did roberts think criminal immunity was just vibes?

do you think they will ever see the error of their ways and walk that back? Probably not, since it would be the right thing to do. 😑

@leahlitman.bsky.social Supreme Court vibes!

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i actually don't think so. maybe i'm too naive and optimistic, but roberts has always been very much abt constitutional integrity as his legacy. i don't think he wants to go down in history as the guy who enabled this bullshit.

Um, have you seen how SCOTUS, under Roberts’ leadership, treats the 14th Amendment? He decoupled from faith to the US Constitution over a decade ago.

John Roberts fucked around and now he's finding out.

Commence countdown until DT calls Seal Team Six to execute CJ Roberts, ACB, & 3 liberal justices, citing Trump v US immunity ruling as his justification, so they can all be replaced with the likes of Judge Aileen Cannon. CJ Roberts signed his own execution order, whether he realized it or not.

What kind of crimes did he THINK he was enabling when he said "you can literally do any crime you want, literally anything at all as long as you can wedge it into 'official acts'"?

Wait until one of the Pinochet groupies in Trump’s court convinces him to drop someone out of a helicopter over international waters.

Seriously.

So used to subverting democracy on the DL he’s mad Trump is doing it out loud and fast (same way he was flustered with his colleagues nixing Roe fast and loud)

Yep. He did.

legit thought it was more important for Republicans to take back power by any means than the actual consequences of granting immunity to a literal criminal and then being surprised when he acts like a literal criminal

Genuinely curious if Roberts understands how much power he handed Trump with his BS immunity ruling.

I think he felt so secure in the power of his institution that he never saw the risk the leopard might eat his face. Much like Congress. Justices live in their own bubble too.

Very true!

There was a lot of chatter that Roberts was genuinely surprised by the blowback in that case because he actually believed the rw argument that the Biden Administration was unfairly targeting Trump and thought the opinion should be read as a response to that, as opposed to… reality

Roberts appears to have believed that the project was to empower the judiciary and the executive at the expense of the legislature. I hope it's finally sinking in that the new order has no interest in a judiciary that has the power to do anything but provide cover for the executive.

Maybe he does *now*.

"I didn't think he'd rip off *my* face," says Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Trump could summarily execute Judge Boasberg and be accountable to no one but Congress (ha ha).

The Roberts Court turned this cancerous bilge factory loose on systemic architecture they exist to protect.

He set this menace loose on the nation. The fuck did he expect?

He thought he was helping his tribe. Trump understood it for what it was. Roberts is singing from an old hymnal.

Only a FOOL thinks you can give someone autocratic powers and that one day you won’t find yourself on the wrong side of those powers!! Even if it’s ’your team’ all it takes is one thing for you to then become the enemy.

Unironically yeah, he clearly did

I didn’t think anyone would actually try it! -Roberts (probably)

Surely it won't be used for the WRONG reasons -- and by wrong, I mean anything that I specifically disagree with at the moment...

"The president will do the things we want, but not the things we don't want" is a hell of a way of interpreting the Constitution.

they both went to a FedSoc event or something though 🥺

Leopards, faces, etc.

Roberts forgot that doing Trump a favor doesn’t guarantee his allyship.

Yes. POTUS is telling SCOTUS “you made me so if you don’t like it too bad!” So very sad. CJ of SCOTUS no different than any Trump voter…

Right? Like, what did he think he was doing?

I suspect he wasn’t thinking.

Roberts: Surely, leopards would never presume to eat MY face. Leopards: Uh-huh 🖕

He thought that narcissist with absolute immunity would show some self restraint in criming

But jamelle the main risk was if the president were "unduly cautious in the discharge of his official duties"

"It would threaten the survival of the union if the president was forced to think about the potential consequences of their actions." is just the smoothest brain take imaginable...

oh no, a cautious president! we can’t have a president who acts with due consideration with the consequences of his choices, that would render the government inoperable!

That would reduce him from an energetic sovereign to a mere chief magistrate

and as we all know, the framers absolutely did NOT want a mere chief magistrate [puts finger to ear] i'm getting some interesting reports...

This thread of sarcasm brings a wry smile to my face.

