Judicial independence is under grave threat on several fronts, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote on Tuesday in a year-end report on the state of the federal judiciary.
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"Every Administration suffers defeats in the court system"
when it is not the executive branch nor the legislative branch, but rather the majority of We The People that suffer consequences, then criticism is not unwarranted.
Robert has a rock solid ideological backbone. That’s a fundamental problem.
In his job as SCOTUS chief justice, he chooses to implement and enforce his rightwing beliefs rather than to fairly fortify and apply the US Constitution. America and democracy swirling toilet bowl because of his actions.
It is also rich that the shady times is trying to make him and the court a pity case. The shady times also has to answer for their bias coverage and the erosion of our democracy that they enable under Trump. The people want their constitution back and all it stands for.
This whole article just sounds like him complaining about things he and the court brought on themselves. The courts lack of ethics and accountability is 1/3 of the problem. Them being hypocrites about Roe V. Wade at confirmation hearings is another 1/3. The last 1/3 was the Trump immunity ruling.
Roberts writes a memo for The Onion, dripping with irony; while ignoring the corruption of his court and the obvious injustice this wreaks on the American people.
As usual this POS is full of shit. He thinks last year was bad, wait until these subhumans take away contraception, no divorce marriage, gay marriage, etc. They think they're gods? They SERVE us.
He has brought dishonor to the Court. He could have been better. He started out well, but he chose to go in a different direction. And the U.S. Supreme Court will never be the same, at least not in my lifetime.
Mr. Chief Justice: Violence is never justified, but how about addressing some of the ethical lapses in your own house as the threat to the judiciary that those actions pose?
And of course there is no mention in Roberts’ words of why the public largely distrusts the current judiciary — the very real corruption and graft at the highest levels.
Judicial independence is under attack due to the Court's corruption and extremist conservative decisions. People see the Court as an instrument for protecting the wealthy, taking rights and making it easier for corporations to screw the people. Roberts lives in a fantasyland.
Love this! Once these men are off the highest benches in the land! The rules should never be the same again!
Now that we can see how absolute power corrupts absolutely 🤨!
…see him now in his leather and velvet office sitting there thinking 🤔 “they’re gunning after my spot! SOBs! Who the heck…!”🤨
He's not wrong and there's good reason behind it. An "independent" SCOTUS has been bribed and bought and seems to have forgotten to follow the constitution. Reform the court!
Yes. Those fronts are called: John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch.
And Brett McKegger Kavanaugh sure didn't help.
Nor did Amy "precedent is for suckers" Barrett.
The judiciary isn't independent when Trump appoints ideologues who lie about their indepence, lie about respecting precedence, and lie about getting bribes. And now the federal district in Texas is their favorite court because they know in advanced what the outcome will be.
Mostly it seems as if judicial independence is under grave threat from BILLIONAIRES who buy political influence and pay judges extreme “gifts” which they do not report and therefor can’t be held accountable for.
Defiance is not to be tolerated? Because, like THE EXISTENCE OF THE ENTIRE SODDING UNITED STATES only came about because the people rose up against an authoritarian body that imposed its wishes on the population, and could not be removed by any peaceful mechanism.
The SCotUS is the new dictatorship.
Roberts lifting his flowing robe revealing his inner fascist slip.
Laws that are unjust *to the people* will always be defied until they’re rectified or abolished.
Who do these UNELECTED lying corrupt motherfuckers think they are.
Let them fuck around some more.
THEY WILL ALL FIND OUT
#Valedictorian
At least several members of the Roberts court are so obviously corrupt, and he is unwilling to do anything about it, but he warns about threats to the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law. Shake my head.
Roberts is right, the judiciary at the highest level is "under grave threat" because the majority of SCOTUS judges are corrupt AS FUCK and no one seems to be doing anything about it. Roberts is a dismal failure and history won't be kind.
a lot of us knew back when this smarmy hack was nominated that he was bad news. Apparently not the NYT, which gives him a forum for his whiny self-justification.
The genocide of Palestinian people is being carried out by the evil hands of the State of Israel
The genocide of the Palestinian people being carried out by the evil hands of the State of Israel is being paid for & funded by tax paying citizens of the United States of America
What a fraud. The man who has relentlessly and deliberately undermined the legitimacy of the court for 20 years -- from Citizens United through the nakedly partisan and glaringly lawless immunity decision -- gaslighting the public for noticing its illegitimacy.
