Posted on 12/12/2015 12:34:08 PM PST by Hojczyk
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is "disgraceful" and a "disappointment" to conservatives, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Saturday, while praising Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is his favorite member of the high court.
"Justice Roberts really let us down. What he did with Obamacare was disgraceful, and I think he did that because he wanted to be popular inside the Beltway," Trump told about 4,000 supporters. The celebrity billionaire was referring to the chief justice twice voting to uphold key provisions of President Barack Obama's 2010 health care law and to the expressway around the District of Columbia, an area regarded as the center of U.S. government and politics.
Thomas, arguably one of the court's most conservative members, is "very strong and consistent," Trump said.
The GOP front-runner offered his assessment during an hourlong question-and-answer-session with Attorney General Alan Wilson. The South Carolina Republican is hosting a series of forums in this early voting state to query GOP hopefuls about their theories on constitutional law and the role of the federal government.
Prompted by Wilson, Trump also blasted government regulations. He focused his ire on water regulations that he says flood the market with bad faucets, toilets and shower heads.
"There's no water pressure," he complained. "The problem is you stand under the shower five times as long wasting more water than if you used the other one. So people are flushing seven, eight, 10 times. The end result is that it's no good and you end up wasting more water.
"I could name hundreds like that," Trump concluded about the regulations.
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Blackrobe Roberts is disgusting,
from when he met ex parte with his Islamic Master
during a case before him,
though when he FAILED to administer the
Oath openly for his Islamic Master,
through when he lied about what was written in ObamaCARE
in English for his Islamic Master.
TRUMP!!!!
Roberts should be removed . I am convinced he is badly compromised.
Lovin this guy more every day
Trump looks to put the right of the right on the judicial bench. Scholarly and strict constitutional constructionists.
Trump gets it.
I do not believe I have ever seen a presidential candidate take a tab at a member of SCOTUS..
Good precision poke from Donald.
Roberts betrayed us.
I do not believe I have ever seen a presidential candidate take a tab at a member of SCOTUS..
Good precision poke from Donald.
Roberts betrayed us.
Roberts sold out to the inside the beltway GOPe crowd. Noooo! Never ever heard of such a thing! This charge is outrageous (but the fact that its is true is well, hey, what happens inside the Beltway stays inside the Beltway).
Yes. Trump gets it.
Donald is saying you in black robes are not above the law
WE are the law
He hits these common sense themes out of the park.
GO TRUMP GO
Roberts has been ‘bought’ off and it's very oblivious....
Go, Trump, GO!!
This is why I think Trump is worth ten Cruzes, as good as I think Cruz is. Washington is overflowing with think tank policy wonks ready to take a job in government who know how to do nothing. And lawyers who can write a brief on a pressing social issue - well they are a $1M or so a dozen, and they come by the dozens and dozers. The folks in Washington DC are the most incompetent know nothings you have ever met. They can't fix a care, they cannot even drive a car. Wire up a lightbulb? They can barely screw in a lightbulb - don't you need permits for that. What are the EPA standards? Let's hold a coordination meeting to leverage the expertise of the other departments in case someone around here might actually know how to do something.
As Trump said, Ayayayayayay!! Just burn it all down.
It’s a good comment.
As Trump said, Ayayayayayay!!....Are you from PA?
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