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Chief Justice Roberts and the Erosion
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Posted By: Imright, 11/2/2023 12:59:32 AM

When historians review the decline of American judiciary in the 21st century, they may have difficulty evaluating the role of one of its most important figures, Chief Justice John Roberts. His responses to a multitude of challenges have been inconsistent, and at times baffling. In his 2010 State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama broke the event’s longstanding rules of decorum by hectoring the Supreme Court, six members of which were sitting right in front of him. Obama was peeved by the Court’s recent Citizens United decision, which he alleged would “open the floodgates for special interests -- including foreign corporations -- to spend without limit in our elections."

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 11/2/2023 1:16:52 AM (No. 1590153)
"Erosion"? Hah! How about perversion of justice? Closer to the truth.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: mean Gene 11/2/2023 3:31:20 AM (No. 1590178)
Altho a lot of people think Chief Justice Roberts has something held over him, forcing his sometimes odd decisions, I see him thinking (probably wrongly) that impartiality is kept by "scorekeeping." One close ruling goes this way, the next close ruling goes the other way. Definitely a weak and dangerous way to run a country.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: ussjimmycarter 11/2/2023 4:14:54 AM (No. 1590181)
Biden has hosed things up on so many levels that SCOTUS isn’t even in the equation!
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Reply 4 - Posted by: mifla 11/2/2023 5:16:14 AM (No. 1590185)
Hey John, find the person who leaked the Dobbs decision yet?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: 5 handicap 11/2/2023 6:52:28 AM (No. 1590222)
I believe that everything Roberts has done was in effort to destroy the American System of Government. Even those times when he got something right, I think it was a calculated risk on his part to give him some Creedence thus enabling him to further deteriorate the system at a later date.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Bur Oak 11/2/2023 7:33:21 AM (No. 1590238)
Remember that Justice Roberts oversees the "United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), also called the FISA Court, is a U.S. federal court established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978." which has been corrupted.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: winmag 11/2/2023 7:48:24 AM (No. 1590246)
Just another steaming pile of crap that is a part of the Bush legacy.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Daisymay 11/2/2023 8:11:21 AM (No. 1590262)
The reason Chief Justice Roberts has someone Else calling the Shots regarding his Job has been a puzzle. One large reason, that has been put out there, is he has Two Adopted Children who MAY have not gone through the normal adoption process. I don't know how anyone would know that, but we all know the Government has it's way of digging into people's personal business. If they found this Adoption was done through a Back Door, it would be the perfect way to force the Judge to do their bidding! It's clear that Someone has Something over him! Some day the real reason will come out!
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Cindiana 11/2/2023 8:44:59 AM (No. 1590289)
Expanding on #8's points, isn't it fascinating that there is not a single "investigative journalist" who cares to dig in and find the answers about those adoptions? Gee, it's almost as if there's agreement to hold that ace until/unless it benefits the progs to take him down. I can't look at him without seeing fear in his eyes. He does their bidding.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: ms1234 11/2/2023 8:52:19 AM (No. 1590291)
I blame ALL the worlds problems on the "not so" Supreme Court. Had the Supreme Court heard just ONE 2020 election fraud case, Trump would be president and the world would not be going through the evil that it is now. Thanks to fraud and a gutless Supreme Court, the world is doomed.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Kate318 11/2/2023 11:04:29 AM (No. 1590372)
Judge Roberts’ decisions are not so baffling for a man who is deeply compromised.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: 3XALADY 11/2/2023 12:50:05 PM (No. 1590443)
BINGO #10.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Starboard_side 11/2/2023 1:39:30 PM (No. 1590478)
FTA: It is a matter of record that the FISC repeatedly authorized surveillance of the Trump administration based on lies concocted by political opponents. Though the Justice Department and legacy media ignore it, no one disputes it. So egregious was the perversion of the FISC that Inspector General Michael Horowitz subtitled his April 27, 2023 House testimony “Fixing FISA: How a Law Designed to Protect Americans Has Been Weaponized Against Them.” It's an open secret (the media doesn't report to nearly half the country who still don't know) that they used lies to fool a Court into acting so they could attack Trump during the election campaign, then during the transition, and later during his term as President.
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