……….but there were *emails*

As we saw so clearly with... all of the previous Presidents.

Inconceivable.

I reckon it's still McConnell who did the most damage, but Roberts is catching up for sure.

Comey put some gasoline on those coals too.

Tag team.

Accidentally dropped the Constitution in the river for a minute and piranhas did their thing.

As if he didn’t know trump was coming…

I am so smart! SMRT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls5B...

we can't have a president that is afraid of what might happen if he breaks the law! how dare we think that he's accountable for any consequences of his own actions!

>that would render the government inoperable! That's why we have Musk as co-president!

The essential problem is that Roberts is not unique The core of the immunity opinion — a belief that the Framers would see the need to protect a “vigorous” and “energetic” Executive — has always found support within the institutionalist culture in Washington in general and at DOJ, in particular

And sure enough, the risk of undue caution has been reduced to zero. The system works!

Undue caution, due caution, reason -- nothing gets in the way of our president!

Lmao

My eyes had just recovered from the extreme eye roll when this was first announced-

Just as bad as the ruling was the slow-walking it for eight months, thus ensuring that there would be no trial before election. Even if they had made that insane ruling but just released it a month after it was filed, which they could have, there would have been a trial, and trump in jail now.

Donald "Undue Caution" J. Trump

Well, no worries about that, whew!

"won't someone stop this judicial crisis I created?!"

It would be wrong for Trump to engineer a judicial impeachment for mere disagreement with an opinion, but it would fine for him to form death squads. --John Roberts (paraphrase).

In Robert’s defense, it is hard to write in legalese ya know. He probably wanted something like “Trump has immunity as president to do all the things i think are okay but he shouldn’t have immunity from hurting my feelings or to do things I don’t like” but that’s is hard to translate to lawyer

Roberts has come too far in the nation’s destruction to stop now. His objective is clear.

When you're so high on your own supply that you don't stop for a moment to think about unintended consequences.

Is it possible at all that Roberts thought back then Trump would probably lose the election, and immunity would just spare him from jail? Big freakin gamble THAT was.

More hilariously, did Roberts think ‪trump‬ would use restraint and only thoughtfully apply such awesome power after calmly weighing the consequences? SCOTUS Chief Justice never really paid attention to who trump is as a person. Only loved the idea of an Imperial Executive.

I think they paid very close attention. They counted on his "move fast and break things" approach because P2025 suits them just fine.

Imperial *republican Executive

He's either a dolt or a scoundrel. Maybe both.

Scoundrel. Roberts was picked by Bush for his “let’s pretend racism is over” positions.

he should be *hoping* Trump starts impeaching judges they don't like, because the other approach available to him is "second amendment people" egged on by the guarantee of presidential pardons & presidential immunity for official acts

He thought Trump learned his lesson?

He, like Collins, had hoped that trump had now learned his lesson and would get back on the straight and the narrow.

He, like all these other assholes, seriously thought that Trump would respect the rules of the game.

As someone here said about Mitch McConnell: "Arsonist: Ooh, this fire's BAD."

"We find the find the guilty assessment criminal is able to run for President" [Saw through the trick question, me...pah!]

He’s beginning his Comey arc

Not until he updates his post Trump is King memoir to that of an appology

Oh he’s not going to apologize, just like comey. He’s just going to expect the institutions he used to delegitimize his opponents to save him just like comey.

And will be *shocked* and indignant when they don't

Lewis Powell arc

Out: Vibe coding In: Vibe Presidenting

He sure did

He also just thought Trump would lose the election and it wouldn't be his problem

He’s not worse than Taney, for obvious reasons, but Taney was at least forthright in his beliefs, not a whiny, sanctimonious coward.

🤷

Those bought and paid for frauds of jurist let the monster out of the cage.

I’m no fan of his but I have some (slight) sympathy in that case they also had to consider how trump might *abuse* the power to prosecute former presidents, if he won. some of oral argument even covered that there was no winning that one either way, once mcconnell foiled impeachment

While trying to figure out how Roberts can be surprised by any of this I have one hypothesis... Roberts figured that if the SC saved Trump's butt the latter would be eternally grateful for what he 'owed' them. Instead Donny took it to mean he 'owned' the SC.

