New in PN: A corrupted Supreme Court sinks to new lows "When future historians grapple with how Trump managed to so quickly and so thoroughly dismantle American democracy, the role of the Roberts Court cannot be overstated."
New in PN: A corrupted Supreme Court sinks to new lows "When future historians grapple with how Trump managed to so quickly and so thoroughly dismantle American democracy, the role of the Roberts Court cannot be overstated."
Roberts will be prosecuted at some point. Though he may need a trip to The Hague to do it. @gtconway.bsky.social
He will be viewed as the Chief Collaborator!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s not leave out Mitch McConnell and Ruth Bader Ginsberg tho. They played a huge role in this as well.
Not new at all.
Grapple . You pundits love that word .
hopefully his gravestone will have toilet paper holder so we can clean up after shitting on his grave.
We arent grappling with it Hitler did the exact same in less time.
You know what else is enabling him? His sanctions on the ICC and lead prosecuter
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My hope is that Roberts never has another peaceful day.Fuck him
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STOP with the entitled Three Abraham Bro Book Club nonsense already. #eattherich #LandBack #dismantlethepatriarchy #EndApartheid
Roberts, Alito and Thomas should be impeached once the Republicans lose control of both the House and Senate.
And sadly, tRump regime will get the next two picks; so younger versions of Sam Alito and Thomas. The only solution is the next Democratic President and Congress INCREASES the seats to 13 (number of Federal District Courts) or Reduces the seats knocking off the last two nominees.
I wonder how long before they feel secure enough to break out the Nazi paraphenalia. Although given Trump's predeliction for selling merchandise he may come up with something new.
There not going to be any question about how it happy. Billionaires bought the GOP and the court. The GOP and SC then dismantled America.
The thing about history . . . it's often written by a bunch of genociding fuckwits who create the future by burning records of the past and present: living human records, or the artifacts and legacies they left behind.
John Roberts is the worst Chief Justice in the history of the country, sitting atop the most corrupt SCOTUS in the history of the country
No doubt at all the Supreme court is now as corrupt as Trump, DOJ, Republican Congress. We are screwed until we vote and get these assholes in line.
collusion
Corrupt is only the half of it. Trump's "defense team" are traitors. More: www.davedubya.com
SCOTUS protects criminals
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I remember some talking heads on TV (don’t remember who) just recently (couple months ago) shaming people who were saying SCOTUS is corrupt. “That’s just ridiculous! SCOTUS isn’t corrupt!” BULLSHIT! They are corrupt as hell.
It’s the Trump Court.
Personally, thanking him in public without any shame.
his sudden appointment as chief justice without serving on the court was the first necessary cog, followed by the citizen’s united case, a case customized to get it before him and he delivered as required then the dominos just tumbled
It's time for the conservative political hacks on the Supreme Court to trade in their black robes for brown shirts. We've seen them for what they are.
The reactionary Roberts court are blinded by their own shortsighted ideology. It’s a parasitic ideology that ends in the death of the host
I mean, for starters, if there had been 9 non-corrupt judges on SCOTUS in 2024, Trump would be in jail now, and probably Kamala Harris would be president.
I forget...which chapter of P2025 did CJRoberts write? Oh, he played a part in all of it!
As above, So below: a mirroring between different levels of existence. * As the Pope & Magisterium are the interpreters of Holy Scriptures. So the SCOTUS and the dead-letter-literal-interpretation of the Bible Christian Fundamentalist “Justices” are the interpreters of the U.S. Constitution.
Theses repuks justices are all traitors to the constitution and all americans.they must face real justice ,the death penalty sounds about right.
Silly rabbit, we wont be writing the history books, they will.
Lopsided scotus. Our forefathers never imagined having a pretend king buy over 65%ish of this group I believe in the 3 women who are abiding by their constitutional oath.
Roberts is the one who attracted grifters to the presidency with all his campaign finance free for alls
I remember the famous "Autopsy" Republicans did in 2013 in an effort to, among other things , expand the party to make it more inclusive. I imagine closed door meetings and someone ending a conversation with Fuck That.
And somehow, inexplicably, Americans believed for centuries that a theoretical separation of powers and an ancient document outlining checks and balances would protect them from corruption and abuse. The wake-call is very loud now. In 490 days, we'll see how many people have heard it.
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They are a 💩 court
The Roberts Court will go down in history as the most corrupt Supreme Court ever. I do not see him suddenly getting a conscience.
