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Roberts, Leader of Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority, Fights Perception That It is Partisan
MSN NYTimes ^
| December 23, 2018
Posted on 12/23/2018 5:23:06 PM PST by SMGFan
In his first 13 years on the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.s main challenge was trying to assemble five votes to move the court to the right though there were only four reliably conservatives justices.
Now he faces a very different problem. With the retirement of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and his replacement by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, the chief justice has the votes he needs on issues like abortion, racial discrimination, religion and voting. At the same time, he has taken Justice Kennedys place as the swing vote at the courts ideological center, making him the most powerful chief justice in 80 years.
But all of that new power comes at a dangerous time for the court, whose legitimacy depends on the public perception that it is not a partisan institution. We dont work as Democrats or Republicans, Chief Justice Roberts said in 2016, and he reiterated that position in an extraordinary rebuke of President Trump last month.
He seemed to underscore that point again on Friday, joining the courts four-member liberal wing, all appointed by Democratic presidents, to reject a request from the Trump administration in a case that could upend decades of asylum policy. Earlier this month, he drew sharp criticism from three conservative colleagues for voting to deny review in two cases on efforts to stop payments to Planned Parenthood.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; US: New York
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Let us meet back here in 4 years and see who swung more Roberts, Kavanaugh , Gorsuch, who?
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:23:06 PM PST
by
SMGFan
To: SMGFan
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:27:50 PM PST
by
ptsal
To: SMGFan
“Roberts, Leader of Supreme Courts Conservative Majority”
did anyone read past those seven words??
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:30:27 PM PST
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: God luvs America
When he starts ruling to restrict government power I well believe it.
To: SMGFan
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:37:38 PM PST
by
EdnaMode
To: SMGFan
Not a partisan institution? The SCOTUS has ruled for the progressives for over a century. That’s why our country has gone to hell.
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:38:17 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
To: God luvs America
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:39:03 PM PST
by
piytar
(If it was not for double standards, the Democrats and the left would have NO standards.)
To: God luvs America
No, but once I saw “NYT” I knew it was gonna be pure 100 proof BULLSH*T FAKE ASS NEWS
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:41:56 PM PST
by
max americana
(Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
To: SMGFan
Roberts, Leader of Supreme Courts Conservative Majority
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:45:22 PM PST
by
tomkat
To: EdnaMode
overall the years his voting record shows he has voted with the 4 in the Conservative majority 5-4 ?
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:47:17 PM PST
by
SMGFan
To: SMGFan
LOL. That horse left the barn decades ago.
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:49:46 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: SMGFan
Roberts hardly looks like any kind of conservative leader to me
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:50:15 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
(“Politicians arent born, they’re excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
To: SMGFan
And the other side isnt???
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:50:17 PM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
The author, Adam Liptak. Lawyer turned journ0list. Looks ten years older than his 58 years too; perhaps even 20 years older than he ought to look.
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:53:08 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: EdnaMode
The man has serious health problems with epilepsy.
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:53:09 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: SMGFan
Being a Bush Amnesty RINO has nothing to do with partisanship.
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posted on
12/23/2018 5:54:32 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(I have already previewed this composition.)
To: SMGFan
....Leader of Supreme Courts Conservative Majority
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posted on
12/23/2018 6:05:24 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: ptsal
Any justice that writes law from the bench needs to be tried and hanged for treason.
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posted on
12/23/2018 6:05:34 PM PST
by
Electric Graffiti
(Cocked, locked and ready to ROCK!)
To: SMGFan
Where do they get such gutless wonders? The reason USSC justices have lifetime appointments is to insulate their decisions from public opinion. What is this guy afraid of?
That libs won’t like him?
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posted on
12/23/2018 6:07:32 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(See more at Sparklite Times)
To: SMGFan
Real noble for a Chief Justice to ensure balance between constitutionalists and anti-constitutionalists. What a total puke.
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posted on
12/23/2018 6:09:22 PM PST
by
Junior_G
(Funny how liberals' love affair with Muslims began on 9/11)
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