Chief Justice John Roberts touted the independence of the federal judiciary as a “counter-majoritarian check” and urged Americans rattled by partisan politics to keep faith with the Constitution in an annual report Wednesday that steered clear of direct discussion of modern controversies.
Roberts’ history-heavy statement made no mention of Donald Trump, nor the intense conflict that has cropped up between federal courts and the White House since his second inauguration nearly a year ago.
Trump has questioned the legitimacy of courts that paused his policies and called for the impeachment of judges who ruled against him.
Well maybe he should uphold the Constitution instead of wipe his ass with it.
That dude is going down in history as a giant asshole that was bribed heavily.
Probably should have thought about that before you made the president a king
Had to double check the source, to make sure this wasn’t The Onion.
Came here to confirm my exact sentiment.
“This arrangement, now in place for 236 years, has served the country well,” Roberts wrote in the report, which was released by the Supreme Court hours before the start of the new year.
“It was only when I started giving Trump all of the power that is supposed to lie in the Supreme Court that the arrangement started to fail,” Roberts continued. “I thought I could get an even greater position of power by kowtowing to the demands of Trump, but now he says that my ass isn’t as supple as it used to be, and that I keep losing concentration when I’m servicing him. But what can I do? He keeps falling asleep in the middle. Justice Thomas said the same thing. I knew people had said that with Trump, loyalty is a one-way street, but it’s shocking to experience it myself. I used to have all the power in the world, but now I just really feel used by this whole ordeal.”
He’s mad that the lower courts aren’t completely corrupt and the poors aren’t worshipping his decisions.
I’m sympathetic to the idea that we don’t need a “Supreme Court”. We have a representative legislature. They don’t even follow the constitution or precedents. Frankly the institution is illegitimate.
I absolutely agree in principle. This court however is corrupt as all fucking hell. I want a court that tells me no when I want to infringe on the freedom of others, not one that says anything is ok when the president does it. Also I want one that actually believes in precedent like Roe.
Fuck you, you lying fuck… YOU’RE literally the driving force for why we have lost faith
On the other hand the only reason I don’t want Roberts to drop dead right this second is because I’m afraid of who would replace him.
This dude will go down in history as the man who put the final nail in the coffin of the “republic” all representation of the people died with citizens united. Our government is now literally occupied by Israel and oligarchs a lot of whom are immigrants from South Africa
Says the unabashedly biased, bought and paid for chief justice
TRAITOR
This is just a prep for when the GOP loses significantly in the mid terms and the pendulum swings back against them. There is no intent to not be in lock step with project 2025, it is just a coincidence. I hope there’s significant restructure of the supreme court soon as more than half of them are bought and paid for.
