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The political wars damage public perception of Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roberts says
WaCompost ^ | Feb 4, 2016 | Robert Barnes

Posted on 02/04/2016 7:51:24 AM PST by bkopto

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said late Wednesday that partisan extremism is damaging the public's perception of the role of the Supreme Court, recasting the justices as players in the political process rather than its referees.

Divisive battles over confirmations and mischaracterization of the merits of the court's decisions worry him, Roberts told a ballroom crowd of about 1,000 people at a celebration of Law Day for the New England School of Law.

Criticism of the court "doesn't bother me at all," Roberts said, so long as is it not based on a misunderstanding of how the court differs from the political branches.

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"If you think about it: pick nine random people out of the room and throw them together and say, 'Okay, you'll work together for the next 25 years on some of the most important and divisive issues the country faces,' " Roberts said. "You do come to appreciate the good faith of the people with whom you work."

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“The political wars damage public perception of Supreme Court,” Chief Justice Roberts says

Questions for small mind Johnny Roberts:
1. Why did you insert yourself into a political war?
2. Are you an Affirmative Action law graduate? You sure can’t comprehend plain English.
3. What crimes have you committed that you are hiding?

Next time you want to complain, take a look in the mirror. The answer to your complaint is staring back at you.


41 posted on 02/04/2016 9:00:46 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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Roberts reasoning on this is just as flawed as his convoluted reasoning on Obamacare. And remember, this election has tremendous importance for the future of the court. Who do you want appointing members to the court? Who will appoint more Roberts and who will appoint real conservatives? You decide.


42 posted on 02/04/2016 9:06:44 AM PST by falcon99
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To: bkopto

Recasting? hardly.


43 posted on 02/04/2016 9:17:16 AM PST by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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No, John, it is YOU who have damaged the public perception of the Supreme Court. You should be impeached.


44 posted on 02/04/2016 9:20:39 AM PST by Savage Beast (The Trump Phenomenon is a Revolution. Actually a Counter-Revolution.)
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To: bkopto

Absolutely!


45 posted on 02/04/2016 9:40:44 AM PST by caprock
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To: bkopto

with scum like roberts it’s no wonder the court is looked upon so poorly.


46 posted on 02/04/2016 9:50:48 AM PST by Joe Boucher (Rubio is a liar, Jeb is worthless, Go Cruz ,Keep stirring the pot Donald.)
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To: bkopto; All
Thank you for referencing that article bkopto. Please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

I do not know where Chief Justices Roberts is coming from.

Regarding the Courts decisions concerning Obamacare for example, please consider the following. In deciding Obamacare challenges, Justice Roberts and other state sovereignty-ignoring activist justices have wrongly ignored that previous generations of state sovereignty-respecting justices had clarified that the states have never delegate to the feds, expressly via the Constitution the specific power to regulate, tax and spend for INTRAstate healthcare purposes. This is evidenced by the excerpts below from case opinions.

Consider the Obamacare insurance mandate for example. Note the fourth entry in the list below from Paul v. Virginia. In that case state sovereignty-respecting justices had clarified that regulating insurance is not within the scope of Congresss Commerce Clause powers (1.8.3), regardless if the parties negotiating the insurance policy are domiciled in different states.

But the real problem with Obamacare is not lawless Obama or the corrupt Supreme Court imo. The real problem is corrupt Congress.

More specifically, corrupt lawmakers are wrongly letting everybody outside the legislative branch steal legislative branch powers, actually 10th Amendment-protected state legislative powers in the case of Obamacare. Lawmakers are letting everybody outside the legislative branch do their unconstitutional legislative work for them, seemingly to keep their voting records clean to fool low-information patriots into reelecting them.

Remember in November !

When patriots elect Trump, Cruz, or whatever conservative they elect, they need to also elect a new, state sovereignty-respecting Congress that will not only work within its constitutional Article I, Section 8-limited powers, but also protect the states from unconstitutional federal government overreach.

Also, consider that such a Congress would probably be willing to fire state sovereignty-ignoring activist justices.

47 posted on 02/04/2016 10:35:51 AM PST by Amendment10
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