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John Roberts Begs the Liberal Justices to Stop Criticizing the Court (newrepublic.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The chief justice doesn’t like his conservative Supreme Court colleagues getting called out for judicial overreach.

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[–] [email protected] 116 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Well if the court didn't engage in clearly partisan politics, maybe the liberal justices wouldn't have anything to criticize.

Does he realize how bad it looks when he voices that his problem is criticism and not like, I don't know, taking money from political interests? Or refusing to recuse in cases where there's a relative directly involved?

[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

It is really incredible how far down the drain the SCOTUS has gone in such a short period of time. Not saying it was great before Justice Kennedy retired either, but at least back then it was generally respected.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I hope RoyGBiv is rolling in her grave at refusing to step down and let Obama select a replacement when she knew the power of her position.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

On the other hand, it's our job to pick the best president and we majorly blew it. I can easily imagine RBG thinking "if they are dumb enough to elect this chode, they deserve what they get".

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