Roberts as usual is dead wrong.
Thanks for nothing, "W".
Posted on 12/10/2021 2:06:47 PM PST by John W
The chief justice of the United States, John Roberts, warned Friday that the SCOTUS risks losing its own authority if it allows the existence of a law like Texas’ near-total abortion ban, which attempts to circumvent the courts.
In a strongly worded opinion joined by the high court’s three liberal justices, Roberts wrote that the "clear purpose and actual effect" of the Texas law was "to nullify this Court’s rulings." That, he said, undermines the Constitution and the fundamental role of the Supreme Court and the court system as a whole.
The opinion was a remarkable plea by the chief justice to his colleagues on the court to resist the efforts by right-wing lawmakers to get around court decisions they dislike, in this case Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision.
His point to them was that the court system should decide what the law is, and it should resist efforts like that of the Texas Legislature to get around the courts by limiting the ability of abortion providers to sue. It is a basic principle, he wrote, "that the Constitution is the 'fundamental and paramount law of the nation,' and '[i]t is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.'" He cited as proof the landmark 1803 Marbury v. Madison case, which established the principle of judicial review, allowing the court to nullify laws that violate the Constitution.
“If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights acquired under those judgments, the Constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery,” he said, quoting the 1809 U.S. v. Peters case, which found that state legislatures can't overrule federal courts.
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John believes the USSC is just another political organization.
Pound. Sand.
Roberts, the same lying basturd who twisted the constitution to OK Obamacare
he has no moral right to speak for abortion or anything else for that matter
Chief Justice John Roberts is the biggest liberal on the court. He is a phoney posing as a conservative. Just take a look at his voting record. It tells the tale.
The USSC can decide the Constitutionality of laws, but they cannot rewrite the Constitution itself.
Roberts is trying to become Fauci.
Tell that one to Jesus, John!
That's not allowed? Why not?
Hmm. Wonder if he would say the same about lawsuits that worked to get abortion federally mandated as a right in the first place. Or that worked to get African Americans unshackled. Etc.
Replace the word “Abortion” with “Dred Scott” and see if it still holds water.
You don’t argue to keep a bad decision just for consistency sake.
Thank God we elect Republicans to give us strong, conservative “originalist” judicial picks.
Or not.
Roberts as usual is dead wrong.
Thanks for nothing, "W".
Talk about biased coverage. I had to read to the last paragraph of the article to find out what action the Supreme Court actually took. The article is about a minority opinion on a somewhat procedural preliminary vote.
When the court makes shit up out of whole cloth, it is YOU asshole that is Destroying the Constitution and the Republic, somebody needs to IMPEACH this fool.
Can you tell me where in the Constitution Abortion or Reproductive rights are discussed?
Anytime traitor Roberts gets his ass handed to him is good!!!!
IF was HAD to have abortion on demand in the first place, I really, REALLY wish it would’ve been left as a state-by-state thing.
I don’t forget idiots like Laura Ingram who told us that John Roberts was an incredibly brave person. Hes an establishment hack from a big law firm who never did anything brave in his life.
Halfway through reading I had to check if this wasn’t the Bee.
He’s still on an ego trip with the libtards - as usual 🤪
So much for his objectivity on the court.
Political statements like that should be grounds for his impeachment.
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