Posted on 04/11/2017 3:49:40 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The “partisan hostility” surrounding the confirmation of Justice Neil Gorsuch is of concern because it could undermine public confidence in the apolitical nature of the judicial system, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday at a college appearance in upstate New York.
The appearance a day after Gorsuch was sworn in by President Donald Trump at the White House was billed as a conversation with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson. Jackson talked with Roberts onstage before about 1,200 students, faculty and guests, some of whom asked him questions. […]
“We in the judiciary do not do our business in a partisan, ideological manner,” Roberts said. “The new justice is not a Republican or a Democrat; he’s a member of the Supreme Court. But it’s hard for people to understand that when they see the process that leads up to it.” …
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Is he freaking serious, given what hes personally done to the court and this country?
I mean does anyone ever tell these people they sound totally hypocritically idiotic?
What a POS!
Roberts is in no position to talk about apolitical nature of justices after his tortured opinion on 0-care.
We are suffering today because of this eunuch.
This guy is so full of crap it’s ridiculous.
Says the guy with a blackmail dossier.
After the poorly reasoned and decided Obamacare fiasco, I thought he, Chief Justice Roberts, was a crook and a pervert.
Now, it become clear, he is just another lying dimwit.
It really is difficult to read his drivel.
TWB
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Pure drivel drives away ordinary drivel.
It’s not explainable. The whole mess is entirely irrational and unsupportable.
Interesting to note that our Founding Fathers planned on the Judicial to be the *weakest* of the three branches rather than co equal.
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!
A lot of people turned out to vote for Trump expressly to save the courts. Not just SCOTUS, there are District Court judgeships, many of which are appointed.
I have known and know some judges well, and quite a few more by reliable anecdote and reputation.
Robert’s pro bono work for militant sodomites speaks volumes also. It’s either the kids or the lifestyle, somebody’s got something on him.
Yeah Ginsberg, Sotomyor, and Kagan are so apolotical I just can’t stand it!
Wonder what Obama “unmasked” on his surveillance?
The judicial system is doing a good job of undermining its authority all by itself. Roe v. Wade (abortion), Obergefell (homosexuality), and many other decisions have no basis in law. They are merely the exercise of judicial power, which thankfully is waning. Disrespect and despise the Supreme Court every chance you get.
Why should 300 million free Americans be ruled by one lawyer? (When there's a 5-4 decision, it's only one lawyer's say-so that determines the result.)
Anthony Kennedy, Emperor of the United States.
no comment - I cherish my posting privileges
The confirmation of Justice Thomas had real partisan hostility.
....says the guy who claimed Ebolacare was Constitutional, and now they think we’re going to act as if it were....
You can’t murder 60 million babies and have “civility.”
Yeah, well John Roberts himself has played a significant role in fomenting partisan hostility. Bet he hasn’t considered that.
One has to wonder what did 0bama either have on Roberts or what was offered for him to sell out the US citizens
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