"It's become clear that John Roberts' promise to be a neutral umpire was a lie." GEE, do ya THINK so? He SEEMS nice. [View all]
"Twenty years ago, John Roberts promised that as chief justice of the Supreme Court, he would be like an umpire, calling balls and strikes," they write.
"His promise charmed senators and the media, who believed that his predilection for executive power and long-held antipathy for civil rights could be moderated by this commitment to faithfully apply the law," they add.
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"Today, as the Roberts court rewrites the Constitution in the image of Trumpian autocracy, it’s become clear that Roberts’ promise to be a neutral umpire was a lie. We are watching a rigged game, and Roberts set it up," they write.
"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way," they add.
https://www.rawstory.com/alternet-posts/trump-john-roberts-2674353809/
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