Glad you brought up Citizens United. It's led to buying the presidency, by lunatics with buckets of cash, foreign or not. Don't ask don't tell, has been revived in re: bribery. Roberts' definition of independence looks more like divine intervention. He gives no quarter to self reflection or ethics.
The Supreme Court has been getting bribed from Harlan Crow, a billionaire lawyer who brings cases before the Court. Thomas and his wife, as well as Alito’s wife, supported “Stop the Steal” in regards to Trump losing in 2020. We know what the threat is and it’s not from the left.
This elitist autocrat has done more to undermine the normative authority of the SCOTUS than any other single person by his refusal as Chief Justice to hold his brethren even slightly accountable for their profound ethical betrayals.
The Roberts Court has failed America. That's on him.
Roberts is wrong.
Judicial independence is under grave threat of self-implosion due to rampant corruption.
SCOTUS has invalidated itself with nonsensical partisan verdicts and a refusal to even acknowledge it's members' own outrageous lack of ethics, much less install any meaningful reforms.
Oh please! They created this mess. They’re corrupt and all on the take. SCOTUS is the biggest pile of shit in this country. Just the judicial arm of the oligarchs. Robert can go to hell.
What's the matter Supreme Court (SC) can dish it out but can't take it. USA is justice for all holding scales to represent balance. The SC bullied us, intimidated us, SC took away our health care rights for abortion, cheated us with redlining. Quit being childish John Roberts or get another job.
And, why is judicial independence under threat? Hasn't the Supreme Court let Trump get away with so many things? Isn't the Supreme Court the one that allowed billions of Super PAC money into politics?
i was amused by his cite to wild bill, who kept crow dog and its xtian vs not distinction alive, in a wonderful accolade to medieval personal jurisdictions. and wild bill had no problem inventing federal indian law out of fiction.
Going to guess Roberts is complaining about external threats to SCOTUS.
In truth, the United States of America, especially democracy, is in trouble specifically because of the Supreme Court injustice. When they decide not to uphold The Constitution, it tears the fabric of my country. #USA 🇺🇸🥲
No thinking person cares about his opinion, legal or otherwise. He and his majority GOP court are political hacks. Their rulings have no relationship to the law or the Constitution. And precedent means nothing to them.
What a farce. There isn’t judicial independence. Thanks Chief justice Robert’s. This is due to your lack of ethics, morals and integrity. Don’t blame the American citizens for pushing back and questioning you and your cohorts. You work for us.
Threats? What threats? Never before has there been a pack of judicial weaklings so lacking in ethics and so willing to bend a knee for a president. He need say nothing more than “boo” for them to cave in to his demands.
His court is more responsible for the breakdown of democracy in the USA and he is worried about threats? HE and his corrupt (bought and paid for) court are the threat to the rule of law and our democracy!
sorry, not sorry, for the snark, but Roberts has caused a lot of this by allowing "his" court to become so off balance toward the right, the money and gifts, and even the violence and the threats
The fact that SCOTUS is seen as being bought by billionaires is totally on him. He was Chief Justice when he agreed with the 2010 ruling of Citizens United v FEC. The complete corruption of the U.S. government - including SCOTUS - starts with that. The disastrous rulings have continued ever since.
Roberts does not explain what makes criticism inappropriate, in his view, and he seems almost to conflate violence, which is always unacceptable, with criticism. And he does not acknowledge at all that his court is the most corrupt in our history. Or the impact of horrendous, partisan rulings. #law
The man thinks that his rulings should be above criticism. He appears to have a deep misunderstanding of the nature of our society. He and his brethren were not put in a position of power to invent new powers and immunities for their partisan allies.
How disingenuous!
This "holier than thou" attitude is beyond annoying.
No. Roberts should not waste anyone's time writing now.
First, make internal changes and reforms, then write and tell the nation what you have done.
Write about what you did, dammit.
He’s quite late to the party, and has been a passive participant willing to overlook the conflicts of interests by his justices. Public confidence has already been lost… it would take a lot to regain it.
🧵 Chief Justice Roberts’ comments on “intimidation and violence” 🎯 seem aimed at left-wing protests against the Court’s own activism—gutting workers’ rights, environmental protections, and reproductive freedom. 😡
Acknowledging the real issue—the perception that SCOTUS is political and cozy with billionaire benefactors 💸—would have been meaningful. But let’s be real, that’s not happening. 🙄
My real fear? A future Trump admin firing federal judges, ignoring court rulings, or even using the military to defy them. 🚨 SCOTUS has paved the way by shielding him from accountability. 🤯
Roberts’ remarks aren’t just hollow—they’re dangerous. The Court is complicit in eroding trust in the rule of law. ⚖️ #DemocracyAtRisk #JudicialIntegrity
Yes, it is under grave threat, because the Justices -
1. have broken from both precedence and interpreting the law as it was written in recent rulings.