The question has to asked: IS Roberts surprised by this, or does he just feel like he still has to pretend to care about norms and the rule of law for a little while longer?

I don't know that he cares about norms or the rule of law but I think he is worried that Trump has now declared himself above all courts because that directly threatens Robert's seat of power!

2. After all if the President can just ignore courts entirely what point is there in even having a Supreme Court at all? Robert's is staring right into the face of political irrelevance. Ironically he'd still be FAR more influential if Kamala had won.

2. Something anyone with a remote understanding of Trump's history/psychology could have warned Roberts would happen.🙄 Man these guys live in a bubble.

“Hey, those leopards are getting awfully close to *my* face! Who could have predicted?”

How John Roberts sees himself

When the book on the Roberts Era is written, the title "Tripping Over My Own Balls And Strikes" is free to anyone.

Far be it for me to kinkshame but Roberts is a massive cuck, Trump is just rawdogging the constitution and all he can do is sit in the cuck chair crying

I think he literally does

Stay tuned for SCOTUS v. That’s not what we meant

oh but he was so proud of being able to deliver immunity! so much healing for the country! I’m gonna cackle like a hyena if Roberts ends up in the camps before I do. Caught the tiger by the tail, didn’t he?

I think he's starting to understand the lesson: If he'll do it with you, he'll do it to you.

Feels like he's just telling DOJ to comply now and ask for an appeal so his court can rubber stamp the human trafficking operation.

Yes. I mean, seemed pretty clear they weren't actually serious about it. They just wanted the cases to go away. I don't think anyone seriously thought it would let Biden order people killed like the ruling suggested. Hell, I don't think they'd let Trump do it either.

Republicans on this court often start with a conclusion and then try to justify it however they can. This was just one of the most heinous examples.

It was Citizens United that really fucked us.

The man doesn’t live in the real world and is so insulated from the repercussions of his actions that he doesn’t care. This is the same man who care (or foresee) what Citizens United wrought. He’s corrupt and turns a blind eye to the blatant corruption of Thomas and Alito because it serves him.

Being in the conservative bubble means they see themselves and their community through a veil. Even as he becomes aware of a troubling fact the veil denies its reality.

Chief Justice Mitch McRoberts

I think he genuinely thought Trump would genuflect to the courts if it came to that and now that he's dunking in Roberts colleagues he's starting to feel the heat

Why would he think that, is he stupid?

arrogant

Roberts? Yes.

Yes but also he thought he was making a deal. "Trump lets the court go nuts, we let him do his thing, but we don't cross into each other's territory" type thing.

“He thought he was making a deal” is the story of the Trump era.

i don't think it ever occurred to him what he set in motion with that ruling. that it could end up w/judges (including SCOTUS) being threatened with impeachment or physical harm to themselves or family members.

He is responsible for this and all the swatting and death threats to judges! He is a POS!

Also citizens united.

Too little too late but better than him not saying it.

Yes, I agree Judge Roberts is no ally. After all, you know what John Roberts didn't say when he raised with Trump the issue of impeaching judges? He did NOT berate Trump for disobeying Judge Boasberg's order that the planes need to turn around.

Exactly. Fucker.

I'd say Dr. Frankenstein needs to get his monster under control. But it's probably too late.

Roberts crowned this King. Will he kneel?

Well..also Mitch McConnell.

Sorry Robert’s but you helped create this monster

Me thinks Justice Roberts didn't think the leopards would eat HIS face...

Oh? What did John Roberts say about "Kings"? Jusrt curious....

Roberts and McConnell for MVPs in the destruction of our democracy.

It rings a little hollow Chief after you gave him unlimited immunity after delaying the criminal proceedings so long it could not be tried in court.

Pretty weak there chief. How does it feel knowing you are likely the last chief of the scotus before king donOld destroys it too? This is on you chief. The immunity bs you unleashed will destroy you and this country.

That’s exactly right! Him and Mitch.

Best comment of the day about Robert's rare "appearance of a pushback" to what he created!

When the guy start to stress to become irrelevant…he start to stand up. Idiot

I disagree. Mitch McConnel holds that distinction.

