphil
(6,828 posts)Historically, his legacy is one of failure to defend the Constitution and the rule of law.
He single-handedly allowed the court to become a partisan tool of those who want to end our Constitutional Democratic Republic, and create a fascist totalitarian government in it's place. And, he allowed religion, not the rule of law, to dictate the court's decisions.
He should have reigned Thomas and Alito in decades ago for their lack of ethics. His failure to act then has set the stage for a court that has no regard for ethics at all. He lost his honor back then, and has continued to betray his position of Chief Justice of the highest court in the land.
Now that Trump added 3 more partisan judges, Robert's position has devolved into a rubber stamp for all the things the court was supposed to protect us from.
And he wonders why the Court is held in so low regard!
PortTack
(34,192 posts)Drum
(9,589 posts)🔎
Tribetime
(5,863 posts)That we might think less about expanding the SC
dchill
(40,016 posts)... especially for a Chief Justice. Thin-skinned too, apparently.
PortTack
(34,192 posts)Do us all a favor and retire!
ShazzieB
(18,316 posts)If Kamala wins, we may be stuck with him for a while yet.
Which, as a tradeoff for having her as potus, I will reluctantly accept.
aggiesal
(9,388 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(102,275 posts)aggiesal
(9,388 posts)The actual story is out there.
B.See
(3,057 posts)is about the Slate article. It's cited in the story.
aggiesal
(9,388 posts)byronius
(7,562 posts)It will be forever remembered as the criminal scribbling of low traitors to all that is American.
History will record it this way the Roberts court betrayed their nation for comfort and the promises of men who sought to damage the founders creed.
Blah blah blah, John Roberts your name will stand for truly criminal justice.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(2,948 posts)Response to Jmb 4 Harris-Walz (Original post)
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niyad
(118,720 posts)be an ambulance chaser, much less CJ on the supreme court. And if he believes that WE are stupid enough to believe him, he clearly cannot read the room, and, again, is TOO FUCKING STUPID to even be ON the court, much less CJ.
Quit wasting oxygen, you sick, twisted, lying, clueless jerk.
BWdem4life
(2,277 posts)into any kind of self-reflection I'm sure.
AllyCat
(16,877 posts)Feels discomfort about anything hes done. Corrupt SCROTUS.
Botany
(72,110 posts)Letting a criminal walk on his crimes against the Constitution and the American People after
being installed by a hostile dictator doesnt set well with the American People. And that wasnt
long after the court ruled it was illegal to count the legal voters votes. See bush v Gore.
No matter how well the decision was written.
tishaLA
(14,298 posts)If he believed anyone would regard that decision as anything less than a French kiss to their orange Jesus m
RainCaster
(11,425 posts)WTF? Roberts, it's past time for you to resign.
ShazzieB
(18,316 posts)I see a lot of comments expressing disbelief that Roberts is actually upset, but I believe he is indeed perturbed, in the sense of being shocked to realize that he miscalculated so badly.
He strikes me as being quite sure of his own brilliance, and I can easily believe that he's quite miffed to learn that there are so many people who are not impressed by his "brilliance" at all.
Also, if he's read any of the commentary I've read about the damage that all of these bull pucky decisions like Dobbs and that immunity garbage have done to his precious "legacy," I can well believe that his tighty whiteys are in a bit of a knot about that. Which is peachy keen and hunky dory, as far as I'm concerned, because he RICHLY deserves it, after screwing with people's lives the way he's done.
Cry your eyes out, Johnny Boy. And while you're crying for yourself, maybe consider thinking, just for a nanosecond, about all the lives that you and your 5 little buddies have caused to be upended and in some cases even ENDED-ended. Their blood snd their heartbreak are on YOUR hands, you selfish prick!
LiberalLovinLug
(14,347 posts)I'm sure he thought, in his great mind, that this was a good thing. To open the door to unlimited donations from any dark crevice on the planet towards one candidate. More money - more democracy????
