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After Ruling, Roberts Makes a Getaway From the Scorn
NY Time ^ | 7-2-012 | Adam Liptak

Posted on 07/03/2012 5:16:18 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot

(snip) ...“Malta, as you know, is an impregnable island fortress,” he (Roberts) said on Friday, according to news reports. “It seemed like a good idea.”

The chief justice was correct to anticipate a level of fury unusual even in the wake of a blockbuster decision with vast political, practical and constitutional consequences. The criticism came from all sides. And it was directed not at the court as whole or even at the majority in the 5-to-4 decision. It was aimed squarely at him.

(snip) Professor Yoo, the former Bush administration official, said her report (referring to Jan Crawford's book) appeared to underscore the chief justice’s failure.

“If the report is true, Chief Justice Roberts has not just made a mistake of constitutional interpretation, but of political leadership,” Professor Yoo said in an e-mail. “His job is not to finesse the place of the Supreme Court in the political world, in which he and most justices are rank amateurs, but to get the Constitution right first and then defend the institution second.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abortion; deathpanels; obamacare; obamacaredecision; roberts; robertsvacation; supremecourt; zerocare
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1 posted on 07/03/2012 5:16:23 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
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To: Sir Napsalot

Is Malta a gay mecca?


2 posted on 07/03/2012 5:18:39 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: miss marmelstein

No, Malta is a conservative Catholic country and he would be scorned there.


3 posted on 07/03/2012 5:20:05 AM PDT by Chickensoup (STOP The Great O-ppression)
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To: Sir Napsalot

I got news for the Court Jester, the scorn will still be here when he gets back. And it will stay indefinitely. He can regain respect and honor by admitting what he did was wrong and resigning.


4 posted on 07/03/2012 5:22:44 AM PDT by HerrBlucher ( Romney blows with the political winds, Obama just blows.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Tagline.


5 posted on 07/03/2012 5:25:09 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (John Roberts did more to endanger the lives of Americans than all 9/11 hijackers combined.)
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To: HerrBlucher

He was doing Obama a favor. A pay back. Roberts was relieved that Obama’s executive order protected the children brought illegally to the United States. It does not just cover children from Mexico.


6 posted on 07/03/2012 5:26:05 AM PDT by tsowellfan (http://www.cafenetamerica.com/)
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To: Chickensoup

Actually, in Malta, gay activity is completely legal.


7 posted on 07/03/2012 5:26:34 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: HerrBlucher

resigning and giving 0bama another AJ-SCOTUS and elevating Elena “Jon Lovitz” Kagen to Chief Justice. Are you nuts?


8 posted on 07/03/2012 5:26:37 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Sir Napsalot

Obviously I’m not, but is Roberts really qualified to teach a course on the history of the Supreme Court? Sounds like it might be a short course:

“It started out okay, but we’re fixing it.”


9 posted on 07/03/2012 5:27:06 AM PDT by Larry - Moe and Curly (Loose lips sink ships.)
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To: HerrBlucher

I got news for the Court Jester, the scorn will still be here when he gets back. And it will stay indefinitely. He can regain respect and honor by admitting what he did was wrong and resigning.

What he did was wimp out and toss he problem back to congress.

If all SC problems can be that easy to dispose of, why have a SC at all. Send everything, in question, back to congress to dispose of.


10 posted on 07/03/2012 5:29:51 AM PDT by chainsaw ("Two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.")
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To: tsowellfan

THAT is an interesting take.


11 posted on 07/03/2012 5:30:55 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Perdogg

After the election. Even if he resigned today bambi would not have time to appoint another. If obama wins re election it won’t matter anyway.


12 posted on 07/03/2012 5:31:31 AM PDT by HerrBlucher ( Romney blows with the political winds, Obama just blows.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Take it like a man, Roberts. Sheesh. If you really care about how the Court looks politically, why not hang around and answer the tough questions?

Wuss.


13 posted on 07/03/2012 5:33:08 AM PDT by Shadowfax
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To: tsowellfan

Could be, which means he chose to shirk is duty and screw the american people for decades maybe forever just so his family life would be more comfortable.


14 posted on 07/03/2012 5:34:41 AM PDT by HerrBlucher ( Romney blows with the political winds, Obama just blows.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Obama has a new dog now to sit with him and have his head stroked.

Do the right thing, Roberts and resign.

Or do the manly thing.

What?


15 posted on 07/03/2012 5:37:08 AM PDT by IbJensen (If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Island fortress...good for money laundering.....and numbered accounts....pay off time....


16 posted on 07/03/2012 5:37:58 AM PDT by spokeshave (The only people better off today than 4 years ago are the Prisoners at Guantanamo.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

What a coward. He can’t stand for the good of the nation against media pressure, and now he can’t take the justified anger of American taxpayers after selling out.

In many countries, he would be burned in effigy as a “welcome home” gesture, but we, the sheeple, will just complain to our computers and increase the amount we send our masters in D. C. from our dwindling incomes.


17 posted on 07/03/2012 5:38:24 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Sir Napsalot

He should stay in Malta.


18 posted on 07/03/2012 5:39:33 AM PDT by Girlene (Chief AHat Roberts - should resign in disgrace.)
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To: HerrBlucher
“He can regain respect and honor by admitting what he did was wrong and resigning.”

Be careful what you wish for. I wouldn't put it past the rickhead to resign right now so that hussein can appoint another ginsberg or wise latina just to show conservatives where they can put their criticism

19 posted on 07/03/2012 5:42:35 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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20 posted on 07/03/2012 5:43:27 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
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