Posted on 09/05/2025 2:16:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The left’s perpetual belief that bullying campaigns against SCOTUS work can be attributed to Chief Justice John Roberts.
It’s been widely reported for years that Chief Justice John Roberts has altered his jurisprudence in pivotal matters before the Supreme Court to preserve what he views as the “legitimacy” of the judiciary. So, it comes as no surprise that America’s leftist media have sought to exploit that weakness by trying to bully the Bush appointee into giving them the judicial outcomes they want.
That appeared to be a major goal of an NBC News article published Thursday, which contained critical remarks from anonymous lower court judges upset that the Supreme Court won’t entertain their judicial coup against the Trump administration. While many of these unnamed judges whined about the high court’s use of the emergency docket to temporarily block injunctions on the administration’s policies, several of them noticeably directed their verbal fire at Roberts, who they argued should do more to push back against President Trump’s criticisms of the lower judiciary’s overreaching antics.
“With tensions so high, four of the judges said they believe the Supreme Court and specifically Roberts, the head of the judiciary, should do more to defend the courts,” NBC reporter Lawrence Hurley wrote. “The Supreme Court, a second judge said, is effectively assisting the Trump administration in ‘undermining the lower courts,’ leaving district and appeals court judges ‘thrown under the bus.’”
The article included additional criticisms from lower court judges of Roberts’ handling of emergency docket-related cases involving the Trump administration.
As acknowledged by Hurley, Roberts — who has both sided with and against the administration in emergency docket cases — has not been shy about voicing his dissatisfaction with...
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Dissolve the DC Circuit again! Harry Reid packed that court. All of them already deserve to get fired because they railroaded J6 patriots. It would also send a clear message to the other Obama judges they need to keep their head down unless they want to be next.
Hmmm…
Dissolving the dc circuit court can only be done by congress….
https://ballotpedia.org/William_Matthew_Merrick
Dissolve the DC Circuit again!
Are there any GOPers with the balls to act like true patriots originate and/or support that action?
Dissolve the DC Circuit again!
As others noted yesterday by others, the Courts exist neither to defend a President or other politician, nor to enable others. The Courts exist to defend and enable the Constitution and laws of the legislative branch.
Article II is the law. What should be done when a court repeatedly acts as though it holds Article II powers - when it usurps Article II powers?
Roberts = Bolton = Compromised
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