He's been going downhill every since
slightlv
(4,053 posts)littlemissmartypants
(24,706 posts)Fu*k his feelings.
Hotler
(11,896 posts)KPN
(16,018 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,245 posts)to do anything about the shattered reputation the Republican majority has earned.
caraher
(6,306 posts)It's a ridiculous ruling. Presidents should not have license to crime.
COL Mustard
(6,754 posts)The only way their rulings can be overturned is by Congress passing a law specifically reversing a Court decision.
With lifetime appointments, the justices are essentially unaccountable and untouchable.
pfitz59
(10,784 posts)He could have left the perfect Appellate ruling stand, instead he blatantly re-wrote the Constitution to protect one man. He should be excoriated every time he dares show his face in public "Shame, shame, shame..."
SamKnause
(13,701 posts)Lifetime appointments for evil fucks, liars, and ignorant assholes.
Corporations are not people.
Money is not speech.
The news should be factual.
Cops should not have immunity.
Ignored the precedent of Roe vs. Wade.
Overturned the Voting Rights Act.
The Supreme Court has been a destructive force against democracy.
milestogo
(17,208 posts)brush
(56,829 posts)mtngirl47
(1,065 posts)tavernier
(13,140 posts)When President Joseph R Biden decides to take them up on it and declares a few new rules of his own.
stumpysbear
(203 posts)No one is above the law.
Think. Again.
(16,624 posts)...when the lead of the highest court in the land is surprised to find out there are consequences to actions.
intheflow
(28,820 posts)That first sentence should read that he was shaken by the unexpected public reaction. Because he gave presidents the rights of kings, its impossible to believe that backlash was unexpected. FFS, Im sure he heard reality from the liberal justices but is so far in his bubble he dismissed them because they have vaginas.
Scrivener7
(52,249 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,837 posts)This is what happens when you are so arrogant that you are convinced of your own correctness, and you think everyone else believes the way you do. And, then you find out that they don't. I hope this is giving that corrupt motherfucker and his five toadies nightmares of mobs bearing pitchforks and torches at their doorsteps.
malaise
(276,740 posts)and not a shake
kentuck
(112,491 posts)What a dumbass is Mr Roberts!
He must of thought Mr Trump was a product of a witchhunt and that he had never committed any crimes?
MaryMagdaline
(7,641 posts)I hope he never has a good nights rest until the day he dies. Traitor to democracy.
PCIntern
(26,620 posts)There is ZERO doubt in my mind that the Roberts public persona is a sham. Theres someone else whos been hiding all these years.
Hekate
(94,013 posts)
on what is supposed to be our secular High Court.
In repose, Sam Alitos face always reminds me of a portrait of some medieval cardinal just burning to put sinners on the rack. But Roberts is the nice face out front.
PCIntern
(26,620 posts)travelingthrulife
(338 posts)an election. He is as bad as any January6th insurrectionist. He actively helped overthrow Gore's win in 2000 and was rewarded with the SC Chief Justice role. Could not have been any more in our faces.
valleyrogue
(832 posts)He wasn't even on the court then. GWB appointed him to the CJ slot when William Rehnquist died. It was in 2005, nearly five years after the 2000 election.
From his Wikipedia page:
Hekate
(94,013 posts)Supreme Court has three lawyers who worked on Bush v. Gore
Justices Clarence Thomas voted to suspend the vote count in Florida that ended up with George Bush Jr. as president. Three other justices worked on the Bush team including John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Comey Barrett. All three were later appointed to the Supreme Court! Roberts was appointed by Bush. Kavanaugh and Barrett by Trump.
John Roberts flew to Florida in November 2000 to assist Bush's legal team. He helped prepare the lawyer who presented Bush's case to the Florida state Supreme Court and offered advice throughout.
Brett Kavanaugh was in private practice in 2000 and helped the Bush legal team. He wrote on a 2018 Senate questionnaire that his work related to recounts in Volusia County, Florida.
