Posted on 10/05/2020 5:06:44 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
"I think it is personal," the Texas senator said about Justice John Roberts' motivation to turn away from the conservative movement with his court decisions
Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz says Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts "despises Donald Trump," which accounts for a number of the decisions he had made from the top seat on the high court in recent years.
In an appearance on David Brody's recently launched show "The Water Cooler," Senator Cruz, an attorney and author of the new book "One Vote Away: How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History," told the host that "John Roberts has become the new Sandra Day O'Connor."
Cruz said he agrees with Vice President Mike Pence, who in an interview last month, told David Brody that Justice Roberts has been a "disappointment to conservatives."
However, Cruz believes that part of Roberts' pivot away from conservative-minded jurisprudence is motivated by personal hatred toward the president. "I think it is personal," said the senator.
"It is difficult to come up with two human beings more antithetical than John Roberts and Donald Trump, in every respect," he continued.
In addition to the release of his new book, the Senator is presently gearing up to begin the Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings of conservative Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
He confirmed on "The Water Cooler" that believes, despite the challenges posed by coronavirus, that the committee has the capacity to move forward in a timely manner with the judge's hearing. Cruz also mentioned that Barrett, in a socially distanced form, met with lawmakers in the Mansfield room at the Capitol last week to prepare for the process.
I’m sure that the feeling is mutual.
Isn’t that just ducky. The ingrate. May he have terminal jock itch. Or something equally as nasty.
Veto
(The girl)
“motivated by personal hatred toward the president”
So, the Constitution means nothing to him? And he rules that way?
(I still think he is being blackmailed on something.)
Can Chief justice be switched by the president?
Roberts was nominated by the compassionate world order conservative Bush-43. Justice Thomas would make a much better Chief Justice.
Roberts isn’t fit for the SC
So?
I despise Traitor Roberts.
Can’t be true...it would be too big of a coincidence.
He does, it’s called epilepsy. A man of two minds should not be on the court.
No RINO is being blackmailed. That is how they are ideologically.
I think we could count on one finger while clenching in a fist the number of Bushies that like Donald J. Trump. He doesn’t go along with their globalist goals.
I think we learned that resoundingly with his horrible Obamacare ruling.
obamacare is what I was thinking of.
Great, our “impartial” judges can set the world on fire without a care in the world of how many lives are ruined, or lost based on a personal vendetta. Think Trump is mean? Fine, you are justified apply no law, or justice and you are allowed to wreck the lives of half the country out of spite of one man. If this is true, I have never been so disgusted in my life.
Small and petty for a man in such an elevated position.
Senator Cruz says Chief Justice John Roberts ‘despises Donald Trump’
So Ted do you think Roberts will be able to pull himself back up and at least somewhat try to achieve the stature of the man we thought he would be after Trump leaves office, i for one won’t be holding my breath.
While that’s certainly true, just as a reminder his Obamacare decisions were in 2012 and 2015, long before Trump entered politics.
Well Robert’s rewrote Obamacare which was clearly unconstitutional and saved Obama’s butt, and that was long before President Trump. Its got to be a heck if lot more than just Trump hatred. Like blackmail for example.
2nd worst decision made by the RINO globalist Dubya (1st by far, IraQ war).
blackmailed?
Bump.
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