Chief Justice John Roberts touted the independence of the federal judiciary as a “counter-majoritarian check” and urged Americans rattled by partisan politics to keep faith with the Constitution in an annual report Wednesday that steered clear of direct discussion of modern controversies.
Roberts’ history-heavy statement made no mention of Donald Trump, nor the intense conflict that has cropped up between federal courts and the White House since his second inauguration nearly a year ago.
Trump has questioned the legitimacy of courts that paused his policies and called for the impeachment of judges who ruled against him.
Great idea. How about we require that any partisan judge or lawyer has to retire and is ineligible for the bench and the bar?
Probably should have thought about that before you made the president a king
“This arrangement, now in place for 236 years, has served the country well,” Roberts wrote in the report, which was released by the Supreme Court hours before the start of the new year.
“It was only when I started giving Trump all of the power that is supposed to lie in the Supreme Court that the arrangement started to fail,” Roberts continued. “I thought I could get an even greater position of power by kowtowing to the demands of Trump, but now he says that my ass isn’t as supple as it used to be, and that I keep losing concentration when I’m servicing him. But what can I do? He keeps falling asleep in the middle. Justice Thomas said the same thing. I knew people had said that with Trump, loyalty is a one-way street, but it’s shocking to experience it myself. I used to have all the power in the world, but now I just really feel used by this whole ordeal.”
It will go a long way of making sure that happens as soon as he dies in 3 years.
John if you get on your knees right now and pray for mercy and beg forgiveness. The American people will be swift with their justice and grant you an early end of your life long term.
Well maybe he should uphold the Constitution instead of wipe his ass with it.
No no you see, when he talks about “judicial independence” he means “judicial independence from the Constitution”
Give every new Justice a bidet when they take office, so they don’t grab for the nearest parchment.
That dude is going down in history as a giant asshole that was bribed heavily.
Justice Taney would like a word.
Thomas would have a word, but he is a strict follower of “Keep Your Mouth Shut, and Don’t Prove You’re An Idiot” philosophy. His wife has probably prohibited him from speaking, and he’s scared shitless of that Bulldog.
This is not the time or the place. /s
he will have to confer what his billionaire donors/ or putin thinks.
Ya know it’s kinda funny that I’m finding I agree with Justice Roberts, I think it would be great for the Judiciary to be a ‘separate but equal’ “branch” of our government. No, really, this is a great idea. Like we could have like maybe three, separate but equal branches, maybe this is a stretch, but we could call them, umm, The Judiciary, The Legislative, and the Executive Branches.
That sounds great! The only way I could envision it failing is if one branch gave another outsized power in a partisan bid, while another refused to be a check on other branches… Boy, that would fly in the face of the Constitution and introduce a fundamental crisis for our country…
Yep, we got oodles of that going on, right now. :-(
What if each of them actually did their job? And only their job? Or am I being too fantastical?
And maybe that “separate but equal” can serve as a check and balance to keep any branch from abusing their power …. Or is that off the deep end?
lol that’s great
On the other hand the only reason I don’t want Roberts to drop dead right this second is because I’m afraid of who would replace him.
Jeanne Pirro
Had to double check the source, to make sure this wasn’t The Onion.
Came here to confirm my exact sentiment.
We are circling the drain. Any day now.
I suspect he’s more concerned with potential congressional action to limit corruption or in imposing term limits on Supreme Court Justices than he is in any powers that Donald Trump has taken upon himself.
IF Dems ever take power back, and wield it responsibly and with purpose this time, they’ll expand the court by at least four seats, impose term limits, AND impeach Thomas, and probably Alito, and then prosecute Thomas and his bulldog wife for corruption and sedition.
and wield it responsibly and with purpose this time
That’s not what will happen.
I’m holding out hope. This will be our absolute last chance, and the Dems can’t drop the ball this time, like they did during the Biden administration.
If we can pull off a Congressional bloodbath in the Midterms, the incoming people will know that they are being elected to be warriors, and will demand bold action from Dem leadership, starting with the resignation of Schmuck Schumer, and probably Jeffries, who isn’t much better.
Or not, and Democratic America will be over. Then the only chance will be violence.
He’s mad that the lower courts aren’t completely corrupt and the poors aren’t worshipping his decisions.
I’m sympathetic to the idea that we don’t need a “Supreme Court”. We have a representative legislature. They don’t even follow the constitution or precedents. Frankly the institution is illegitimate.
What a fucking clown
A report full of right-wing lies. Might be worth mentioning that point.
What Roberts really doesn’t want is for Congress to exercise its constitutional power to regulate the workings of the Supreme Court and to establish ethical standards backed by law.
Fuck you, you lying fuck… YOU’RE literally the driving force for why we have lost faith