Let the old guys thumb wrestle for the crown 👑

We should also give mcconnell even billing

He and Mitch McConnell. May karma visit them both, and SOON.

Amen.

Just proves that you don’t need a HS degree to be a Supreme Court justice.

I was thinking, now that DEI, isn't a thing (or maybe it actually is?)... either way, I'm fully unqualified to be a Supreme Court Justice! I'm packing my bags for DC. I'm going to assume a seat on the highest court in the land. Why not. Unqualified is the new "qualified" right? Congratulate me l8r.

The Looming Battle Judiciary must assert its authority or risk irrelevance as Trump challenges legal constraints. If courts push back and he refuses to comply, a constitutional crisis looms, testing whether the judicial branch still holds power or if we shift towards fascism.

Our democracy is under siege! Most Americans don’t grasp the gravity of our moment. They don’t see the fall of democracy as a real threat. It’s something foreign and the idea of the U.S. collapsing into authoritarianism seems unthinkable. bsky.app/profile/tele...

It is unavoidable at this point, isn’t it?! 💔

Unfortunately, I don’t see Trump changing course. This is a continuation of Jan 6's unfinished coup, carefully orchestrated through Project 2025’s blueprint for executive power consolidation. Every move aligns with a deliberate strategy to dismantle institutional checks and entrench control.

“You don’t write a playbook and not use it.” -Tim Walz We tried to warn them. It is just heartbreaking to see it happen, and happen so quickly. I feel helpless in so many ways.

It’s all part of the plan. move fast, tighten control, and leave the courts scrambling. We are in very dangerous times. How we react and what we do matters like never before.

You are a little late. That shift had already happened. Roberts sees that; that’s why he’s trying to protect himself. The courts have no enforcement now that DOJ belongs to the boss. Crooks protecting criminals is all we have now. We are already post-democracy.

Agreed, not officially yet, but in practice, you’re right.

He’s going to have a sad when Trump ignores his rulings

I wish i could be in the room the first time he sees a clip of trump saying "i have total immunity" in response to a court order

He's not the one the judge is going to hold in contempt, IMO. It will be the department head, or Musk, or that unappointed unconfirmed "border czar" Homan, or one of the DOJ lawyers. And they're not immune from anything.

trump will either tell them to ignore those orders or immediately pardon them. That's the gift Trump "won't forget" as he told Roberts to his face The courts have no power here and the sooner roberts and the right figure that out the better.

Too late, Roberts. You enabled the Mad King and his minions by shielding him from convictions before the election, and then gave him an unlimited get-out-of-jail-free card with your immunity decision. Did you not expect him to use it to the hilt?

Yeah. But what if he just wants the appeal so that he can endorse Trump again?

Don't love it when "fuck around and find out" includes the chief legal steward of the constitutional republic

ROBERTS-Weak response.Pity to give him credit at such a low bar something people are clinging too!He gave him the power to push all these norms so he can just take a seat.Trump thanked him &said he wouldn’t forget! And a crumb gets applauded!When he stands and openly takes down Trump let me know!

He needs to resign he stinks to high heaven of corruption

Anybody hear from the other guy responsible for the current state of affairs?

This is Mitch McConnell erasure and I for one will not stand for it (and holy fuck does that look weird in print if you don’t know the context…)

Garland and roughly 70M idiots would like a word

Roberts is a traitor too the constitution is clear just remember this asshole's words when it comes time for his trial for sedition.

Yup

What is the “appellate review process” for a SCOTUS decision? Crickets from Roberts on this one.

Roberts now:

I hope we (society) call out Republicans for achieving their the beginning of their paradise. The Heritage Foundation, the GOP, billionaires, Conservative SC Justices, “originalist”, and Republican voters are seeing the consequences of their political views.

We could use a good national conversation about how destructive these ppl are. Which should be paired with a public information campaign on what government programs do and the news speaking on how they will cease copying Republican framing as a broadcasting policy.

How is it that they are still a viable political party? I mean, they are like selling greed on steroids. How did that become aspirational? That leads to inevitable alienation from reality (being morbidly wealthy).

