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After rare rebuke from Chief Justice John Roberts, Trump fires back on Twitter
ABC News ^ | November 21st, 2018 | By Cheyenne Haslett

Posted on 11/21/2018 5:37:29 PM PST by Mariner

Chief Justice John Roberts rebutted President Donald Trump's recent criticism that the recent ruling against the administration's asylum policy on migrants was issued by an "Obama judge".

“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges," Roberts, who originally responded to the Associated Press, said via a statement issued from the Supreme Court's press office. "What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. That independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for.”

The president responded directly to the comments in a pair of tweets Wednesday afternoon. "Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have 'Obama judges,' and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country," Trump said.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: judges; obama; scotus; trump; trumpjudiciary
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To: Mariner
How Obama Transformed the Federal Judiciary | The New Yorker[2014]
The majority of Obama’s appointments have been women and nonwhite males.[All of them are anti-American pinkos]
61 posted on 11/21/2018 6:33:09 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Cocked, locked and ready to ROCK!)
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To: mrsmith
Obamacare was indeed a tax.

BS. But then if it was a “Tax” then it was unconstitutional because the bill originated in the Senate.

Don’t defend Roberts here. He is compromised and everyone here knows it. Except maybe you.

62 posted on 11/21/2018 6:38:29 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: FatherofFive

Trump should demand that the NSA show him everything they have on this punter.


63 posted on 11/21/2018 6:39:11 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Mariner

“What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them.”

What does “to do equal right to those appearing before them” even means?!


64 posted on 11/21/2018 6:41:46 PM PST by aquila48
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To: Mariner

“I don’t want to be accused of advocating trials and hangings.”

I understand your aversion. Gophers, sticking their heads from their holes, become primary targets; however, if 10 million gophers, heavily armed, pop up, then the shooters themselves need to find a hole to crawl into.

It’s both a numbers and accuracy in shooting game.

Xin loi.


65 posted on 11/21/2018 6:42:16 PM PST by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: P-Marlowe

BULL!
House bills have been wholly replaced by Senate amendments since shortly after our Founding.

I’ll defend the truth, you defend what you like as you will.


66 posted on 11/21/2018 6:45:59 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Mariner

So all along many speculated that Roberts stabbed us and the Constitution in the back with 0bamacare because he was blackmailed or ‘they had files on him’, when all the time he was a liberal hack; card-carrying member of the swamp.

Kavanaugh is yet untested, but between Souter and Roberts I will have a wait and see attitude on Kav.


67 posted on 11/21/2018 6:46:40 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Mariner

Need two SC replacements; replace Roberts then Ginsberg in that order.


68 posted on 11/21/2018 6:47:24 PM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: Mariner

Roberts KNOWS how the four liberals on the SC will rule as soon as he reads the briefs. To pretend they aren’t biased isn’t fooling anyone.


69 posted on 11/21/2018 6:50:24 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Twitter is Trump's laser pointer and the DemocRats are all cats.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I think Roberts is signaling that he intends to uphold the Obama judge ruling. I think that whatever Obama had on Roberts to turn him, Trump needs to use to get him to resign. He is compromised and should not be on the S/C.


70 posted on 11/21/2018 6:51:19 PM PST by erkelly
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To: Defiant

Mr. Trump is the most powerful man in the world, he has the love of the US military and the heart of the American people. I wish he would realize this and start using that power!!!!


71 posted on 11/21/2018 6:54:04 PM PST by erkelly
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To: FatherofFive

Yep. Ombambis Bitch Boi

The “ mandate” was somehow a “ tax”


72 posted on 11/21/2018 6:58:23 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Mods/Indies/Dems/Non-voters" JOBS or MOBS? Are CRAZY DIMS REALLY who you want BACK in POWER?)
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To: P-Marlowe
BS. But then if it was a “Tax” then it was unconstitutional because the bill originated in the Senate.

It's hard to make a coherent case against ObamaCare when we don't even get our facts straight.

1. Like it or not, ObamaCare is, indeed, a tax. What else would it be if it is administered through the IRS?

2. ObamaCare did not originate in the Senate. It was introduced in the House as H.R. 3590 -- the "Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act" -- on September 17, 2009.

There are plenty of legal avenues to overturn ObamaCare. Focusing on such idiocy as the legal definition of a "tax" and a false notion of which house of Congress introduced the bill will get us nowhere.

73 posted on 11/21/2018 7:00:14 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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To: Mariner
“We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,"

...says the judge that gave us ObamaCare...

74 posted on 11/21/2018 7:03:26 PM PST by pigsmith (Liberals can't make the connection between their politics and the decline of everything around them.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“the four liberals on the SC “

There aren’t 4 libs on the court. There aren’t any liberals there since Kennedy retired.

Now there are four feudalists there who think they can rule that whatever they think is ‘right’.


75 posted on 11/21/2018 7:06:24 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Hostage
Roberts walked into the lion's den as an unforced error.

Trump does not attack. He only responds. But then watch out. He's as good as there is in exposing his attackers.

They say that in negotiations, the first one to blink, loses.

Justice Roberts just blinked.

76 posted on 11/21/2018 7:22:37 PM PST by HotHunt
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To: All

Judges do not have any authority to rule on items for which there is no legislated or constitutional law.

Judges do not adjudicate disagreements between the branches of US government. To do so would put them _above_ the other branches. They are an equal branch. Not the final arbiter of inter-branch disputes.

Judges who act outside of their lawful authority need jail time.


77 posted on 11/21/2018 7:49:13 PM PST by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam ; Dems may change USAgov completely, just amend USConstitution)
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To: Mariner

Unlike Kavanaugh, someone, or many ones, have things on Roberts that scares him..
This guy is what RINOmney would be had that loser been a judge.


78 posted on 11/21/2018 8:02:28 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Carl Vehse

Go Senator Grassley!!!!!!!!


79 posted on 11/21/2018 8:06:04 PM PST by Karoo
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To: P-Marlowe

Totally agree he is compromised.

My first question was “who sent the message to him to rebuke the President?” and my next thought was “Obama’s been unusually in President’s face this week.”

There’s a connection. Why is a former President jumping in after the midterm election to smear, demean and destabilize his successor’s administration? Unheard of.


80 posted on 11/21/2018 8:12:02 PM PST by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: get the government out of medicine and education.and forests!)
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