Amy Coney Barrett wrote on the questionnaire she submitted to the Senate for her Supreme Court confirmation review, "One significant case on which I provided research and briefing assistance was Bush v. Gore." She said the law firm where she was working at the time represented Bush and that she had gone down to Florida "for about a week at the outset of the litigation" when the dispute was in the Florida courts. - CNN
valleyrogue
(832 posts)He was not directly involved in the USSC decision on Bush v. Gore. According to your site, he had a very minor role with the lawyers on the case.
Not the same thing at all as what was implied above.
Hekate
(94,013 posts)I kind of just tossed a dart at them and chose one. You may choose another. You may phrase it differently.
The salient points to me are as follows:
These young lawyers played a part on Bushs side in the case of Bush v Gore. Some can be spotted in the class photo known as the Brooks Brothers Riot that played a prominent part in shutting down the vote count in Florida. They were handsomely rewarded in their subsequent careers specifically, Dubya appointed John Roberts as Chief Justice.
Yes?
peggysue2
(11,377 posts)I suspect he's disturbed, angry that messages from Mt Olympus haven't been accepted as Gospel and that the reputation of SCOTUS is in the toilet.
The latter is well-deserved and delivered by his own hand.
dalton99a
(83,650 posts)The Madcap
(124 posts)The main problem that I see with their ruling is that no one seems to have defined exactly what an official action is. Is meeting undercover with a dictator an official action? How about a backroom deal to build a hotel with one's name on it? How about shooting someone on Fifth Avenue? Harassing journalists? Accosting women? What's next? Gas chambers for immigrants?
I mean, come on. Under the current scenario, the Orange Messiah could do anything and get away with it simply because no one has the guts to tell him to his ugly mug what he cannot do. My bet is that they'll wait until after the election if Kamala wins to set those boundaries.
What a ridiculous situation. I mean, this clown could have pushed the nuke button over and over again with impunity and then called it an "official act." What a terrible ruling.
dickthegrouch
(3,495 posts)Please feel free to improve on that and help get it into law.
valleyrogue
(832 posts)which was under the Rehnquist court, but it gave the public warning signs of its corruption, if said public had been paying attention.
It's gone downhill ever since.
Jakes Progress
(11,159 posts)He has been working to do this for years. He was groomed to lead the judicial dismantling of our government and has been leading the way for two decades. This was always a part of the plan. If the right wing loonies win, he will be lauded. If they lose, he will be eventually identified as the worst American ever.
See the book Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections by David Daley.
RJ_MacReady
(237 posts)He knew exactly what he was doing. Frankly the attacks on their credibility and legitimacy need to be ramped up.
Hotler
(11,896 posts)republianmushroom
(16,965 posts)Protecting their sugar daddies.
ecstatic
(34,149 posts)Does he know that?
TBF
(33,652 posts)for doing his bidding would be naive at best. I don't believe Justice Roberts is that gullible or stupid. And neither are we.
uponit7771
(91,301 posts)Ford_Prefect
(8,187 posts)Coexist
(25,680 posts)I'm crying on the inside
RussBLib
(9,563 posts)...I have a hard time believing any of the "conservative" justices even have a conscience.
3825-87867
(1,020 posts)and actually have a conscience?
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,238 posts)a kennedy
(31,719 posts)Did he seriously think this was even remotely smart??? Give me a break. 🤬 🤬 🤬
3825-87867
(1,020 posts)He wasn't shaken over Citizens United and he had to know what that can of worms meant and would lead to.
I"m sure once he get to the bank or makes an online deposit, the shakes stop.
Scalded Nun
(1,326 posts)What he really needs to remember is that this is the 'Robert's Court' and that name, and all that goes with it, will hang around his neck as long as this country exists...and deservedly so.
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,216 posts)Susan Calvin
(2,002 posts)Guess that goes to prove you don't have to actually be smart to make your way to the Supreme Court.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,571 posts)Generic Brad
(14,374 posts)We expect our justices to...I don't know...be fair and just. The right wing of this court is nothing more than bought and paid for shills. They are and continue to be a disgrace and need to go.
