On a scale of Republican Supreme Court appointments from 1-10, where 1 is David Souter and 10 is Scalia, what is John Roberts?
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I’ll probably see the old queen up in Port Clyde, ME this summer where he swans around in his summer whites and a little matching hat.
“Skunk in the Middle of the Road”
If Kennedy and Ginsberg retire during Trump’s administration, a “swing” vote will be useless.
Roberts has proven that he can be blackmailed. We need a new Chief Justice.
With an odd number of members there will always be a swing vote.
I saw someone being interviewed last night who indicated that the ‘bona fide’ relationship exemption was part of the Trump plan to begin with (???)
Compromised and can be blackmail. Time to step down.
Roberts is just the latest in a fairly long line of disappointing republican SCOTUS appointments.
But he probably holds the record for the quickest turnaround from someone praised as a constructionist to just another faithless jurist inventing loopholes and ways to fudge the constitution.
So lets hope he is the last to disappoint.
So many people are happy with the parts of the legislation that SCOTUS approved, they lose sight of the fact that the Supremes STILL legislated from their high perch. The law, used by multiple presidents, is very clear cut and has no exemptions unless provided for in the president’s determination.
I agree with him. I said months ago that when Kennedy retires Roberts would become the swing vote. Kennedy took Sandra Day O Connors place as swing voter. I could already see Roberts positioning himself
Because we can always be certain that any muslim with a “bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States" would never break the law or do anything to harm us.
Oh! Wait a minute!
Isn't that exactly what happened in the San Bernardino mass murder?
Isn't that exactly what happened in the Boston mass murder?
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Roberts is a constitutional moderate, Kennedy a liberal. Makes sense that they sometimes agree.
Here, Roberts probably pulled Kennedy away from some outrageous coup attempt by the four whackos that hate the Constitution.
he just voted NOT to protect gun rights in california- He got obamacare through based on a lie (and asinine opinion after the vote), He got gay marriage through I believe- I’d say he’s not in the middle but almost completely liberal now- at least heavily leaning left
From our Bush conservative family...not. They were in bed with themselves and Clinton from the beginning.
John Adams to Chief Justice John Rober.... err... I mean Horatio Gates.
Roberts. The NSA information about his secrets, given to those who have taken over DC, is being used very effectively to _guide_ his decisions on important matters.
What an illegal judger, coward and traitor to his country he has become.
Somebody always is the swing vote.
Let say the senate had confirmed Garland. Then he, Garland, would be the swing vote:
Sotomayor - Ginzburg - Kagan - Breyer - GARLAND - Kennedy - Roberts - Alito - Thomas
But, with Gorsuch, the middle is Kennedy (or maybe Roberts) (the prior court, with Scalia would be restored)
Sotomayor - Ginzburg - Kagan - Breyer - KENNEDY - Roberts - Alito - Gorsuch - Thomas
Image that Trump replaces Ginzburg and Kennedy:
Sotomayor - Kagan - Breyer - Roberts - ALITO - Gorsuch - Trump II - Trump III - Thomas
It is possible Alito becomes the swing vote. With a second term, we could have a court looking like this:
Sotomayor - Kagan - Roberts - Alito - GORSUCH - Trump II - Trump III - Trump IV - Trump V
With Gorsuch, or somebody like him, being the swing vote, and nine members of the court being relatively young.
“swimming a lot in the middle of the pool,”
Eventually he’ll find that to be much like being in the middle of the road. Nothing there but dead skunks and a yellow stripe.