Posted on 04/14/2021 7:48:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Roberts does the bidding of his masters.
Rat Party Headquarters has something on Roberts...and they’ve let him know that they do. Boyfriend? Underage kids? Financial improprieties?
John Roberts truly is a coward. I believe he is doing the bidding of his masters. But those masters are all contained inside the man himself. His master is his desire to remain part of the “in” DC crowd. HE STANDS FOR NOTHING but himself.
What a traitor he turned out to be. He tortures the plain meaning of the USC and BOR to come to a leftist conclusion.
Another Dubya gift that keeps on giving.
I’m a Christian (and even changed churches after 23 years to one that reopened here in CA months ago), and I support religious freedom, but in “fairness” to CA one “problem” with worship services is admittedly the singing. Indoor singing is a great way (one of the best ways) to spread covid.
Amendment XIV
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
is admittedly the singing. Indoor singing is a great way (one of the best ways) to spread covid.
But I thought that’s why you wear your mask because they work.... Can’t get Covid from people that don’t have COVID. Studies have shown asymptomatic spread is total BS.
No they don’t. It’s ideology with Roberts.
Coward? He’s not afraid to show his true colors and never has been. Think he has any morals? Think again.
I disagree with his pessimism and I think this was a harder case than he claims, even though I agree with the majority.
It seems like he wrote his article based on the Newsweek article that he links. The Newsweek article wants to present Kagan’s argument well, but it doesn’t do a very good job because the author doesn’t understand the basic issue of the case.
The issue is not whether the State must treat religious and secular activities the same. Kagan acknowledges that it has to. The issue was the factual question of whether the State was doing that or not.
From her dissent (pardon the formatting):
“California’s response to the COVID pandemic satisfies
that neutrality rule by regulating worship services the
same as other activities “where large groups of people [come together] in close proximity for extended periods of time.” South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, 590 U. S. ___, ___ (2020) (ROBERTS, C. J., concurring in denial of application for injunctive relief ) (slip op., at 2). The restricted activities include attending a worship service or political meeting; going to a lecture, movie, play, or concert; and frequenting a restaurant, winery, or bar. So the activities are both religious and secular—and many of the secular gatherings, too, are constitutionally protected. In all those communal activities, California requires mask wearing and social distancing, and bars indoor singing and chanting, to
reduce the risk of COVID transmission. In addition, the
State has put limits on how many people can assemble in
one indoor space—whether a church, theater, or lecture
hall. Depending on COVID case and test-positivity rates,
public gatherings may occur only at specified occupancy levels—for example, at 50% or 25% of a facility’s capacity. And when COVID rates are highest, all those capacity limits give way to a rule that the gathering—again, whether religious or secular—take place outdoors (with no limits on attendance).
She describes the majority opinion this way:
In any event, the result is clear:
The State may not treat worship services like activities
found to pose a comparable COVID risk, such as political
meetings or lectures. Instead, the State must treat this one communal gathering like activities thought to pose a much lesser COVID risk, such as running in and out of a hardware store. In thus ordering the State to change its public health policy, the Court forgets what a neutrality rule demands. The Court insists on treating unlike cases, not like ones, equivalently
How in the world can the liberal justices put religious exercise in the same category as hair salons, or apples and watermelons? None of those are in the 1st Amendment! Freedom to exercise one’s religion is at the very core of the foundation of this country!
Just a side note: If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck.
Roberts has proven over and over again that he is actually one of the leftist judges.
Then again, he voted with them when he didn’t have to. He may be playing games. How he votes only matters if it is a deciding vote.
i.e. either he is an overt leftist, or he’s only pretending to be one.
He’s not a coward, he’s compromised.
I have thought they had something on him going back to the ACH. More recently I saw an article that claimed he visited Pedo Island. I have no idea if it is true, but it fits.
I have thought they had something on Roberts going back to the (un)ACA. More recently I saw an article that claimed he visited Pedo Island. I have no idea if it is true, but it fits.
I have a sister in California whose church has held in-church Sunday services since May of 2020. No cases of the Wuhan Virus among their whole congregation, to this day. Their county sheriff has been very tolerant and the local police don’t enforce Newsome’s rules.
Either way, does it make a difference?
I just happen to believe that John Roberts was useless from day one. He is for himself and his stature and always was. Did you ever wonder why he never published a damn thing? The democrats complained bitterly during his confirmation that he had no writing to judge him by. I also was afraid of this. It showed me he didn’t want to take a position because all he wanted was to rise.
He has proven this to be true. He is a flipping coward from the standpoint of being afraid of not being a man of status. He isn’t a committed liberal. He isn’t a committed conservative. He is committed though. He is committed to John Roberts
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