Republicans run campaigns on bigotry and unfortunately that is the default settings for this country. We could have a more equitable society if the very thought of marginalized people enjoying that type of society didn’t cause bigoted people to vote against progress.

Also because the news both in print and media is mostly white & Republicans achieve 50% or more of the White vote. Republican and unaffiliated bigoted opinions and actions are framed as simple disagreement not society violating stances that should be shamed.

There’s also the problem of marginalized communities being spoken for by people who do not have an interest in the lived realities of our lives. So everything is theoretical and thus permissible by the American public.

There’s also a lack of will from Americans to challenge the hateful rhetoric and actions of their circles. It’s easier to concede the argument and inevitably defend their position based on familiarity and as a way to reassure themselves they are good ppl surrounded by “good people”.

The self-deceived are quite self-absorbed.

The best that we can do is use this micro blog to document our family's authentic life. I am quite passionate over the promise of and defense of democracy. Collectively, our voices matter because these posts are all public anyways. I support Tesla Takedown's protests globally.

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Well...not as responsible as Mitch!!! 🤬

“Acting!”

How can such stupid people become SC judges in the US?

Totally politicised and therefore biased one way or the other judicial system. Batshit.

After giving Trump king-like powers he's shocked that Trump is acting like a king.

The weakest most corrupt chief justice of our time.

Liking this for your statement, not Robert’s’ too little too late

OMG - is this the voice of reason finally coming from John Roberts?

Unless it's the liberals doing it... No I don't agree with this either, just saying calmatters.org/politics/ele...

Speaking of impeachment……a handful of Republican votes on TWO impeachment trials of T would have spared us the current mess!

Yeah BUT what's he gonna do about it??

It was kind of a team effort: Roberts, McConnell, and Garland.

It’s kinda sad that i was relieved by this statement, given his history

And U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland by being squeamish about appearing partisan they enabled an ACTUAL partisan to take the WH www.politifact.com/article/2023...

Fuck Roberts. Remember Trump just two weeks ago said " "Thank you again, I won't forget it," as he shook hands and passed Roberts on his way into the Joint Houses of Congress session.

Now Trump doesn't need him anymore & it's time to discard him, like everyone else he uses. It's so funny to me that people keep going out of their way to help that man

This, exactly, especially because the truism holds, ETTD. Its nearly vampiric.

I feel like the country is broken into people who both watched the same movie, but only one side had the audio on

Something about reaping and sewing

Mitch McConnell is a close second.

I'd put him first before Roberts. If McConnell hadn't stolen Scalia's seat and then ignored his own justification for that behavior and helped himself to RBG's seat as well, we'd have a completely different court right now.

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John Roberts and Turtle McConnell both are responsible.

Moscow Mitch.

Yep

Yep, glad he made the statement but how long until trump says I’ve already thanked you, I’ve got it from here

Abso.fucking.lutely!! So he told the right time this once. He's still a broken clock!! That weak-ass comment doesn't earn him praise. Fuck that guy! If it weren't for him and Mitch McConnell, we wouldn't be in this situation! BTW, Garland is not off the hook either.

He knows that a dictator doesn't want a court... Trump is coming for their power and they can't have that 😜

Isn’t he most likely suggesting that impeachment isn’t needed because SCOTUS will overrule the lower court?

No not at all. He’s trying to save himself.

Yep

Right? Like Bill Barr being shocked—shocked!—by the state of the DOJ.

Too little too late m-fer

He and Mitch McConnell should commiserate together.

He and his monarchs on SCOTUS gave him the crown and permission. Now, they have to live with the results as he destroys everything in his wake.

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It sounds like Mr. Roberts might be catching a bit of blowback for being instrumental in Trump's dictatorship and now wants to step away from any repercussions.

That part

Just like Mitch McConnell. Do they think we won’t remember? Both will go down in history as the biggest enablers of the wannabe dictator.

I'm sickened that the courts are our last line of defense, and only if they're abided. 🤮

Moreso than anyone else. This is his making. All they had to do was let the damn ruling stand. But they issued cert and created new law which gives the president presumably carte blanche. This is all his doing.

