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Sen. Chuck Grassley has some thoughts about Trump's attacks on federal judges
Business Insider ^ | 21 Nov 2018 | David Choi

Posted on 11/21/2018 8:22:33 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said he had reservations about Chief Justice John Roberts' response to President Donald Trump's controversial characterization of a federal judge and the 9th District court, and suggested it was a hypocritical move based on Roberts' previous interactions with Trump's predecessor.

"Chief Justice Roberts rebuked Trump for a comment he made [about a] judge's decision on asylum," Grassley said in a tweet on Wednesday. "I don't recall the Chief attacking Obama when that Prez rebuked Alito during a State of the Union."

Grassley, the Judiciary Committee Chairman, appeared to be referencing a State of the Union address Obama gave in 2010, where Obama criticized the Supreme Court's 5-4 landmark decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The decision eased restrictions that blocked corporations and unions from funding political campaigns without limits.

But Obama did not single out Justice Samuel Alito during that State of the Union address. Obama referred to the Supreme Court broadly, without mentioning any names.

"With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections," Obama said at the time.

Alito appeared to have a visceral reaction to Obama's remarks during the speech, which were captured on video. He was seen shaking his head and mouthing some words as Obama commented on the court's decision. Alito voted in favor of the ruling, and also joined concurring opinions from Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia.

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1 posted on 11/21/2018 8:22:33 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Whoever Roberts’ “handler” is gave Roberts instructions to put out this statement. Undoubtedly it was the same handler that ordered Roberts to make his last minute opinion change on the Affordable Care Act.


2 posted on 11/21/2018 8:26:35 PM PST by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Grassley’s still got some lead left in his pencil.


3 posted on 11/21/2018 8:28:47 PM PST by Az Joe (I AM TRUMP!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump should ask for his resignation. Roberts wouldn’t have to,of course, but it might humiliate him some.


4 posted on 11/21/2018 8:28:57 PM PST by Founding Father (The Pedophile moHAMmudd [PBUH---Pigblood be upon him]; Charles Martel for President)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sounds like Grasshole has a woke intern doing his tweeting for him.


5 posted on 11/21/2018 8:30:41 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Cocked, locked and ready to ROCK!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Will Roberts become more Kennedy-like or Souter-like now?

We know he won’t be more Gorsuch/Kavanaugh-like.


6 posted on 11/21/2018 8:31:47 PM PST by Az Joe (I AM TRUMP!)
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To: Az Joe

Roberts triggers my gaydar, so I say more Souter-like.


7 posted on 11/21/2018 8:33:28 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
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To: House Atreides

True. And Roberts will stay in his position until a patriot with knowledge, position, and power exposes what they have on him. Some have speculated it has to do with the adoption details of his children. Whatever it is, I pray someone who can, exposes it so he can step down and be replaced, the sooner the better. We need ONE MORE SC patriot Justice NOW.


8 posted on 11/21/2018 8:33:30 PM PST by Kalamata (How to interpret The Revelation: http://bibleresearchtools.com/bible-study-video-series/)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If a judge goes off Constitutional course on us, he deserves to be described as being an incompetent.

This case is undoubtedly going to be struck down.

I’d like to see a stipulation that a judge gets just so many stricken down cases before he is deemed unfit for the job.

That would certainly clear the decks of Libtard trash.


9 posted on 11/21/2018 8:34:44 PM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 frm 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

...yesterday’s news:
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/justice-alito-mouths-not-true-obama-blasts-supreme-court-ruling-state-union-address-article-1.194197


10 posted on 11/21/2018 9:00:08 PM PST by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
"Chief Justice Roberts rebuked Trump for a comment he made [about a] judge's decision on asylum," Grassley said in a tweet on Wednesday. "I don't recall the Chief attacking Obama when that Prez rebuked Alito during a State of the Union." ... in 2010, where Obama criticized the Supreme Court's 5-4 landmark decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The decision eased restrictions that blocked corporations and unions from funding political campaigns without limits.
The partisan media shill nitpicked and spun this of course.

11 posted on 11/21/2018 9:01:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: House Atreides

Not a defense of Roberts, but it was the AP who ran to Roberts for a quote, and this was his response to a question

But he made a purely political comment, masked as a judicial one


12 posted on 11/21/2018 9:02:34 PM PST by digger48
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

[ Sen. Chuck Grassley has some thoughts about Trump’s attacks on federal judges ]

No bias in that headline by Business Insider PARTNER with Leftist Yahoo.

Nope. No Democrat bias at all.


13 posted on 11/21/2018 9:15:33 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
[Roberts triggers my gaydar]

Well, he acted like a New England liberal when it came to ObamaScare.


14 posted on 11/21/2018 9:19:38 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: digger48

no comment would have been the correct reply imo


15 posted on 11/21/2018 9:22:30 PM PST by rolling_stone (Hang em slowly don't boil the rope make it a little short...)
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To: rolling_stone

Correct. Roberts showed who he truly is.

Not that we are surprised. Not any more.


16 posted on 11/21/2018 9:24:47 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: rolling_stone

Exactly.


17 posted on 11/21/2018 9:26:23 PM PST by digger48
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To: DoughtyOne
I’d like to see a stipulation that a judge gets just so many stricken down cases before he is deemed unfit for the job.

It is interesting that the constitution does not provide for lifetime tenure for judges as almost everyone talks about. Article III, Section 1 provides that:

The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour,...

It would appear to me that a record of being reversed on their decisions would constitute bad behaviour and would justify removal. The higher standard of high crimes and misdemeanors set out for the President's removal should not be applied to Judges.

18 posted on 11/21/2018 9:30:26 PM PST by etcb
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

With Roberts latest stunt, we have to pray that Ginsburg will somehow have to step down.


19 posted on 11/21/2018 9:36:44 PM PST by Proud White Trump Supporter
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I have some thoughts on it also. Every one of the bastards should be locked up for pretending to be God.


20 posted on 11/22/2018 12:04:32 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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