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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSomething to keep in mind re Chief Justice Roberts
Trump pushed him so far he felt he had to push back. Let's remember who the presiding judge would be when Trump is impeached. Interesting . . . . . .
That Donny boy has a knack.
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)RockRaven
(14,972 posts)He's super conservative and rather partisan, but less so than Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and BooferBoy.
And as Chief Justice, his name is associated with every decision SCOTUS renders (i.e. this era is "the Roberts Court" ).
I don't see Roberts going along with the absolutely overt Constitution shredding which Trump needs to survive unscathed. Some further disappointing degradation of Congressional and Judicial power in favor of the executive? Probably. But complete capitulation? No.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)statement is that he gave it to the AP, not during
public remarks or in a law journal or any of the myriad
ways he could have softened its edges. He wanted it
out there and now, through the front door.
Link to tweet
Polybius
(15,423 posts)I remember in 1998 when it was Rehnquist. A friend said that he hated Rehnquist for not dismissing it. It was not in his power to do so.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)He'll be leaving office soon, and this hurt him going forward if it gets that far, because he knows now he can't win, can't bribe them or blackmail them, or threaten them into submission. He'll soon claim something made up about Roberts and others, that's his pattern.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)The Roberts Court is starting to look like a swamp of rightwing toadies eager to goosestep to the Heritage Foundation's fascist tune. Of course, that's what Roberts wants too but he's concerned how it will "look". History will not be kind to this era. Not at all.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)erlewyne
(1,115 posts)an Obama judge.