Why doesn’t mainstream media ever cover this - we can no longer rely on any of them to save our democracy. Thanks for what you do and keep it up - we have to prevail.
As I read through the article 1 thing kept coming to mind. I’m so tired of journalists calling these maga fucks “conservatives”. They are fascists! Call them what they are. Conservatives were those folks who had a diff point of view but worked towards a resolution. Those people r long gone.
They won't. They may have personal feelings in what they see but speak out about them on air, and your gone faster than you can say Don Lemon, Jim Acasta, John Harwood, or Terry Moran. Or protest resign like Bill Owens because of a"bribe" (not lawsuit) that was next level idiotic.
45 and 47 didn't do it. The Heritage Foundation, Leonard Leo and John Roberts did it! 🐙 See my pinned!
The heritage foundation has been around since the 70s, when the conservative plan to seize control of the courts began in earnest. This isn't new news.
I post every piece of News on The Heritage Foundation or the Federalist Society I find.
No. But shit, I don't know anyone who knows even what little I do! Democracy Dies in Darkness!
Democrats were asleep at the wheel 😕
Yep
Its probably a little more nuanced than that. There was still some presumption of good faith across the aisle, even into the early-mid 90s. The work of the heritage foundation and the federalist society were less out in the open, afaik
We forgave their crime filled administrations and Presidents to "heal the nation" far too many times. 2 presidents investigated for conspiring with a foreign adversary, 89 convictions for crimes committed in office (not including 200+ indictments) 10 convictions for seditious conspiracy.
Democrats are far from asleep at the wheel; they’re complicit
If I remember correctly...they basically just changed the name from the John Birch society, hired a buttload more attorneys to replace the total nut jobs. Viola ! The Heritage foundation. But as my profile states 'I am not an expert in/on/at anything' Just an old miner who has watched this shit
A very smart old miner!
Learned most of my politics from the old timers, coal and hard rock miners that moved to Wyoming to work the Trona mines (Cadillac of underground mining). Some couldn't even read/write. The best advice..? If Rs are so great with the economy, why do they crash it almost every time they get 2 terms ?
Tony, you are inspiring! My Dad only made it to 8th Grade. He was a Glazier. Retired from his main job as a Firefighter. Poured all his pension into what became a multimillion dollar glass business.
We used to fight over whose side he would play trivia on. He read, he didn't listen to his other blue-collar friends, he was his own man.
He did one job for 45, and 45 "stiffed," him. Dad never worked for 45 again. Dad died young, 61, and I'm so glad he isn't seeing this shit. It would break his heart!
Serious question: Will we even have historians in the future as the administration is dismantling our universities? Cc: @kevinmkruse.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social
It only seems quick because he hammered the final nail in the coffin that had been worked on for decades while not enough people were paying attention. He just did so loud enough for everyone to see.
Economists Richard Wolff, has a video on YouTube, for Free, that lays out the cause and effects of how we got here, and how we can get out of the collapse of our country. As he states, our economic decline started decades ago (as you pointed out) and that trump is more of an extreme symptom of a…
…dysfunctional government & a toxic capitalistic system that’s unsustainable. Immigrants AREN’T the problem, it’s the imbalance of wealth thats the problem. He goes over historical collapses of different societies & how when one falls, others rise. Example is the rise of Bricks, Which is aimed…
… to step in as the new world leaders & superpower. If we as citizens, don’t make shifts in how we approach what is happening in our country, (not relying on our dysfunctional government, and not by violence ) we are looking at complete collapse. He gives examples of ways to fix our country…
…The name of the video is called… “How Much Time Is Left Until The End Of Trump?” YouTube Free Video
Citizens United v. FEC
With 5 of the 8 Supreme Court solidly behind Trump, nothing can stop him now in his run for absolute power. He may soon be the King he so desperately wants to be!
Autocrat of all the USAmericans
It’s really too bad that we can’t impeach Supreme Court Justices! This completely horrible court has basically given Trump all the power he needs to do whatever he wants!! We have to impeach him as soon as humanly possible!!!!!
It’s over…America has fallen. Putin won…
I worry that Trump has won or is winning because The Supreme Court is on his side, not on America’s. I do see Putin as part of this. It’s all about Trump! The potential saving grace may be Impeaching him if the Dems get control of the House in the Midterms and the Senate after that.
We can, it just takes a majority in both houses…
John Roberts is such a weak LITTLE MAN.
