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In reply to the discussion: Dear Justice Roberts [View all]

ShazzieB

(22,948 posts)
8. History will remember the Roberts Court all right.
Sat May 30, 2026, 05:57 PM
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Chief Justice John Roberts will be remembered the way chief Justice Roger B. Taney is remembered for the Dred Scottt decision, the way Chief Justice Melville Fuller is remembered for Plessy v Ferguson, and the way Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone is remembered for Korematsu v. United States.

In other words, he will be remembered not in his own right as a great or even particularly good Chief Justice, but as the Chief Justice who presided over a court known for disastrous rulings. Only in Roberts" case, he will be known as the Chief Justice who presided over over a court known not for one catastrophic decision but for a whole string of historically bad rulings. One of these, Citizens United v. FEC, is already enshrined in numerous lists of historically bad Supreme Court cases such as this one: https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/supreme-court/13-worst-supreme-court-decisions-of-all-time/

His name is one that will live in infamy as generations of law students study the many terrible rulings rendered by the Roberts Court.

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Dear Justice Roberts [View all] babylonsister Saturday OP
Where is Roberts kids are going to school? irisblue Saturday #1
His kids are both in their mid twenties. Wiz Imp Saturday #4
Thx for the reply irisblue Saturday #7
Yeppers. madamesilverspurs Saturday #2
Rec rec. rec malaise Saturday #3
It all falls on deaf ears.... SergeStorms Saturday #5
Well said! Chasstev365 Saturday #6
History will remember the Roberts Court all right. ShazzieB Saturday #8
I just hope this letter makes it to the proper destination. LilElf70 Saturday #9
Wow! I wish I had written that. Joinfortmill Saturday #10
He won't read it anyway, tavernier 17 hrs ago #16
The Mediocre (formerly Supreme) The Wizard Saturday #11
"Their space in History books will be redacted." OldBaldy1701E 20 hrs ago #14
Well and Truly Spoken. BurnDoubt Saturday #12
"Racism is dead!" czarjak Saturday #13
K&R n/t markie 20 hrs ago #15
How to fix the Supreme Court oldguy_tls 14 hrs ago #17
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