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In reply to the discussion: 'Shaken': Analyst claims John Roberts has been left reeling from immunity ruling backlash [View all]Aristus
(68,585 posts)27. Fuck all the way off, Roberts, you chuzzlewit.
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.
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'Shaken': Analyst claims John Roberts has been left reeling from immunity ruling backlash [View all]
Jmb 4 Harris-Walz
Oct 11
OP
Yes, please resign. It amazes me that he and the other SCOTUS 5 thought and ruled that a president is above the law.
brush
Oct 12
#79
Wonder how it would play out if someone sued SCOTUS for ruling that a president is above the law...
brush
Oct 12
#125
Roberts must think we are fools. His legacy is sealed, worst chief justice of all time
chicoescuela
Oct 11
#6
And maybe the last Chief Justice of all time. No need for one in a dictatorship.
BamaRefugee
Oct 11
#10
You're right. I didn't follow that thought to its logical conclusion. Thank you
chicoescuela
Oct 11
#14
I don't think so. That's Cold War thinking imho. 'Murica will just be brutal and blatant
BamaRefugee
Oct 12
#60
Indeed...I always thought they of all ppl would understand there's only room for one at the top in a dictatorship
PortTack
Oct 12
#47
Move over Roger Roger B Taney, there's a new worst chief justice ever and he too has perverted the Constitution,
Comfortably_Numb
Oct 12
#65
He let it go to his head, the power and all he has. Instead, he's turned a hell of a lot of people against the
SWBTATTReg
Oct 12
#167
And don't forget Citizen's United -- the decision that paved the way for all of the others.
KPN
Oct 12
#67
I've always thought he's very deep in the closet and the widow w two children he married is a beard. I doubt
diane in sf
Oct 12
#42
Even if the decision had nothing to do with Trump, it's still profoundly awful
RidinWithHarris
Oct 11
#28
My point is that denying Trump had anything to do with it hardly elevates Roberts case
RidinWithHarris
Oct 12
#53
My God, you are so right. Joe Biden has the power and immunity to effect the election in a certain way...
brush
Oct 12
#84
Who needs Seal Team 6 when he has a Treasury detail in place. Preserving American democracy is clearly an official act.
Marcuse
Oct 12
#127
Justice Roberts sealed his fate with that one...so many terrible decisions have come from his court.
patphil
Oct 11
#35
Indeed! Citizens United, gutting the voting rights act and on! He wants to look like the voice of reason..he's not!
PortTack
Oct 12
#43
Oh like the roe decision? I'd like to think there was a soul in there, but alas there isn't. He knew women would die
PortTack
Oct 12
#41
He's probably hoping the Orane Hellbeast will win so he can replaced by another GOP partisan hack.
ShazzieB
Oct 12
#123
I personally don't like when Rawstory is the source because they're never a source ...
aggiesal
Oct 12
#102
And in my opinion only muzzle loaders and muskets are protected by the 2nd amendment. n/t
mtngirl47
Oct 12
#135
I bet I know how to get SCOTUS to reverse their immunity decision in 5 flat minutes...
tavernier
Oct 12
#73
Like hell he "just calls balls & strikes." He's the nice face of the Opus Dei theocratic fanatics ...
Hekate
Oct 12
#136
He should have thought about that when he earned his current job overthrowing
travelingthrulife
Oct 12
#91
You'd be amazed. I was. Other people followed the Brooks Brothers Rioters long before I did...
Hekate
Oct 12
#139
I think I understood it pretty well. There were a lot of references that popped up on Google...
Hekate
Oct 12
#149
The USSC's reputation has been in the shitter since the ridiculous Jones v. Clinton decision,
valleyrogue
Oct 12
#96
does "... left reeling ... " mean he's going to jail or is going to make a tangible change to the ruling? thx in advance
uponit7771
Oct 12
#109
Roberts is a sanctimonious swine who deserves as much scorn for this as for money is speech.
Ford_Prefect
Oct 12
#110
Bullshit. This horrible person has no respect for the Constitution or the law. He's no more than a partisan thug...
NNadir
Oct 12
#132
Well John then maybe you need to go back to the ruling and clarify that leading, encouraging, collaborating on
Kashkakat v.2.0
Oct 12
#146
Roberts lives and works in a bubble. He thinks we are all stupid and easily manipulated. That suggests he thinks
Martin68
Oct 12
#148
Remember when SCOTUS told the country that Bush v Gore only applied to that one case ...
Hekate
Oct 12
#150
living in a bubble. So many are just fucking clueless when it comes to reality and truth. (Same as reality)
Evolve Dammit
Oct 12
#159
what does he think? we're fucking idiots? probably. a child could see past the distorted logic of this opinion.
somaticexperiencing
Oct 12
#168