Justice Roberts Who Unleashed Unlimited Political Spending Decries Partisanship

[DonViejo]

By PHILIP MARCELO Published AUGUST 11, 2014, 4:08 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, speaking at the American Bar Association's annual meeting Monday, said lawyers should play a key role in mitigating the "sharp partisan divides" that have shaken public faith in government.

"Lawyers fulfill their professional calling to its fullest extent when they rise above particular partisan debates and participate as problem solvers," he said in a rare public speaking event before the ABA that focused on the historical significance of the Magna Carta, an English charter that turns 800 next year.

Roberts, who was appointed chief justice by then-President George W. Bush in 2005, said lawyers can help bridge the chronic partisan bickering that has gridlocked Washington in recent years "simply by helping the public understand the nature of the role that courts play in civil life, a role distinct from that of the political branches."

On the Magna Carta, Roberts said its "core principles of justice" remain relevant today and are worth defending.

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[elleng]

1. MAYBE he's having second thoughts, about Citizens' United???

I really wonder what he has in mind. Lawyers advocate their/our clients' positions. What would he have us do?

[immoderate]

2. I think it's in his mind to slather us with bullshit.

As long as you ask...

--imm

[Hoppy]

9. Ellen G. That's the silliest thread title I have ever read on D.U.

You are implying the man has a soul.

[BillZBubb]

3. What a dissembling bastard.

Will anyone believe this BS from him of all people?

[savalez]

4. Let's see the photo! He was probably winking the whole time.

[silvershadow]

5. Maybe we could all just walk around with a lawyer all the time. nt

[Sheepshank]

6. He is asking Corporations to act like attorney?

...and attorney's should have altruistic goals that do not including making money, therefore Corporation should also not be concerned with making money?

That is some utopian thinking that isn't going to happen.

[Cosmocat]

14. That is a pretty signficant component

of the republican mindset ...

They just turn that thinking off.

You see, businesses will do what is right because if they don't, people will simply not buy their shit and they go out of business. Leave Government out of it, the market corrects itself.

Just a complete and total disconnect from the plain and simple reality of things ...

While they arrogantly dismiss "liberals" for being idealists who aren't grounded in reality.

[GeorgeGist]

7. Typical Republican ...

blame someone else for your failures.

[modrepub]

8. What's this guy smoking

Doesn't like 50% of Congress have a law degree?!? We all know how well they work together.

[blkmusclmachine]

10. Idiot? No. Partisan hack? Oh, yes.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. I don't care if he is a SCJ. He's a tool. eom

[world wide wally]

12. He's nothing more than a politician like the rest of them. They all have great platitudes..

but their actions speak volumes more than words ever will.

[66 dmhlt]

13. We all know that in the eyes of the law, the rich and poor are equal ...

It's just that the rich are especially equal.

[Blue Idaho]

15. What a sanctimonious hypocrite...

That right wing stooge has some nerve pontificating on the train wreck that is the modern political landscape.

[davidpdx]

17. +1

[Rosa Luxemburg]

16. He needs to go