NNadir
(34,309 posts)...a corrupt perjurer and supporter of the overthrow of the government he swore to defend.
He doesn't give a rat's ass about his country; he's gone full MAGA.
History will record him on the same level as Roger Taney and his rulings will all be recorded with similar disgust to that of Taney.
polichick
(37,477 posts)grumpyduck
(6,625 posts)He's just pissed off.
Not that he gives a shit what people think.
wolfie001
(3,336 posts).....who's a 100% 'Handmaid's Tale' adherent. Scary as fuck couple in the exact same mold as Scrolito's upside-down flag waver wife and "Free Buffet" Ginni "The Tank" Thomas.
DallasNE
(7,534 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 12, 2024, 08:16 PM - Edit history (1)
Is how ham-handed it is written. You can see some merit in the "official" versus "unofficial" separation except for the lack of clarity regarding how this is determined because it sounds like a case-by-case situation that will drag the Supreme Court into every decision. Roberts, understanding the unmanageability of the situation, brought up the instance of Trump ordering his acting Attorney General to do something and he declared that conversation as official. Here the problem becomes that Roberts focused solely on WHO the conversation was with rather than WHAT was being discussed. As the minority pointed out, that would grant immunity to a President to order Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political opponent. It fixed one problem but created a bigger problem. That remains unanswered.
Smith was very clever with his new indictment of Trump. He removed the testimony between Trump and his executive staff but he made the determination that the remaining conversations/evidence was unofficial and related to the campaign - "what" mattered after all. Next, we have the mini-trial that weighs the remaining evidence provided by Smith against the Supreme Court ruling to see whether it flies with Roberts.
NBachers
(17,931 posts)Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,863 posts)insurrection and refusal to abide by the outcome of an election is not, and cannot ever be an "official" act of ANY president.
we be OK with that I think! And then you could sleep better at night.
Martin68
(24,317 posts)MAGAts are representative of all Americans. Glad to hear he realizes he missed the mark by miles. When the Supreme court rules on presidential legal immunity, it could only be related to the multitude of charges against Trump. What other president has charged and found d guilty of so many crimes?
Hekate
(94,013 posts)
and would set no precedent ?
Im no lawyer, but I knew it was a damn lie. Everything the Court does sets a precedent.
So, telling the American people that presidential immunity only applies this one time is a lie of even greater magnitude.
Martin68
(24,317 posts)RANDYWILDMAN
(2,841 posts)just go away !
One of the most biased rulings in my lifetime...and he didn't understand...what a dope
JohnSJ
(95,444 posts)From The Ashes
(2,671 posts)Most of us are NOT THAT STUPID! Of course it was for Trump
OldBaldy1701E
(6,068 posts)You say that lying to people about not messing with something popular and then messing with it and then making even more stupid and dangerous rulings would make people mad?
WEIRD!
Evolve Dammit
(18,269 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(10,374 posts)Zambero
(9,532 posts)First Citizens United, and now this. And I was expecting ticker tape parades with marching bands!!
sdfernando
(5,302 posts)He is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, surely he is smarter than this?....but apparently not.
Hekate
(94,013 posts)mahina
(18,769 posts)But I do recognize the potential for a shield for Joe should the devil win
somaticexperiencing
(530 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,254 posts)Mr. Jinx
(1,360 posts)This shows how out of touch with reality the Supreme Court has become. Not just the DC bubble or the conservative/GOP bubble, but the one around the court itself. It has tilted so far to the right that the fact the Chief Justice is surprised by the backlash says volumes.
Besides, who in their right mind thought that giving a con man immunity for "official acts" was a good idea? He's the last person who deserves any breaks for his actions.
Baitball Blogger
(47,626 posts)timoteus
(26 posts)remembers Roberts continually complaining about not earning enough money the first couple years he was on the Supreme Court? Then he went completely silent on the matter. I'm sure they compensated him bigly behind the scenes.