Another fool who thought he could keep the mad dog on a leash. He should have learned from McConnell. Now that the Roberts court has given him immunity, Trump will gleefully give the courts the middle finger.

Yeah … like he could have added “also this is largely my fault” and the statement would have been way more accurate and impactful.

Agreed. John Roberts has decades of blood on his hands, dating back *at least* to 2000 & his help cheating W into the presidency. Gore would not have (accidently-on-purpose?) bungled 9/11 as Bush did and would have skipped 2 wars. We'd also be 8 yrs better prepared for catastrophic climate chg.

man who enabled mobster doesn't like the mobster's way of doing business when it involves people of his cloth

"Maybe i shouldn't have let loose the face-eating leopards".

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Way too little, way too late. Now what?

Agree! I think Trump’s mafia moment at the StateoUnion was too on the nose for Roberts. He still wants to hide behind some lame ass view that the Executive branch is always hamstrung. What do they say about sunshine?

A "disagreement "?! 😑

And he's gonna learn how loyal Trump is when he goes for SCOTUS' jugular! He doesn't want any entity looking over him.

Nobody is buying his poor theater acting!

SCOTUS is corrupt

I’d love to see government, including the SCOTUS, remove itself from governing via social media. Govern. Decide. Don’t play into the reality show that is currently our suffering. He wants to rant in X or LiesSocial, let him. No one else needs to respond on social media.

I'm over 200 yrs has any previous SCOTUS given immunity to POTUS for obvious crimes; that after mishandling 2 presidential impeachment trials. It is incredible that POTUS has practically zero accountability. Then again he's ok with judges getting lavish gifts.

Roberts is the fluffer in the Putin-Trump sex scene.

Too little too late

💯

“Thank you, I won’t forget it” 🔥

I think he is realizing he and his SCOTUS have made themselves irrelevant and Trump will now erase them too. Especially the black ones and women

Nah...don't read too much into this this was just "Hey Stupid you're going to blow it going off script...get back in line!" They'll still do what they were purchased for. This is the Big Grab...all or nothing.

"C'mon man, don't be a dick" - John Roberts, noted dick

1) McConnell 2) Roberts 3) Biden 4) Pelosi My rough blame ranking.

I guess I would put Trump ahead of Biden or Pelosi, but that is just me. W.? Bannon? I may be mad at Dems, but I doubt any would make my top 1,000

Musk? Peter Thiel? Fox fucking News?

I mean, you can put the entire GOP up there w/McConnell at number 1.

Yeah, skipping past the entirety of the fully corrupt GOP and Murdoch and the oligarchs to Biden and Pelosi seems wildly off base to me.

I'll freely admit that Biden wasn't up to the task of effectively fighting back, but that's not even close to as damaging as one of the two major American political parties operating in 100% bad faith at every level and also deciding that democracy is done for.

Create a President in charge with absolute power is absolute corrupting absolutely. President Trump will take as much power granted the president absolute authority absolutely. Dismissing of court & Congress upon either restricting him now will result in President dismissal as traitors. Treason….

Start with James Comey

Pelosi? Jesus.

Buyers remorse. Chickens coming home to roost. Reap what you sow. Pick one.

The Chief Justice Roberts is responsible for Citizens United and Presidential Immunity. Let's stop calling it the "Supreme" Court,it's the Roberts Court. #RobertsCourt

Finally……where was his voice of reason before. We probably wouldn’t be in this position if he would have just done his job.

Time to hold him accountable, it seems like the legislative branch is not up to the task.

FFS. Why does anyone ever believe he won’t double cross them. He does everyone dirty. Everyone.

Kangaroo Court Must Go.

Finally

Exactly what did Robert's think would happen when he and the other maga justices granted immunity to a convicted felon!

I honestly wonder whether he feels the guilt

Naah. He's chill.

John Roberts owns everything that’s happening, along with the people who didn’t vote and those that voted for the 🤡

more. much more.

Garland Comey Barr

Roberts…trying to control the beast he created.

He is not fooling We The People…his feint at redirecting, shuffling the deck will not work…this partisan politician in black robes knows we do not forget and are coming for him.

And for more than two centuries it has been established that presidents do not have immunity from the law.

