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Roberts Should Be Impeached and Removed From the Court (Vanity)
vanity | 6/29/2012 | R. Page

Posted on 06/29/2012 4:01:22 PM PDT by rpage3

First, an apology for the millionth vanity here...

It has become clear to me that what Justice Roberts has done is so shameful and such an outright trampling on our constitution and theft of our liberty that he should be impeached and be removed from office. In an otherwise sane world where this document still meant something, he would be impeached and if the Republicans have any spine they'd do it. This, "cut off your nose to spite your face" wizardy (that is, trample the constitution in order to save the reputation of the court) is the last straw in what has been an enduring attack on our freedom. Enough; draw the damn line here and now.

If the opinions of Justices Scalia, Thomas, Alito and even Kennedy could not sway Justice Roberts in a case which has such tremendous implications for our country; then, there is clearly no hope for the man; he cannot be reformed and he must go.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: illegaladoption; impeach; obamacare; roberts; scotus; vanity
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To: rpage3

Don’t just single out Roberts. There were 5 bad judgements.


21 posted on 06/29/2012 4:31:13 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: rpage3

Don’t just single out Roberts. There were 5 bad judgements.


22 posted on 06/29/2012 4:31:21 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: doc1019

It’s important to note that when the Constitution was written, a politician’s job was considered a duty rather than an entitlement. The Congress would not by itself have any authority to punish people for things, but replacing someone who fails to perform his duties with someone who will perform them faithfully is not a punishment. Indeed, I’m somewhat uncomfortable with this “contempt of Congress” business. What Congress should be doing is demanding that Holder either demonstrate that he is faithfully executing the duties of his office, or resign so the position can be filled by someone who will. If Holder persistently refuses to do either of those things, Congress should impeach.


23 posted on 06/29/2012 4:31:59 PM PDT by supercat (Renounce Covetousness.)
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To: rpage3

Gonna have to hold our breath, vote does our feckless leaders and hope they will remove this travesty by its roots.

Wish in one hand.....


24 posted on 06/29/2012 4:31:59 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live thnrough it anyway)
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To: doc1019

If it can be shown that he was bribed or threatened, that would be impeachable. Or if it can be proven that his seizure condition and medication has impaired his judgment and therefore making him unfit for duty, he could be removed. I don’t think that would take impeachment, just him stepping down under pressure. But all of this is a heavy burden of proof which I don’t think can be met.


25 posted on 06/29/2012 4:32:54 PM PDT by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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To: dewawi

My, aren’t you the arrogant newbie? There aren’t any damn silver linings in this thing. Smart people understand that.


26 posted on 06/29/2012 4:33:47 PM PDT by Defiant (If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
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To: rpage3
Some issues like this are clearly unconstitutional, and we shouldn't obey anything a court this out of control says. It's not simply an opinion, but an act of tyranny against the people. Not part of our government respects our Constitution, and most blatantly bypass it in every way it can. There is a legal way to change our Constitution, but this way is never bothered with because they know it would get nowhere. We are going to have to just stop obeying our government and corrupt courts, while demanding the freedom we are guaranteed from our Constitution. There is no point to let what are obviously frivolous arguments be decided by a court. We will never get anywhere unless we take control of this situation using everything we can.

It's time for a revolution, and by that I mean it's time we stop obeying the Federal government on such ridiculous issues, and forcing a confrontation with them. It's up to them how far they want to take it. Voting will get us no where when it comes to federal elections. Voting for people who are willing to confront the federal government in state elections are the only thing that matters. Our federal government must be destructed and rebuilt, because it's past the point of being fixed. We can accept living under tyranny, or we can accept doing what must be done to save our nation. Our constitution means nothing, our courts rule on personal political opinion, and even the best of our leaders can't stop this tyranny. We aren't sure we can even defeat Obamacare, and we were in serious trouble before this was even an issue.

27 posted on 06/29/2012 4:35:49 PM PDT by ThermoNuclearWarrior (Our Military Leadership needs to remove Obama in a Coup. Their oath obliges them to do this.)
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To: rpage3
It worse than a ruling being wrong - the ruling doesn't even make sense. I am left with the following question - is this or is it not a tax? Roberts makes a ruling inconsistent with the bill as written. He makes a ruling based on a fictional bill.

Roberts should be impeached and removed from office for incompetence and sophistry unbefitting of a SC justice. Obama and Holder should be impeached as well. We all know the dems will prevent anyone from being removed from office. But what is the harm in having hearings and exposing this crap to the masses?

28 posted on 06/29/2012 4:40:19 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: rpage3

I never understood all the excitement over Roberts when he was nominated anyway. Sam Alito is my favorite justice by far and should have been given the head position of the court as he always follows the Constitution to the letter.