2. do not follow ethics rules the lowliest of judges do.
3. refuse to recuse themselves when they have clear conflicts of interest.
Judicial independence is under threat from dark money, conflicts of interest, murky legal opinions, political intervention from the likes of Leo, the Federalists Society, dishonorable spouses and their friends - for starters
“Violence, intimidation and defiance directed at judges because of their work undermine our Republic, and are wholly unacceptable,” he wrote. Apparently bribery, however, is okay.
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Many supreme court justices have shown they need a code of ethics that they can be held accountable to.
Their comfortable positions of grifting & compromise for $ are exposed & no longer acceptable.
They became greedy & went too far.🤷♀️
when it is not the executive branch nor the legislative branch, but rather the majority of We The People that suffer consequences, then criticism is not unwarranted.
do not expect us to follow blindly.
https://bsky.app/profile/reuters.com/post/3les7eovoik2g
In his job as SCOTUS chief justice, he chooses to implement and enforce his rightwing beliefs rather than to fairly fortify and apply the US Constitution. America and democracy swirling toilet bowl because of his actions.
Then, dancing past the bribes and corruption of his court, he laments ‘the shifting tides of public opinion’
As if We the People are to blame for his unpopular court.
These payments are the exact moral equivalent that Hamilton expressed as having sway over a judges will.
First, clean up your Court.
https://archive.ph/UIPhc
No paywall. Information should be free.
#AuditElmo #DefundElmo #DeportElmo #JailCheetolini #EthicsStandards4SubprimeCourt
Yeah riiiiiiight
Any takers?
Now that we can see how absolute power corrupts absolutely 🤨!
…see him now in his leather and velvet office sitting there thinking 🤔 “they’re gunning after my spot! SOBs! Who the heck…!”🤨
- Johnny"
We're going to have 6 national holidays for when these conservatice judges croak.
Or STFU, you whiny bitch.
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Yes. Those fronts are called: John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch.
And Brett McKegger Kavanaugh sure didn't help.
Nor did Amy "precedent is for suckers" Barrett.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-d-vances-disregard-for-the-rule-of-law-court-rulings-balance-of-powers-bda0d4df
The SCotUS is the new dictatorship.
Laws that are unjust *to the people* will always be defied until they’re rectified or abolished.
Who do these UNELECTED lying corrupt motherfuckers think they are.
Let them fuck around some more.
THEY WILL ALL FIND OUT
#Valedictorian
The genocide of the Palestinian people being carried out by the evil hands of the State of Israel is being paid for & funded by tax paying citizens of the United States of America
#FreePalestine
#4PAL
#EndCitizensUnited
The Roberts Court has failed America. That's on him.
Judicial independence is under grave threat of self-implosion due to rampant corruption.
SCOTUS has invalidated itself with nonsensical partisan verdicts and a refusal to even acknowledge it's members' own outrageous lack of ethics, much less install any meaningful reforms.
In truth, the United States of America, especially democracy, is in trouble specifically because of the Supreme Court injustice. When they decide not to uphold The Constitution, it tears the fabric of my country. #USA 🇺🇸🥲
We need to fire Robert’s ass.
He can fiat a law into existence but he cannot do the same with legitimacy.
Fuck you
Then you overturn Roe v Wade. I wonder why his court is viewed as poorly as it is.
He's bad at his job. Hence the criticism.
This "holier than thou" attitude is beyond annoying.
No. Roberts should not waste anyone's time writing now.
First, make internal changes and reforms, then write and tell the nation what you have done.
Write about what you did, dammit.
🧵 Chief Justice Roberts’ comments on “intimidation and violence” 🎯 seem aimed at left-wing protests against the Court’s own activism—gutting workers’ rights, environmental protections, and reproductive freedom. 😡
disinformation about the work of the courts amplified by social media.
elected officials open disregard for court rulings,
Check, check & check. See US government reaction to ICC and ICJ rulings.
1. have broken from both precedence and interpreting the law as it was written in recent rulings.
2. do not follow ethics rules the lowliest of judges do.
3. refuse to recuse themselves when they have clear conflicts of interest.