Has he found his conscience? I can't wait to hear what name trump will call him.

Chief Justice Frankenstein looks at the monster he created and has second thoughts.

John Roberts is all about the orange shitgibbon’s abuse of power as long as it doesn’t touch him.

Well, at least calling it inappropriate will surely stop Trump from doing this one particular thing. Welcome to the resistance, Chief Justice Roberts.

It’s not unconstitutional, it’s just a sparkling judicial disagreement.

It was all okay until his particular ox was gored.

Fuck Roberts

100% correct sir!

I think Roberts had the story playing in his head about “when they came for the Jews” and quickly saw with Trump wanting to impeach Judge Boasberg that he was “coming for the JUDGES” so he’d better speak up fast!

Has Roberts noticed that NOTHING is normal?

We will see if the Supreme Court gives up their power like Congress has. Thomas may want to rethink his rulings. He and Alito stands to lose all those bribes they have enjoyed all these years

Remarkable how our highest authorities can have such low levels of self-awareness

All he’s saying to Trump is “Leave it to me, I’ll take care of it on appeal”.

Robert’s and McConnell will go down as of the architects that destroyed democracy for their own needs.

😡

Agree with John Roberts 100%

Love continuously feeling as if our fates rest in the hands of a man who is neither remotely trustworthy nor even particularly ideologically consistent!

Shorter John Roberts: How dare you do exactly what I gave you the power to do knowing exactly what you would do with that power?!?

Shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted.

All I'm saying is that impeaching the entire current SCOTUS over Dobbs is not without merit.

I’m glad he did what he did today. He’s trying to salvage Trump’s “thank you”

Fair. Who else is on that list?

right on back to 2000!

If this isn’t a case of FAFO I don’t know what is

He brought the problem about and is part of the problem now

A little late John.

Bet Trump is gonna look for another Chief Justice 🥳

Throw Mitch McConnell in there as well.

I can think of a number of different places I'd like to throw Mitch McConnell.

Citizens United - the worst and most corrupting decision ever made

I’m not trusting anything Roberts is touting. So does he just want Trump to quietly become a dictator? Does he want Trump to use the appeals courts all the way to SCOTUS so they can decide the ruling FOR Trump?

I'm with you. They gave him immunity, him specifically, so he can do these things with impunity. They did not anticipate another democratically elected president (therefore, no democratic president) after this. They do, I believe, intend for all cases to come before them.

Good, but let's not mock the judge for saying what we all hoped he would say. If we mock him, he won't do it again. We are at a point where we need to embrace all of our allies, even if their past actions have been less than ideal.

For more than 2 centuries, the president was required to follow the rule of law and not do just anything he wanted to do.

Who would have thunk that! I guess he may have had a " MOMENT"! when he switched on the GE light bulb. I guess it takes a look into the volcano to scare the shit out of him

YOU CAUSED THIS SHIT JOHN. YOU CAUSED THIS SHIT

Enabling PoS

More. More responsible.

✅

Roberts, McConnell, and Murdoch would be shoe-ins for the Bizarro World Mt Rushmore. Lots of contenders for that fourth spot.

Him and Mitch McConnell tbh

Just a thought... Russian Marines, Russian Navy, Russian Air Force, Russian Army, Russian Space Force, Russian Marshals, Russian Texas Rangers, Russian Police Department, Russian Gestapo. I guess this is what our Veterans and my military family fought for. Again, just a thought.

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." -- JFK

Yes, he is. He brought all this on in grand fashion. Roberts is more to blame for this insanity than anyone.

I did not vote for him either time, nor any Repub in the last 20 years. I've been heavily advocating for people to understand how our Constitution works.

These hypocritical white supremacy wankers now play the defenders of the constitution??? You should be unseated and sent to a place where the sun don’t shine.

Remember when this cocksucker told everyone that they shouldn't second guess the SCOTUS when they're openly taking bribes, their spouses are colluding with fascists and now most recently the dictator in chief literally THANKED HIM FOR ALL THAT HE'S DONE?

Weird, I thought he was responding to trumps earlier tweet about how the judges ruling against his actions should be impeached and that Roberts was disagreeing. Now I realize that he was just saying ‘we don’t need to impeach them we can get rid of them other ways’ is that correct?

