John Roberts, who has abdicated the Supreme Court's role in government and through his decisions, has facilitated the deforming of the government's structure and the debilitation of public education, would like to blame the teachers, thank you very much. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
John, young people have an EXCELLENT FRONT ROW GRASP of watching how it is DISMANTLED BY ACTION AND INTENT. Alito - upside down flag and big mouth wife saying the quiet part out loud. Thomas - pure corruption and a big mouth wife ACTING the quiet part out loud. That's on you, "Chief."
A millionaire talking about how he is disconnected from normal society. Interesting.
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John Roberts:
Roberts is the architect and archvillain of this dictatorship. It drives me to a frenzy that he’s allowed to swan around in those robes enjoying the presumption that he disinterestedly administers justice. The “constitutional crisis” was last summer when he opened the floodgates to this tyranny… \1
…I am repeating myself, but no Democrat has even tried to lay a finger on him. In Abraham Lincoln’s most famous speech, the “House Divided”, one that catapulted him to the leadership of his party when he didn’t even hold elected office, he accused the Court of a political conspiracy… \2
…to spread slavery everywhere as a matter of judicial fiat. Roberts’ conspiracy to install a criminal as dictator is comparable, or worse. \3
Maybe John "presidents are immune from prosecution" Roberts needs a refreshment course in civics.
I placed my like on this post like a fistbump.
this is the language of a team player: he knows what the reasons are for what he decries - but he's explicitly pointing at the shiny object that just so happens to be in keeping with the preferred MAGA regime reality
absolutely and with extra mustard
All of the mustard. All of it.
US courts suck.
Gosh, CJ Roberts. What do you think will happen to "civics education" when Project 2025 wrecking ball Russell Vought & DJT close the entire Education Department? Apparently you are blindingly unaware of what GOP cuts to education funding has wrought in the nation, and are unprepared for more.
His problem is politically minded young people do understand how it actually works, instead of the gauzy mythology he wants them to believe.
He’s lucky young people don’t have better civics education, or a third of the population would be dismantling the court brick by brick with their bare hands right now.
Right. It’s schools’s fault for the deterioration of the rule of law. Not the dictator president or the ass-kissing Supreme Court that made him above the law. Someone get this asshole a hotdog suit.
The fact that I run a corrupt court and you also think it’s a corrupt court is a *you* problem
Yes, because Thomas’ corruption, Alito’s distain for our flag, and Kavanaugh’s “I like beer,” is because the kids don’t know civics. Oh, the “wink, wink, thanks for your help” was about the kids, too. Teach this: the Supreme Court ain’t so supreme.
there is NO civics curriculum on earth that can break through FOX brainwashing what an uninformed sanctimonious POS
That post is rich coming from the guy that has absolutely failed to hold the executive branch accountable. The key duty of the judicial branch.
I say to this self-important blowhard what I say to all such drongos who criticise us from the outside with no bloody idea of what we actually do: There’s a shortage of teachers. Come join us and help make schools better. Otherwise, kindly shut the fuck up. (I’ve contented myself with 1 expletive)
Blaming others for the consequences of his decisions is an outrage, of course. And directly attacking teachers is right out of the Republican playbook.
I’ve seen plenty of progressives and journalists blaming schools without backing up their opinions with facts, too. Journalists always disappoint me because of the lack of research or reliable sources behind their school bashing.
Blaming others for the consequences of your actions is Republicanism 101
I guess prioritizing money over people will do that.
This fuckin guy
That mofo doesn’t know how it’s supposed to work. We are where we are because of his behind.
The young people don't know how it works because they've never seen it work.
When teachers set the curriculum, then and only then do they share some responsibility for state school systems withdrawal from civics education. Roberts is simply a villain.
My small public school teaches civics at multiple grade levels.
This is wrong - Roberts’ 20 year project is to agglomerate power to SCOTUS. Trump v. US is where he misstepped; he thought he was ruling “SCOTUS gets to decide if the Pres did something criminal,” but Trump (rightly) understands it as “the law does not apply to the Pres.”
The weird flailing Roberts is doing (and will continue to do) is part of his slow realization that he overplayed his hand and Trump won’t hesitate to cut the knees out from under SCOTUS at the critical moment.
Interesting perspective and makes a lot of sense - esp since he does not seem to want to be linked with trump publicly
the amount of profanity you should read between most of my words is a lot and the quality of it would make you wince
I'm right there with you... the air is so very blue around me rn!
Sufficiently acidic to dissolve a fully loaded 1980 Toyota Celica in seconds
How many languages? 🙂 I have @older.bsky.social to thank for the term comemierda here, and I can come up with a few other choice Spanish or Arabic phrases here, as the usual English terms.
No way I’m pretty sure DEI is to blame for this crass degradation 🙄
I would like to join you in this. We could have a profanity duel.
I suspect it would be more like a choral reading.
I'm sorry, I couldn't make it out — it was overshadowed by my own profanities.
As a high school teacher, let me just say that the Chief Justice is both incorrect about the facts of the situation (something that he seems to routinely prefer), and also is an asshole.
It is what the Party who nominated him has become. "Interfering" with a complete public education. No he cannot blame students for lack of knowledge. He can blame donors who want to pervert Justices decisions (Thomas, Alito). Ruse to include in graduation address.
Well said, fellow teacher.
They have no real sense of how our system of justice works BECAUSE IT DOES NOT WORK. There has been no justice for Trump, his family, and their dozens of crimes.
1. Civics is a graduation requirement in California and has been for decades. 2. I learned in civics that the Supreme Court and Congress keep the President in check and ensure he obeys the law. 3. I don’t know how you teach civics while the rule of law is being shredded before our eyes.
3. “Kids, this is an excellent example of how NOT to do it.”
Amen amen amen
He is also the guy who started taking apart the Civil Tights Act. 😡
Rights 😔
Roberts is basically the hot dog guy.
Roberts blaming someone else. Anyone is responsible but him. SOP for conservatives. I suppose we should be grateful he didn't blame Biden.
I’m so sorry. It’s beyond outrageous that a justice of a Supreme Court that has empowered a president (and state leaders) who restrict what teachers can teach now blames teachers for the unchecked actions of those in power.
I blame the teachers that passed him through law school.
He's a fucking piece of shit
I can think of one specific person who has no idea how the system of justice works. Notably that in the United States: NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. Yet somebody doesn't grasp that very fundamental aspect of the legal system.
Also insane how disconnected conservatives are from public schools. Our youngest goes to a run/mill middle school and a big percentage of social studies has been nuts/bolts civics. How the Constitution was conceived, how government works, etc etc.
This. It’s amazing how many people say uninformed and incorrect things about schools without ever doing anything to find out if it’s true. I’m so sick of hearing that schools aren’t doing something when we’re in the middle of doing it.
Absolutely. And when folks start a sentence with "Schools do X" or "schools don't do Y," they can't avoid being wrong. nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/truth-tellin...
Our system of justice no longer works.
