The Thing That Scares Me Most About the Supreme Court

New Republic ^ | November 14, 2014 | Dahlia Lithick

[Petrosius]

They have succeeded in setting the definition of the consummate judge: a humble, objective, nearly mechanical umpire who merely calls “balls and strikes,” in Roberts’s insincere but politically deft phrasing.

What worries her the most is that they should be judges and not politicians.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court has emerged as one of the most ideologically aggressive in decades, and its rightward trajectory is usually attributed to this simple fact: a majority of the justices are very conservative.

And yet, in probably the most monumental case of the Roberts Court, they upheld Obamacare. What drugs is she taking to think that the court is "the most ideologically aggressive in decades"?

[WayneS]

Today’s Court contains, according to one study, four of the five most conservative justices to sit on the bench since FDR...

What study? By whom?

[Luke21]

Libs deal in emotional hysteria. If she lost as often as we did, she wouldn’t fear anything at all. The fear in the piece is that perhaps someday the SC won’t give her and her mob their way.

[Diogenesis]

The SCOTUS "judges" and their Staff are EXEMPT
from ObamaCARE/DeathCARE/GruberLIES.
They are gratefully EXEMPT and will continue
to protect their Indonesian impostor
in his destruction of the US Constitution.

[Don Corleone]

And yet, in probably the most monumental case of the Roberts Court, they upheld Obamacare. What drugs is she taking to think that the court is "the most ideologically aggressive in decades"?

Somebody, I don't know who, made Roberts an offer he couldn't refuse. Either that or the horse head in the bed got to him.

D.C.

[WayneS]

...the Court that has gutted minority voting rights in Shelby County and limited women’s access to birth control in Hobby Lobby...

It would be nice if Dahlia Lickchick, or whatever her name is, would provide some EVIDENCE of these assertions.

[tanknetter]

The crux of the article is the first sentence of the third paragraph: the Justices are just too smart. We should really start applying the Gruber “stupid” standard in selecting them ...

[WayneS]

Or, maybe he is not as devoid of bad habits or scandalous secrets as the author of the article claims.

[Diogenesis]

In the picture above, SCOTUS met with the litigant
in a case, ex parte, as they were about to “decide” on his
absence of documentation.

Look at Roberts.
Decide? Roberts appears like a pet dog of Obola.

[central_va]

I think Clarence is holding up Ruth the Red in that photo....

[Political Junkie Too]

But having covered the Court for 15 years, I’ve come to believe that what we’re seeing goes beyond ideology. Because ideology alone would not propel the justices to effect such massive shifts upon the constitutional landscape, inventing rights...

Let's just forget about Roe v. Wade and the alternative lifestyle rulings from the past.

-PJ

[iacovatx]

“a majority of the justices are very conservative.”

The definition of conservative is to uphold and defend the Constitution of the USA. It is also the oath of office for a great many government employees. It is the central purpose of a USSC justice. However, in the mind of this author, it is appalling that a slight majority of the justices actually uphold their oath of office and do their job. She longs for a time when the majority of justices lie when taking the oath and then proceed to affirm socialist whims. If that is “ideologically aggressive”, then the US Constitutional government is not compatible with her desired way of life.

[bboop]

spewing coffee here - this person thinks the Court is conservative?? hahaha.

[Rummyfan]

What is this conservative court she’s talking about?

[Graybeard58]

More liberal nonsense.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Today’s Court contains, according to one study, four of the five most conservative justices to sit on the bench since FDR...

It also contains 4 of the most liberal justices to ever sit on any bench.

[leprechaun9]

Dahlia Lithwick is a Canadian writer and editor who lives in the United States. Lithwick is a contributing editor at Newsweek and senior editor at Slate.
Born: Canada
Education: Stanford Law School, Stanford University, Yale University.

Another elitist viewpoint. I wonder if she needs surgery if she goes to a surgeon or merely finds a reporter who has written or talked on the subject for several years?

[who_would_fardels_bear]

If Obamacare was a gift to the insurance company, and the Supremes are all corporate whores, then their decision makes more sense. We don’t have to believe conspiracy theories about Roberts having some skeletons in his closet.

[bestintxas]

The Supreme Court members are hired to faithfully interpret the Constitution.

That is not ideology. It is practicing the law.