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Posted on 05/22/2026 7:52:28 PM PDT by Red Badger
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) has introduced articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, alleging “high crimes and misdemeanors by violating the Constitution, disregarding his statutory obligations as Chief Justice, and breaching his oaths of office.”
“I am saddened that the United States Supreme Court, once the most admired federal institution, has now become a political actor. While Chief Justice Roberts may claim otherwise, it has become clear that the Court now routinely favors partisanship, the rich over the poor, and the powerful over the vulnerable. This is a shift that undermines the Constitution of the United States, the very document the Court is required to defend, and demonstrates the Chief Justice’s unwillingness or inability to uphold his oath of office,” Cohen said in a press release.
“Due process, equal protection under the law, impartiality, and independence must be the core of our judicial system. The leap to partisanship, favoritism, arbitrary, inconsistent, and unexplained decisions, and a flagrant disregard for the statutory safeguards and ethical norms designed to enforce the Court’s impartiality leaves Congress with few options to restore dignity and accountability to the Court,” he continued.
“Roberts’ claim that the court is apolitical, then releasing the Callais ruling immediately after Virginia voters created more Democratic-leaning districts and in time for southern states like Tennessee to be redistricted, is simply false. If he didn’t foresee the ruling would be viewed by the public as partisan and harmful to the Court’s reputation, he’s naïve or negligent,” he added.
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Cohen also cited the Supreme Court’s 2024 decision granting President Donald Trump absolute immunity for actions committed while performing his “core duties” and presumptive immunity for the rest of his official actions.
“In placing a single person above the law, Chief Justice Roberts breached his oath to ‘administer justice without respect to persons,'” Cohen said in the impeachment articles.
A message to the public information officer for the Supreme Court was not returned before publication.
Supreme Court justices are appointed by the president and approved by the U.S. Senate. The only way they can be removed, except for impeachment, is if they resign, retire or die.
Only one Supreme Court Justice has been impeached. The U.S. House of Representatives impeached Samuel Chase in 1804, but he was acquitted after the U.S. Senate failed to get the necessary two-thirds vote to remove him from the bench, according to the Federal Judicial Center, the federal government’s research arm for the judicial branch.
Cohen’s long-shot bid to impeach Roberts follows the Tennessee Legislature redrawing the state’s congressional map, which eliminates the Democrat’s seat.
Cohen was the lone Democrat in Tennessee’s congressional delegation.
Cohen announced last week that he would not seek re-election.
“These districts were drawn to beat me. They were drawn to defeat me,” he said.
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Newsweek shared further:
Thus far, no co-sponsors have supported Cohen’s resolution. Given that Republicans narrowly control the House, the resolution is not expected to advance, but it signals the level of frustration many Democrats feel with the 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court.
In a statement announcing the resolution, Cohen said that Roberts has led the court to be “understood as biased: with decisions designed to benefit Republicans at the expense of representative government, seemingly contradictory and unexplained orders, and a pattern of ethical breaches that raises questions about the role of the wealthy.”
“I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that while John Roberts remains Chief Justice, correcting this misconduct and ensuring the Justices and the Court itself comply with their legal obligations will be impossible,” the Democrat said.
In recent years, after the appointment of three justices during President Donald Trump’s first term, the court has shown a willingness to undo a series of controversial precedents tied to abortion access, voting rights, affirmative action and more. While many Republicans support these moves, most Democrats are critical and believe the court has become overtly partisan.
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Steve, just quietly go away and buy yourself another bucket of KFC. It will make you feel better about yourself!
The Democrats are pushing this country into Civil War.
If only the entire Supreme Court would just burn all copies of the US Constitution, and use The Boasberg Rules For Radicals, then everything would be fine!
“...it signals the level of frustration many Democrats feel with the 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court.”
The solution is simple. The rules are simple. Get a candidate who can win POTUS. Then you can appoint Justices.
They will lose.........again................
If President Trump picks the replacement, I might not have an issue.
“Democrats are critical and believe the court has become overtly partisan.”
Democrats love to attack by projecting what they are doing onto their enemy.
Cohen is a maroon.
“ he Democrats are pushing this country into Civil War.”
Charlie Kirk has entered the chat.
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I’d be happy to see Traitor Roberts replaced by a Scalia clone....
I think we should say that we agree that we should pack the Supreme Court. We’ll do it this year, and Trump will do the choosing. See how stupid Cohen likes that idea.
Lefty virtue signaling publicity stunt.
This is a new wrinkle in the Democrat color revolution. Discredit the Supreme Court.
Recent remarks by Hakeem Jeffries set that ball rolling.
That’s because the demonrats are anti American traitors.
It's time for Trump to go full Pinochet.
I was thinking the same thing..
This clown, Cassidy, Massie, that one state senator in Indiana, etc. Its hilarious to see what bitter beyotchy little children a lot of politicians are once they’ve been turfed out by the voters.
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