29 posted on 06/29/2012 4:44:46 PM PDT by Teflonic
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To: rpage3

30 posted on 06/29/2012 4:45:25 PM PDT by joeclarke (ue)
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To: jimbo123

My theory is that Roberts was blackmailed or threatened and threw the left a curve. He acted like a hostage who is made to say how much he hates his country but loves his captors, so the hostage sends a hidden message to let us know that he is saying these things under duress.

To continue my theory, Roberts was threatened to go along with Obama and the left and vote to uphold Obamacare. He did, but to screw them over, he didn’t vote for the Commerce Clause provision, but instead called it constitutional because it was a tax, thereby giving us a gift. Now Romney can use this as a campaign issue to say that Obama and the Democrats gave us the biggest tax hike in the history of the world. They didn’t want this in an election year. Look how Ruth Buzzi Ginsburg reacted to his ruling. She actually wrote a dissent for the Majority! Now I’m not a lawyer, but I know that that is an unusual happening in court proceedings.

I believe that this was Roberts saying to Obama and his band of merry men, OK, you will get your precious health care law upheld, but it will be on my terms.

It is the only rational thing I can think of for this irrational act. Either that, or he’s nuts!


31 posted on 06/29/2012 4:47:11 PM PDT by murron (Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
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To: dewawi
I would rather him do his job regardless, instead of looking for ridiculous excuses for him. He voted against our Constitution on what is an obvious unconstitutional mandate from the federal government, using frivolous arguments that should have never been debated in the first place. Roberts is a piece of worthless scum that shouldn't be respected, and decisions shouldn't be obeyed. It's time for Conservative leaders to start talking seriously about revolution. It's coming one way or another. I'm willing to risk an even worse outcome considering we are living under tyranny right now.
32 posted on 06/29/2012 4:50:46 PM PDT by ThermoNuclearWarrior (Our Military Leadership needs to remove Obama in a Coup. Their oath obliges them to do this.)
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To: dewawi
Not even close. He may have given Romney the presidency, but there is no guarantee.

Either way, doing something so destructive purely to generate backlash is stupid.

That good occasionally can come from evil in no way justifies evil. If the senate changes hands Roberts should be impeached for moral cowardice. Even if you have to spell it "jaywalking".

33 posted on 06/29/2012 4:52:13 PM PDT by hopespringseternal
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To: rpage3

Hey, what about the other 4? If it wasn’t for Roberts, we wouldn’t have our 2nd Amendment.


34 posted on 06/29/2012 4:54:10 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: dragonblustar

If so it should be brought to the public. If he was literally blackmailed for something, and decided he would make a nation destroying decision against our constitution to protect himself then it should be brought to the surface. Whatever it takes to bring out anything that played an influence on his decision should be made public. Regardless of why he made this unconstitutional decision he should be ruined for his unconstitutional act.


35 posted on 06/29/2012 5:04:20 PM PDT by ThermoNuclearWarrior (Our Military Leadership needs to remove Obama in a Coup. Their oath obliges them to do this.)
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To: rpage3

Not while Obama is in the White House


36 posted on 06/29/2012 5:05:37 PM PDT by DFG ("Dumb, Dependent, and Democrat is no way to go through life" - Louie Gohmert (R-TX))
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To: dewawi
Some would say he handed the Republicans control of the House, the Senate, and the Presidency for a generation.

They might say that, but they would be wrong. If the obscene excesses of FDR corruption only led to more re-elections and more corruption, why think this cynical piece of crap will suddenly turn 70 million grasshoppers into worker ants?

So far even the presidency is still a toss up. Remember Carville's book in 2008? gloating about "40 years" of democrat dominance? That lasted all of two years.

Bear in mind--the huge majority of voters have no idea what all the fuss is about, and don't care.

37 posted on 06/29/2012 5:09:26 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: reasonisfaith
The ruling must be overturned.

Cannot be by the Court. And the lack of any intelligence on the conservative GOP side makes it impossible to do a damn thing. We are toast on this criminal inspired health care which includes unlimited corruption that has nothing to do with health care. Only overturning would be to win the Senate and Presidency keep the House and kick the bill in the ass.

38 posted on 06/29/2012 5:09:53 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: rpage3

Everyone of them who violated the constitution for the sake of their sick toltaltarian politics in this Obamacare case, should be impeached. But that is not going to happen.


39 posted on 06/29/2012 5:11:52 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: rpage3

Yeah, let’s impeach him. Better yet let’s make sure it’s before the election. That way Obama can nominate someone and we can replace someone who rules with Scalia 90% of the time with a new judge like Kagan or Sontomoyer.


40 posted on 06/29/2012 5:16:10 PM PDT by sharkhawk (Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.)
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