They are straight up criminals. No question. They need to be punished, and my guess is the majority of good Americans don’t give one fuck how that happens.
Everything we predicted is coming true
A Supreme Court that is representative of the nation and intellectually honest ought to agree, on average, with lower court rulings. But where Trump is involved SCOTUS is orthogonal to the lower courts
The same bought-and-paid-for SCOTUS is now poised to supercharge the Citizens United abomination in time for the midterms. Why even bother hearing the case?
The 6 need to be first up those steps
I have been thinking about them today. I’ve lost all respect and feel betrayed. So much for ethics in the profession and duty to country.
scotus, the six injustices of the american apocalypse.
SCOTUS has had a very heavy hand in helping to destroy our Democracy. They, from here on in, are complicit and accountable 🤬🤬🤬
Mitch with his crooked melting mask will be the biggest enabler
"The Family," also known as the fellowship conservative Christian group's influence, can not be understated.
Shame on them 😡
So USA is actually sinking and shrinking to the same level as Putin's Russia - as equal allies should.
And remember who appointed him: BUSH 2. He also appointed the bribe-taker known as Alito. BUSH 1 appointed Thomas. 3 of the 6 worst members of the Court. People need to stop ignoring the Bush family's long-term efforts to destroy our rights and the United States Constitution.
corrypted like your Hard Disck
#JohnRobertsIsCompromised.
Most corrupt SCOTUS in history. This is not America !
It is a criminal conspiracy against America. If there is a chance, we must eliminate the court. Reject fascism! Revolution is now or never! 🌊🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈🟧🌍💙
There's No Other Explanation For What's Happening....Our Supreme Court Has Been Bought And Paid For....
Worst most compromised corrupt Scotus in History
Nixon and Reagan both kind of laid a foundation that Trump abuses, and let’s not forget about McConnell.
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And hopefully, future historians will also relate how Mitch McConnell seeded the destruction of democracy with his perversion of the federal judiciary at all levels. But to what end?
Mitch McConnell set up Judges for years....he fast tracked and put Trumpers in the Supreme Court! All part of GOP plan.
Like trump, they could care less what we think about their relevance
Wait till scotus becomes redundant. It's coming!
Oh, and, how many of those Justices should have been appointed by Obama?
McConnell is a truly horrible human being. He is/was part of the "GOP" conspiracy to destroy our democracy.
Aw, man...
Attorneys swear an oath to the Constitution not to SCOTUS. Lower courts should not follow unconstitutional opinions by SCOTUS
Seems they are burning their own ties that bind them to this country!
Future Historians will either laud Trump as the greatest american leader ever, or be living at Alligator Alcatraz
1. Impeachment is moot, for now. 2. DOJ won't prosecute a sitting POTUS. 3. The "immunity decision" means a former POTUS is off the hook (but a lot of bad stuff isn't criminal anyway). 4. That left the hope the courts could be a check, but this last decision makes that very hard.
Trump will assume, "They're not stopping me. So, SCOTUS thinks I'm right and the lower courts are wrong [He tends to read stuff into decisions that just isn't there]. Just wait for the Executive Orders I'm going to put out in the months to come. I think I'll declare any criticism of me as treason."
Feeling grief...
Whenever you think they can't go any lower, they find new depths to plumb. There is no bottom to the barrel, only more bottomless barrels.
Hey listen, the kompromat on them must be worth the corruption. 😆
He and the rest of them on the ultra conservative side will be remembered. And not in a good way.
I am so furious that this bill passed, shame on the Republicans with no backbone!
This Supreme Court is destined for infamy. There's nothing like gaining notoriety for all the wrong reasons.
This is the endgame that started with Reagan.
Oh for a DOJ with balls
American Carnage brought to us by Trump and his SCOTUS sycophants.
Mc Connell and the Federalist Society are thrilled you blame Trump
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This is no longer a democratic republic! This is fascism
Thank you
Goddamned Christians
I disagree! It is the SC that started this process in Bush v. Gore (2000), and Pettyman Smallcock came along to exploit it.
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You assume their will be future historians, no one is seeing that this regime could become an Orwellian nightmare for humanity forever.
oh, without a thread of doubt we're here because of Roberts. This individual was inegible to run for president in the first place.
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Yes! Roberts has no excuse. He selected his place in history of infamy and his “legacy”.
Quietly waiting for someone to save democracy? Forget that. Silence is complicity. If two seventy somethings can do this, you can too.
Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett all straight up lied at their confirmation hearings. That in itself was enough Thomas, Kavanaugh & Alito are compromised, that should be enough But none of it was or is, because the truth is money is power & it rules the USA & law, that’s only for the powerless
Yup
So corrupt
I don't know who is behind all this corruption, but I don't think it's trump. He's just not smart enough. We are all being played my someone behind the curtain.
Abolish this Supreme Court. Form a new one with judges from cross sections of Federal Districts with rotation and rights of appeal. Judges must be certified in knowledge of the US Constitution!
I'll never understand how SCOTUS became so anti-democratic and how John Roberts has decided he can live with responsibility of breaking America. Was it listening to Peter Thiel's spiel abt the anti-christ. Is Roberts auditioning?
I say it’s time to give all these religious nutters destroying the US their desired elevation to their gods house. French Revolution style
All the while with their shit eaten smiles.
We cannot forget Mitch McConnell’s hand in creating this Supreme Court.
Mitch says we’ll get over it
The future historians must be particularly dim if they don't know that SCOTUS throughout its history has served the most powerful politicians. Blame the fawning pundits & the lying media for never telling people the true history of SCOTUS & misleading people into believing it would save them.
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True.
He isn't going to leave the legacy he imagines.
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The supreme court is why he is doing what he is doing...thanks Mitch
Few knew that Martha-Ann’s flying of the flag in distress position was a prediction, not a statement.
As the man who appointed Roberts would say… (Note: This is said by me with contempt for all of them.)
At this point isnt obvious to everybody that this is all part of the plan? Trump didnt corrupt anything. He was put there by the corrupt because henis corrupt. They are selling off the copper wiring.
There were two left leaning judges that could've retired before this happened and they chose not too.
Photo is the moment where Drumpf said, "Thanks, I won't forget it," isn't it?
Again, this ain't Frunmpoo, he and the other two stooges on the bench were nominated by repuglican pres with glorious fanfare and support from all of that side of the aisle, even from those "ex-rebugs) who talk about Frmpoo as a bridge too far. This started decades ago.
That old expression, cutting your nose to spite your face comes to mind. Once they are irrelevant, they become eligible for detention. Just like the rest of us
Duh
The absolute truth. Roberts Court the most corrupt ever and effectively destroyed the constitution and USA democracy
John Roberts picked up the shovel and succeeded McConnell to carry the title of the gravedigger of American democracy.
Roberts and his evil supporters will burn in hell.
Roberts will burn in hell!
Roberts has been pro white his whole life.
Isn’t it time we marched against Supreme Court corruption? This is not a legitimate court and it should be subject to mass protests. Let’s go!
It was decades in the making. You dumbass centrists ignored generations of people warning about the rise of fascism from Woody Guthrie to Jello Bafria to Matt Pless Now you wanna pretend like there were no warning signs and it happened so fast. Fuck you
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he control the executive power through elections, the judicial power and the legislative power. Trump's people controlled everything in a few months. Try to find information about the communist takeover in Czechoslovakia after 1948. especially what happened after that and learn while there is time
Future historians are going to have to lay some blame at the feet of the Democrats as well. Citizens United 2010 Shelby V Holder 2013 Merrick Garland nomination Ginsberg stayed too long
You need to justify these claims. How are Citizens United or Shelby v Holder Democratic failings? Which Garland nomination? Prosecuting Trump was harder than most think. Yes Ginsberg stayed too long, but that was on her, not Democrats. You are both-siding as vigorously as the NY Times.
The justification is in the fact they did NOTHING to counter them when they had the power to do it. Dems have been outplayed. Welcome to the result.
Merrick Garland’s nomination goes to McConnell who wouldn’t put him forward in Obama’s last year. But with the orange buffoon, McConnell changed his tune.
I argued with people in 16 who "couldn't" vote for Clinton bc their vote was too important to them. I warned them about the Supreme Court and they just gave me more pious bullshit. At the time, I wanted to meet them IRL so I could punch them out. If I met them today, I would still punch them out
Are we at a point where Trump can dissolve the Supreme Court altogether?
KEY FIGURE. Not enough is said of how and why Roberts came to be the Chief Justice. The "Unitary Executive" was put in his care. He's delivered, mightily.
