The president and chief executive officer of The Associated Press on Sunday called the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records "unconstitutional" and said the news cooperative had not ruled out legal action against the Justice Department.Lotsa luck.
Chief Justice Roberts:
"It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices."
I am confused and bemused by Roberts’ comment about consequences of political choices. I can accept/acknowledge that individuals can make wrong and stupid political choices for which they are responsible. However, not all such individual choices are completely free of societal structured influences and unknowns. Would Roberts claim that any such choices mute any wrongdoing/illegal actions as far as that individual is concerned?
“Chief Justice Roberts:
“It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.”
You hit on something very important. Roberts was very, very wrong. The electorate can be lied to and manipulated. The Constitution is not subservient to the results of any election. It cannot be changed legally without a Constitutional amendment, a process that was designed to be difficult, and to not include the President. The question before the court with the health care law had nothing to do at all with any election. It was a matter of simple Constitutionality. He absolutely did not do his job.
The Constitution protects the people of the United States. The job of the Supreme Court is to make sure that the laws of the land, and their interpretation and enforcement, are all consistent with the Constitution. In so doing, the Supreme Court is indeed sometimes responsible for protecting people from their political choices.