Doner.
Posted on 06/30/2012 3:24:46 PM PDT by Bratch
I've had doubts about Chief Justice John Roberts for a couple of years now -- doubts that were unfortunately confirmed Thursday by his decision upholding ObamaCare.
In October 2010, Canisius College in Buffalo, NY hosted Chief Justice Roberts as part of the Raichle Lecture Series. The Raichle Lectures are sponsored by the college's pre-law center, and the college deserves credit for booking some real heavy hitters -- past guests have included Supreme Court Justices Rehnquist, Scalia, and O'Connor, and other notable figures like Rudy Giuliani.
I was excited about the opportunity to see the head of one of the three coequal branches of government in person -- especially in an academic setting, ripe for debate, ideas, and insights on how things really work at the seat of power. I was really looking forward to hearing the kind of Socratic give-and-take Justice Scalia and Judge Bork are known for when they visit colleges and law schools.
I was sorely disappointed.
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Doner.
Well, Roberts certainly made his mark. He owns Obamacare now. Actually, it’s Robertscare now. It’s his baby.
The Constitution exists to limit government and preserve freedom, whether it pleases everyone or not.
Problem is, then Obama gets to pack the court with a 5 majority commie/homosexual clique.
Bush wanted to appoint Roberts the first chance he had, when OConner retired. Then Rhenquist died & Bush saw a chance to put Roberts in the top spot. For some reason he really liked what he saw in Roberts.
You may be right about Alito, he was pretty much an unknown and was offered up after Bush's disasterous Myers choice flopped. Thank goodness Alito turned out as he did.
But I don't know what good he can do us now - we now know the court has a progressive majority.
Epilepsy meds.....John Roberts taking them > Factor this into your equation. Your account of him is appalling. Like everything is a breezy joke
I read an article earlier today (can’t find it at the moment) that listed the people who promoted Roberts - even escorted him around the country to meet senators who might’ve needed persuasion to vote for his confirmation. Amongst this group was Mark Levin & several others well known to FReepers. I can’t believe they would have done it if they thought he was an empty suit.
Our country is pretty much split 50/50 in politics these days. I think he didn’t want to put the court in a bind & threw the issue back to the politicians. That doesn’t make me happy, but there it is. Now we need to work HARD to get Tea Party folks in the Senate & House, as well as Romney in the presidency, to get this monstrosity repealed.
I love your tag line!
There are thousands of spoiled brat eco-warrior lawyers who are making nice salaries at NGOs funded part by Gov’t and part by foundations like the Tides Foundation. These POS lawyers are really jamming the system and putting honest Americans out of work
If not secession, then revolution must be. As for secession being illegal and settled law by the SC, F the SC and its rulings. Texas v. White makes as much sense as Roberts decision.
Texas v. White threw the Declaration of Independence into the trash can, along with the Constitution by arguing that once a state enters the Union, it is bound forever to the Union. On its face, that argument doesn’t pass the absurdity test.
Carried to an extreme (or maybe not so extreme), Texas v. White would hold that the federal government could tax us into abject poverty and sell us as slaves and there would be nothing the states or its citizens could do to rid themselves of such tyranny.
Boy do I second that!!! All we had left to protect us was the Court ... now even that's not there. Thanks to John Roberts. Imagine how we'd all feel right now if that thing were totally over turned ... now how do we feel that it's not? That's how I feel towards Roberts ... For me, his name belongs beside that of Benedict Arnold, who tried to give away West Point but failed, Roberts gave away the nation and succeeded. History will mark this man I'm sure. The court is now "useless" ... maybe we should call it the Ginsburg Court now?
I agree that Roberts is a milquetoast, country-club Republican.
Intuitively I had ambiguous feelings about Roberts. The lack of consistency and sloppiness of his recent Supreme Court opinion confirms that feeling. When I worked for a large corporation, the corporate lawyer's job was to tell us what we had to do to make our initiatives legal. Roberts, a former corporate lawyer, seems to remain in that role to please his boss, President Obama. Maybe his meds are affecting his cognitive reasoning.
In my opinion, he has yet to demonstrate statesmanship and leadership in his position as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. How sad for all of us!
He's buried up on a hill in Simi Valley, California.
Perhaps that is something a republican president should do with regard to leftist before and until Congress repeals the abomination all together and impeaches the traitor John Roberts?
I for one think a “Tax” on the misbehavior of certant Federal Supreme court injustices is in-order.
Come on now Susie, it’s the economy we don’t have time for social issues, next time though the GOPe promises, no really they do.
Sounds like someone the blue blood Bush clan would just adore, and with whom Reagan would have been unimpressed.
Savage was savaged on this forum by idiots during Bush's horrid reign, but he was right. The entire family is repulsive. From H.W. Bush the Jew hater, who had the entire Saudi family at Kennebunkport every summer, who buried the Reagan legacy, and who threw the election to the Rapist, and the nation to the dogs. To Jeb the pompous amnesty pimp, a total RINO Progressive who dares to lecture US on conservatism. And G.W., the naive doofus jock, who looked into the eyes of the murderous dictator Putin and saw a soul of goodness, and in Roberts' eyes and saw a conservative intellect - both fantasies, as it has turned out.
I have said it before and will again: NO MORE BUSHES. EVER. PUT IT IN THE CONSTITUTION.
This morning, Larry Kudlow called Roberts a sheep in sheep’s clothing. That’s what Churchill called Clement Attlee. Churchill also joked that an empty limo pulled up to 10 Downing, and Attlee got out.
Many suspect Roberts actually got the decision right, only to change his vote to appease beltway public opinion. He didn’t want the Court to be perceived as too, er, conservative.
Bingo. You've said it all.
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