To win a war they cannot avoid, Chief Justice Roberts and his allies must rediscover their belief in a simple notion: The American president is not above the law.
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and until he does, his lemming-like march to being Justice Taney "Plus" will not stop. And history will not be kind (as it shouldn't be). Obviously Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch don't care about what history thinks but don't you? Can't you do the right thing even for your own ego? #deluded #hypocrite
I have ZERO confidence in Roberts. The Roberts' court brought us Citizens United which allowed corporations and the rich to buy elections and his court gace Trump almost blanket immunity. His fingerprints are all over the destruction of our democracy.
They made this decision, they delayed and denied justice for the “king” and in fact elected him again. Can it not be that’s what they want? Remember Alito looked at this like a battle for America, with one side winning. No coexistence. They stacked the deck and won. Hooray!
Ultimately it's to his benefit because he's already in one of the best jobs there is for life. If he enables Trump to such an extent that Trump becomes an all powerful dictator then Roberts & the rest of the SCOTUS simply become Trump's puppets to do as they're told or be removed at will
Well it looks so far that Trump has some kind of pull. Maybe he has information on Republican Congress and Judiciary that enables him to feel he can trample all over the constitution. Maybe that needs to be investigated.
He flew his angry, radical flags in support of the imperial presidency in place of the Constitution and history. I suspect this is precisely what he wants.
I fear their own corruption runs too deep to wrestle decency from the clutches of their prior folly. I hope I'm wrong because I agree we're going to find out.
Hope so, but I believe this court is quite into 'the ends justify the means' thinking. They see each case as a unique opportunity to help their billionaire owners.
The amnesty ruling essentially says that even though presidents carry out laws, they aren't bound by them. And if presidents don't have to follow laws, do they even have to execute the laws as written? The Supreme Court has created quite a quagmire.
We didn’t just elect Trump—we cast him. This is what happens when a country trades facts for feelings, leaders for performers, and shame for applause. America didn’t lose its way. It followed the script.
I thought I was the only one who saw this coming when "reality TV" arrived on the scene. I just posted something yesterday about that & Jerry Springer Show revealing how depraved the American mind is. :(
Good luck changing the Supreme Court's direction. They went from fixing what they saw as a blocked President to one grabbing power from the other co-equal branches to become an autocrat and tyrant. Its inflated his ego in misadventures worse than what they thought fixed, and a danger to democracy.
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