Posted on 01/01/2012 4:17:25 PM PST by ColdOne
WASHINGTON – Chief Justice John Roberts said Saturday that he has "complete confidence" in his colleagues' ability to step away from cases where their personal interests are at stake, and noted that judges should not be swayed by "partisan demands."
The comment, included in Roberts' year-end report, comes after lawmakers demanded that two Justices recuse themselves from the high court's review of President Obama's health care law aimed at extending coverage to more than 30 million people. Republicans want Justice Elena Kagan off the case because of her work in the Obama administration as solicitor general, whereas Democrats say Justice Clarence Thomas should back away because of his wife's work with groups that opposed changes to the law.
While not mentioning the upcoming health care ruling, or any case in particular, Roberts' year-end report dismissed suggestions that Supreme Court Justices are subject to more lax ethical standards than lower federal courts and said each Justice is "deeply committed" to preserving the Court's role as "an impartial tribunal" governed by law.
"I have complete confidence in the capability of my colleagues to determine when recusal is warranted," wrote Roberts. "They are jurists of exceptional integrity and experience whose character and fitness have been examined through a rigorous appointment and confirmation process. I know that they each give careful consideration to any recusal questions that arise in the course of their judicial duties."
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I am sure Chief Justice Roberts doesn’t even believe that himself.
If he does he doesn’t belong on the Supreme Court, Too naive’.
It's like he's standing there laughing at us, saying you rubes don't merit honesty or integrity...you'll take what we give you.
I only trust Thomas.
LLS
Exceptional integrity and experience would allow for the people to have “standing” when it comes to whether our “leaders” are qualified to hold their jobs!
Impartiality my foot. When you can guess the way 8 out of the 9 Supreme Court judges will vote and be right 90% of the time while knowing NOTHING about the law then it is hard for me to think that all of these judges are impartial. They’re not.
Notice the article is actually from the the ASSociated Press
It’s a warning shot. He’s telling the pubbies they’ll have to repeal it.
Sad to say but Roberts is just as corrupt as the rest of the government, and he isn’t the most corrupt member of the court.
I stopped trusting the court after they met with O before he took office and the NBC case was taken down from the court without any notice. The court should have NEVER met with him.
The problem is the WHOLE system is corrupted and we need to really clean house and install people who love our constitution and our country.
Gahh.....!
If Roberts spoke the truth, the entire court would lose what credibility it has.
Who is being too naive?
There are people who believe that conservatives or liberals are appointed to the Supreme Court, when in fact we only ever appointed human beings to the Supreme Court.
Imagine that? We appoint actual living, breathing human beings with all of their strengths and weaknesses, rather than purified souls decanted from beakers in some laboratory somewhere.
These human beings, after working with each other, get to know one another, and become friends and coworkers that tend to circle the wagons when the institution they are members of is threatened.
To believe that something other than that would have happened is the height of naivete.
The sober truth is when ever a system is depended upon “having the right people” to run it is no better then a dictatorship, which would also be fantastic with “the right person”.
If the system is broke as you say then something structurally much change so that dishonest men cant make it dysfunction so badly. I perhaps need not remind you that our system was originally designed to do just that with competing powers checking each other.
But that was of course before the Federal goverment became all powerful(practically boundless) and “Supreme” as they tell us. Then the whole idea of balance goes out the window not long after the corruption of power inevitably comes in.
“The sober truth is when ever a system is depended upon “having the right people” to run it is no better then a dictatorship, which would also be fantastic with “the right person”.
If the system is broke as you say then something structurally much change so that dishonest men cant make it dysfunction so badly. I perhaps need not remind you that our system was originally designed to do just that with competing powers checking each other.
But that was of course before the Federal goverment became all powerful(practically boundless) and “Supreme” as they tell us. Then the whole idea of balance goes out the window not long after the corruption of power inevitably comes in.”
“A people get the leaders they deserve.” Jefferson
‘bout says it all, we the people need to change.....
Monorprise wrote:
“The sober truth is when ever a system is depended upon “having the right people” to run it is no better then a dictatorship, which would also be fantastic with “the right person”.
If the system is broke as you say then something structurally much change so that dishonest men cant make it dysfunction so badly. I perhaps need not remind you that our system was originally designed to do just that with competing powers checking each other.
But that was of course before the Federal goverment became all powerful(practically boundless) and “Supreme” as they tell us. Then the whole idea of balance goes out the window not long after the corruption of power inevitably comes in.”
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stockpirate says: “
“A people get the leaders they deserve.” Jefferson
‘bout says it all, we the people need to change.....”
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Monorprise wrote:
Sadly there is more to it then that. people can be expected to act in ignorance & fall pray to the plots of other people. We are thus as a whole are like fish in a barrel. The real trick & the game our founders were playing with our Federal & state Constitution was setting up the arena so that no man nor group of men can rule unilaterally. All are held within the bounds of the consent of the Governed(powers ceded).
This is the type of reaction from those who are appointed for life and do not have to answer to anyone.
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