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In Lincoln, chief justice says law, not politics, drives Supreme Court’s rulings (John Roberts: NE)
Omaha World-Herald ^
| Friday, September 19, 2014 2:30 PM
| Joe Duggan
Posted on 09/20/2014 11:52:06 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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Ugh, intelligent layperson. Thanks for showing us the real John Roberts.
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posted on
09/20/2014 11:52:06 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
That sounds nice but doesn’t reflect reality. Ginsberg is as political as they come in evaluating the “law”..
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posted on
09/20/2014 11:54:44 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: ealgeone
I didn’t expect Roberts to be truthful.
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posted on
09/20/2014 11:56:35 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Federal Judges are overwhelmingly liberal Democrat lawyers.
They are partisan and political.
They do not adhere to the Constitution.
Instead, they use their power to force their ideology on America.
Jefferson warned the country about an out-of-control Judiciary.
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posted on
09/20/2014 11:56:53 AM PDT
by
Oak Grove
(H)
To: Olog-hai
If every decision by each justice was based on the Constitution and the “law” then every decision would be unanimous.
It’s obvious that isn’t the way it really works.
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posted on
09/20/2014 11:59:16 AM PDT
by
XRdsRev
(New Jersey - Crossroads of the American Revolution)
To: Olog-hai
--
I didn't expect Roberts to be truthful. --
Exactly. What do you expect a SC Justice to say? That the Court is political? Ha! Same goes for all the lower courts. The judges all claim to be following the law.
It takes some real effort peel the cover off the charade. The court obtains its legitimacy the same way the political bodies do, by force of violence.
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posted on
09/20/2014 12:00:30 PM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: Olog-hai
he stressed that the rule of law, rather than politics, drives the courts decisions.
So Roberts is doing stand up comedy now
To: ealgeone
Let me just vomit now and get it over with. Ruth Buzzy Ginsberg who thinks the Constitution of South Africa is highly preferable to ours. Pleeez! Half of them want to take our guns. Roberts was either bought off or scared off on the Obamacare decision. They are just as corrupt as the Congress at this point.
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posted on
09/20/2014 12:01:52 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: vbmoneyspender
I thought the same thing.
Wonder if anybody was rolling in the floor laughing?
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posted on
09/20/2014 12:02:25 PM PDT
by
biff
(WAS)
To: Olog-hai
Roberts is in complete denial. Sad.
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posted on
09/20/2014 12:04:02 PM PDT
by
mulligan
(I)
To: Olog-hai
“who me?”
Roberts is now tagged as both political and two-faced.
He has no business telling the White House how to make the legislation acceptable. Roberts should resign. He is just another Washington hack.
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posted on
09/20/2014 12:05:48 PM PDT
by
Rapscallion
(Obama is actually an islamic narco-terrorist. A man of weakness, not of peace.)
To: Olog-hai
In Lincoln, chief justice says law, not politics, drives Supreme Courts rulings (John Roberts: NE) ROTFLOL
Tagline.
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posted on
09/20/2014 12:06:17 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: Olog-hai
Roberts’ Obamacare ruling was one of the most political rulings in the history of the institution, and largely by his own admission. He was set to vote it down on the law, but he didn’t want to “tarnish” the legacy of the court, so he crafted a ruling that would allow him to uphold the law without voicing his support for it. That’s the definition of political behavior.
To: Olog-hai
That's a little naive, dontcha think? For example, income tax is clearly unconstitutional. It violates everything from the Fifth Amendment to the Thirteenth. Yet what Supreme Court is ever going to strike it down? It would result in the economic collapse of the United States.
Similarly, a military draft is a violation of the Thirteenth Amendment in that it constitutes involuntary servitude. But in the event of a war, does anyone seriously think the Supreme Court is going to exclude one of the mechanisms for populating our military?
And let's look at this idiotic "separation of church and state" principle. Do you think anything but a Liberal court would interpret "So help me God" in a pledge as violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?
The Court may not be strictly Democrat and Republican, but it is undeniably Liberal and Conservative.
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posted on
09/20/2014 12:08:41 PM PDT
by
IronJack
To: Olog-hai
Uh-huh....
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...
Uh-huh....
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...
Uh-huh.....
To: Olog-hai
But Roberts said he understands how an intelligent layperson might think otherwise. Still trying to justify his blackmailed assisted vote for Obamacare.............It ain't gonna work John-Boy.
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posted on
09/20/2014 12:12:28 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
To: Olog-hai
he stressed that the rule of law, rather than politics, drives the courts decisions.
bullshit
To: biff
Wonder if anybody was rolling in the floor laughing?
More like rolling their eyes at the ceiling and facepalming. It's too hard to laugh without getting violently ill anymore. That whole article is one non-sequitur after another.
To: Olog-hai
Shut up and “tax”, Mr. Chief Justice.
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posted on
09/20/2014 12:14:18 PM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
To: XRdsRev
If every decision by each justice was based on the Constitution and the law then every decision would be unanimous. Indeed. But the Supreme Court has gone from being the intepreter of the law to being the primary driving force for changes in the law.
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posted on
09/20/2014 12:15:39 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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