But he said SOMEthing. We’ll take it.

Roberts created this monster

Most Judges don't like rolling over I don't care which one it is. Trump will push too far even for the bought and paid for judges.

Yes,let's pray that he has the balls to make the right decisions when Trump's administration brings all those cases in front of the SCOUS

That's all very judicial of Roberts, pointing FFOTUS Kraznov the DIC to the appellate process, but let's wait until SCOTUS rules on the appeal.

Nothing is normal anymore.

Dr. Frankenstein is realizing he cannot control the monster and he will also be a target.

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Thank you for your truth!

Proof that he doesn’t have a notion

He must be ready to retire but doesn’t want to be the cause of Cannon becoming the next CJ

So I see that Roberts has reached the "Then they came for the judges" part of the poem.

yeah but it's really cute how he thinks two centuries of precedent suddenly matter.

It's either political theater, or he realized the leopard will eat his old, white ass, too.

Exactly

Someone should tell dumold and his BUTT BUDDY

Agreed, too little too late there Johnny Boy!

Roberts should enjoy his job while he still has it. Trump will eventually find a way to do away with the SCOTUS. The Maga judges created a monster they now have no control over.

He could pack the courts with 9 MAGA “justices” that are all the highest contributors to Mara Lago. Create a court of 18, half of whom are trolls that will do whatever Trump wants, and Clarence Thomas being the tie breaker.

Yep

Listen, I LOVE this for us, but think we should be careful about getting too excited here. Roberts sits at the end of the appellate road. He may be warning the Rump machine that they need to follow procedure so it looks legit when SCOTUS rules in their favor.

More so, even.

You (Roberts) granted the President absolute immunity, which is NOT CONSTUTIONAL. Weep over your betrayal of the Nation.

A-freaking-men!!!

A Fucking men

Thank you - I’m supposed to trust the Justice who gave us Citizens United AND presidential immunity while in office? Who does he think he’s fooling

Ditto

Did he reeeeally not expect this?? 🤦🏽 JC!

Exactly. Maybe a direct response to being publicly thanked by that man he made a king. Not that it will change anything. But better than silence.

"Please stop trampling the constitutional order I've dedicated my career to dismantling!"

Seems to me like he's implying there's no need to impeach, just appeal and we'll handle it for you.

Tell that To Thomas/Kavanaugh. This 5-4 shit is a disgrace. People are pissed..

I agree with you there.

"We wanted you to be a unitary executive but not like THAT"

Robert's helped to create, aid, and abett the criminal president in office.

CORRUPT AF

3 things I will never ever ever forgive Roberts for 1) Citizens United 2) rolling back civil rights 3) Placing shitgibbon beyond the reach of law Roberts is a POS. So is SCOTUS, but Roberts gets overlooked bc Thomas and Alito are even worse (and Roberts allows it)

Showing my age, but I also blame Roberts for 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, climate change and the 2008 housing crash. Roberts was part of the team that installed George W. Bush in the White House when it looked like Al Gore was winning Florida. Bush then made Roberts Chief Justice.

Precisely right. It's been agonizing to watch.

He ranks up there with McConnell as facilitator of the fall of democracy in the United States

Seriously, I’m not going to clap for his rebuke. We’re in this jam because of him

Al Gore said that the Clinton Admin shook the trees when they saw something suspicious. Bush didn't shake the trees when FBI agents pointed out suspicious activity in Minnesota and Arizona. He could have prevented 9/11 if those trees had been shaken. He failed to complete the job in Afghanistan,

starting the unnecessary war in Iraq instead.

TRUTH

Calling the mad king a shitgibbon is offensive to other shitgibbons.

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And the Fratboy, Nazi Kavanaugh who has absolutely no business being there. I agree with your sentiment but he could be worse right now. At least he said something.

Oh believe my mind went back to Kavanaugh as well. The majority of the court is shit.

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@merriam-webster.com is struggling with the decision whether to illustrate "spineless" with an image of John Roberts or @schumer.senate.gov.

Too late John. Can't un ring that bell. Pathetic.