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To: Kaslin

Why is Roberts the chief justice?


2 posted on 11/26/2020 2:44:17 PM PST by madison10
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To: madison10

Excellent question seeing he was given the position upon confirmation, and his age.
Could it be cause Bush knew what lies beneath Roberts skin? Cause He knew the real Roberts?


7 posted on 11/26/2020 2:47:58 PM PST by bantam
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To: madison10

President Bush appointed him Chief justice to replace Rehnquist.


8 posted on 11/26/2020 2:49:13 PM PST by OVERTIME (Tammie Lee Haynes)
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To: madison10
Why is Roberts the chief justice?

Because in the middle of Roberts' confirmation hearings to replace Sandra Day O'Conner Chief Justice Rhenquist died and W Bush couldn't stand the idea of elevating Thomas or Scalia and he realized that Roberts was beloved of the dems (red flag!) so he nominated him to become Chief Justice before he ever served a day on the court. Of course he breezed right on through without a bit of controversy (red flag!) and has been doing the lefts work pro-bono on the down low ever since.

13 posted on 11/26/2020 2:53:02 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: madison10

Why is Roberts the chief justice?
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The Deep State wanted someone they could control.


25 posted on 11/26/2020 3:12:27 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Why is Roberts the chief justice?

Because Chief Justice Rehnquist died and it would be a hard sell to the Senate to move through a Chief Justice Scalia or Thomas. The other Republicans (Kennedy, Souter) were WORSE than Roberts.
32 posted on 11/26/2020 3:36:13 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: madison10
"Why is Roberts the chief justice?">

Exactly. If Justice Roberts can't follow the Constitution, he should be called a Liberal not a Conservative. He is an Obamamanian, that is how I see him, not a Constitutionalist as he was want to be known as.

44 posted on 11/26/2020 5:32:57 PM PST by yoe (President Trump works for We The People - not China as Biden has and will.)
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To: madison10

Exactly. And WTF is his problem? The closet?


45 posted on 11/26/2020 5:56:18 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: madison10
Dale Hendricks

There are MANY answers to that question. I won't go into that.

Most, in the know, say his LEFT leaning decisions are because he's compromised due to the fact that he is GAY and rather than coming out of the closet continues to portray that he is a staunch "family" man.

52 posted on 11/26/2020 7:14:57 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: madison10
Why is Roberts the chief justice?

There are MANY answers to that question. I won't go into that.

Most, in the know, say his LEFT leaning decisions are because he's compromised due to the fact that he is GAY and rather than coming out of the closet continues to portray that he is a staunch "family" man.

53 posted on 11/26/2020 7:16:35 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: madison10

Because he could be properly blackmailed about his kids by the deep state.


57 posted on 11/26/2020 8:25:25 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Biden: Senile, pedophile, grifter, extortionist, thief.)
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To: madison10

Why is Roberts the chief justice?


...because Harriet Miers was not available.


58 posted on 11/26/2020 8:28:37 PM PST by RBStealth (-- raised by wolves, educated by nuns)
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To: madison10

RE: Why is Roberts the chief justice?

When William Rehnquist, the then-incumbent Chief Justice, died before Roberts’s confirmation hearings began, President George W. Bush instead nominated Roberts for Chief Justice, this nomination was approved by Congress. So, there you have it.


61 posted on 11/26/2020 8:41:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: madison10

The way I remember it, Roberts was nominated as Chief Justice to simplify things. If he’d been sat as an Associate Justice, there would have been another procedure afterwards to select the Chief Justice. I certainly don’t rule out that there were intentions on Bush’s part to protect the interests of the globalists, etc.


81 posted on 11/27/2020 6:29:47 AM PST by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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To: madison10

Why is he on the Supreme Court at all?


85 posted on 11/27/2020 6:44:54 AM PST by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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