I don't know who invited John Roberts to the grand opening of the African American Museum

[MattP]

They guy has done serious damage to the voting rights act and has the nerve to show up, he belongs in the villans section

[malaise]

1. He will be speaking shortly

I too am shocked

[hlthe2b]

2. who knows... maybe he is still capable of learning something...

A bit better chance with him, than with Alito, the despicable Thomas, or the (thankfully) late Scalia, imo.

[FarPoint]

3. Why not....

Make them uncomfortable... works for me.

[yeoman6987]

4. He's the Supreme Court leader. Of course they invited him

Not everything is partisan politics in Washington as much as we believe

[stopbush]

6. Exactly.

[Uponthegears]

5. Why wouldn't they?

After all, isn't he the author of the VRA decision which proudly announced the end of racially-based discrimination?

BTW, principle is not partisanship. Excluding a CJ who denies institutional racism from the opening of a museum that hopefully explains that racism is still a major force in the United States is a matter of principle.

[frazzled]

7. He's chancellor of the Smithsonian's Board of Regents

The museum is the latest addition to the Smithsonian. Of course he would be asked to speak.

https://www.si.edu/Governance/Members

[Dreamer Tatum]

8. Maybe the world isn't quite the caricature some believe it is.

Spoiler: it isn't.

[JI7]

9. it's a museum which means bad things would be included also

[BluegrassDem]

10. I hope he took a tour of the museum and learned of the black story and struggle

in this country. Maybe he'll learn things he didn't know. I'll just try to think of this is a teachable moment.

[Nitram]

11. He, like all conservatives, would look at anything that reflect negatively one U.S history as...

liberal historical revisionism.