The conservative chief justice of SCOTUS, was appointed to SCOTUS by a conservative SCOTUS Bush v Gore And Amy n Brett helped ! Mitch changed Senate rules, Brett is on SCOTUS Mitch changed Senate rules back, Amy is on SCOTUS too ! Strange how that all worked out...eh ?
Why should the American people have any respect for the Supreme Court when the Trump Administration doesn't?
It will join the Taney Court as one of the most disgraceful in our country's history
The Robert’s Court consistently erodes civil protections in the name of we are a changed and enlightened society. This is the exact type of Court that Phyllis Schlafly envisioned, and why Conservatives fought so hard to elect Trump the first time. To non-conservatives: vote every single year!!!
What these fools don’t seem to realize is that, historically speaking, when a public no longer believes in laws the society dissolves. That’s a fact repeated many, many times
#JohnRoberts is a fascist. A craven, corrupt, self-serving, fascist. #SCOTUS
The Roberts court is corrupted by Leonard Leo, the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society. The 6 MAGA Justices have been helped financially and indoctrinated by the billionaire elites. The Supreme Court can be depended on rule for the corporate interests and whatever trump wants at the time.
If Justice Roberts IF If justice Roberts were a man of deep Inside integrity, not corrupt, a true patriot, one that devoted his life to the law and the constitution IF He would kill himself
If you think invisible forces guide law, maybe you shouldn't be interpreting the Constitution. Supreme Court ≠ church pulpit.
John Roberts, Garland and Roy Cohn are the legacy of Donald Trump
Not that it’ll matter to Alito, Thomas, or Kavanaugh, but pollsters need to start asking and reporting the approval/disapproval rating of the Roberts SCOTUS (and it should be asked with that linkage) at the same they ask about Trump’s. The downward numbers would startle many in the punditocracy.
Let's not make the mistake of giving the puppet all the credit. He's not the architect. He's a personality.
Unprincipled partisan hacks. They have betrayed the country. They just think that they are sticking it to the libs. What they don’t get is that Trump is coming for them. Just ask Mike Pence
Depends I guess on which corporations the historians work for
What can we do about this corrupt partican court. I'm in if you got a solution! The court has become as discusting as drump!
Fundamentally speaking....democracy and the rule of law have been lost because of greed and corruption!!! There is no shortage as to whom should be blamed.
Compared to Thomas, Roberts is moderate. But compared to Harry Blackmun, his true colors shine through. Heck, when he worked for the Reagan whitehouse he argued against expanding the voting rights act. At least Rehnquist had some principles. Roberts has none, and wants trump to be king.
Historians will need to question how voters were so distracted, complacent & sidelined, that they ignored the calls & warnings of imminent threat, beginning with their own Supreme Court.
The party of death doesn’t care about justice. It cares about billionaires.
And Roberts, your kids, grandkids, great grand kids will suffer due to your decisions. Why did you do this to them?
Roberts, you go burn in hell due to your decisions have killed millions of children, men and women. FU!
The courts were literally the last guard rail. SCOTUS has crippled federal courts with the 'No nationwide rulings' decree. Fascist corruption has dismantled the democracy. I hate to think what is coming.
A gathering of rapists
Absolutely corrupt, six are rotten to their empty, traitorous core.
Never forgive those who betrayed Democracy to a bully
this was a very uncomfortable moment for roberts.... but it brought EVERYTHING to light for America and we instantly witnessed a compromised court.
The Supreme Court has done everything in their power to dismantle the Constitution. The big question is: Do they even understand that is what they are doing?
It's almost like Robert's wants his very own Dred Scott
Well, Dred Scott IS talked about for a considerable amount of time in law school; he would be remembered for sure.
This can't be overstated enuf
It's not a Supreme Court, it's Trump's Supreme.
Expanding the SC has to be the first priority if Dems ever get power again.
Re: History Rhyming encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a... Excerpt: In the end, German judges—who were among the few who might have challenged Nazi objectives—viewed Hitler's government as legitimate and continued to regard themselves as state servants who owed him their allegiance and support.
I'm sure the heritage foundation already has the outline written up. They'll whitewash the corruption just as mainstream media is doing now.
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Wasn’t it Bill Barr that said history is written by the winners? I guess “future historians” will never know what happened 🤷♂️
Is Roberts one of the big losers in the 2016 election? If HRC had won, there's a possibility that we'd have a 6-3 liberal majority on SCOTUS, and his fever dream of the unitary executive remains just a dream. His reputation wouldn't now be burning up in a dumpster behind the Heritage Foundation.