Chief Justice John Roberts cast the deciding vote along with the four liberal justices.
CJ Roberts needs to do an “Scalia”
Thanks W.
Another reason to ‘stay out da Bushes’ . . .
If only Ron had LISTENED to Nancy and picked Kemp for VP . . . the Country Club Establishment Republicans = Losers.
Roberts takes Dilantin, a seizure medicine. I took Dilantin for a dozen years until I got off of it and found my seizures were past history. Dilantin has mental effects and if combined with other drugs, the usual barbituates or antipsychotics, can be pretty severe. I lost gradually my will power, my power to resist bad directions from others. I suspect Roberts is susceptible that way to pressure from the Left unbalanced by pressure from the Right.Seizure medicine or any psychoactive drugs should be a disqualification for the Bench.
Roberts is proof of the establishment candidates (W, Clinton, Bush Sr, Obama) and how their picks for the court are often not what they claim to be so they can get on and do just this. Roberts was supposed to be a great conservative pick yet he has in seemingly purposeful fashion thwarted the court three times now by his antics. We need RBG to pass on and Trump to pick a new justice to end this crap from establishment types.
IANAL, but it sure looks to me like the Supremes gave President Trump an exact roadmap on how to get the question into the census. And they foreclosed the arguments the left used to get the whole thing considered in the first place.
All the commerce dept. has to do is make a reasonably plausible story about why they want to add the question, and if it involves administration policy the lower courts can not overrule it.
Sure, we have work to do, but with a little bit of planning we can get it done in time.
If that wasn’t bad enough, Chief Justice John Roberts cast the deciding vote along with the four liberal justices. Writing for the Court, Roberts agreed that Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross had the power and authority to add the question, but something just didn’t smell right.
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“They” pulled out the blackmail threat again and threatened to expose whatever he wants to keep hidden. ABSOLUTELY DESPICABLE!
Trump’s tweeted reaction so SCOTUS decision on census question:
“Seems totally ridiculous that our government, and indeed Country, cannot ask a basic question of Citizenship in a very expensive, detailed and important Census, in this case for 2020. I have asked the lawyers if they can delay the Census, no matter how long, until the.....
“.....United States Supreme Court is given additional information from which it can make a final and decisive decision on this very critical matter. Can anyone really believe that as a great Country, we are not able the ask whether or not someone is a Citizen. Only in America!”
You know when the term of the USSC is coming to a close, surprising decisions come out.
Looks like Roberts is the new Souter.
John Roberts worst Chief Justice ever appointed by a Republican. The rancid RINO legacy of the Bushes lives on.
OK! Good to know there is a clause in the Constitution and codified law concerning “not smelling right”.
Thank you Mr. Chief Justice.
roberts has stabbed the republic again ... he’s truly in bed with the globalists open borders crowd ... a gw bush appointee ... he’s not to be trusted ...
I’m convinced that when Obama spied on him, he found some dirt... and has been able to control him ever since.
If we could only win one of the major decisions, clearly the redistricting decision was the one to win and we did that in convincing style. I only wish now this court could get the gay marriage question back and use the same logic: marriage is a state issue for the states to determine themselves.
mark levin should be good tonight ...
I have a question for the attorneys on Free Republic: Do appellate courts (i.e SCOTUS in this case) generally rule on facts of cases? I thought that was the purview of trial courts. It seems that the only part of Roberts’ opinion is that the law authorizes Secretary Ross to add the offending question to the census documents. The five moron majority’s opinion on Ross’s motivation should be irrelevant.
The miserable legacy of GW Bush continues on.
There was another lousy decision with The Fool Roberts casting the deciding vote, Kisor vs Wilkie.
This case would have advanced the deconstruction of the administrative state, the unaccountable permanent government that rules by bureaucratic dictate.
But the treacherous Roberts betrayed conservatives once again, just as he did in Obamacare.