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John Roberts Begs the Liberal Justices to Stop Criticizing the Court (newrepublic.com)

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The chief justice doesn’t like his conservative Supreme Court colleagues getting called out for judicial overreach.

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[–] sab@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is really incredible how far down the drain the SCOTUS has gone in such a short period of time. Not saying it was great before Justice Kennedy retired either, but at least back then it was generally respected.

[–] kmkz_ninja@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I hope RoyGBiv is rolling in her grave at refusing to step down and let Obama select a replacement when she knew the power of her position.

[–] nameless_prole@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, she's dead which means she will never even have the capacity to understand what her decision meant.

[–] sethadam1@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do you think they would've filled her spot when they didn't fill the other one with Merrick Garland? She protected her spot or they would've held it up until Trump.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

She could have retired at any time, including right after Obama was elected. The Republicans couldn't have held the spot open for years. It would have become a major election issue.